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These cliaraetei*s render the species desirable for 

 ayemie and scenio! planting. Wood soft, whitish, but 

 taking a good polish; durable when fully seasoned 

 and kept dry. Weight 40 — ^45 lb. per cubic foot. 



Gultivation.— In local growth, the seeds are rarely 

 . matured and do not, therefore, :germinate. But the 

 root stems throw out numerous suckers from which 

 the tree is readily multiplied. When nicely rooted 

 in pots, and a foot or more in height, these offsets 

 can. be planted out permanently at distances of' 25 to 

 30 feet apart. Glrowth is somewhat slow in the begin- 

 ning unless the soil is made quite loose and friable, 

 when the result will be more satisfactory. The tree 

 coppices fairly well, and the underground portion re- 

 tains vitality for years after the visible tree has been 

 removed. This somewhat remarkable property is not 

 unusual among trees of the Bignoniacese, and appears 

 to be associated with the fact that several of these 

 trees are readily propagated from root-cuttiugs. 

 431 Oroxylumindicum, Vent. Kan. Tigdu, Sonepatta, 



Teta. 



'Pis— Wight Ic. t. 1337. 

 References.— Dicf. of Ucon.Pro'd. of Ind; Pharm. 

 Ind. * 



A small or middling-sized tree. Remarkable for 

 the large size and striking form of its leaves, flowers, 

 and fruit. Leaves deciduous in the dry seasons 

 opposite, 2—3 pinnate, 3 — 4 feet. Flowers appear- 

 ing in erect terminal panicles during the S. W. 

 monsoon ; when unfolding, they are alniost quite 

 black, but quickly cha^^e in the open flower to a 

 dark lurid purple. The pod is sword-shaped, 

 blackish-brown, flat and 12 — 15 inches. Wood 

 soft, weighing only 30 lb. per cubic foot. The root- 

 bark possesses important medicinal properties, which 

 give it a high place in the Materia medica of this 

 country. A bath prepared with this bairk in it, is 

 said to be a good remedy for rheumiafeism. 



