MYSORE im COftBd. 221 



454 Gmelina arborea, Linn. jKaw. Kuii, Cooiee, Kasmiri- 



mara, Baciaiiige ? 



Fig.~Bot. Plates Lal-Baqh Collection. Wight 

 Ic. t. 1470; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 253. 



References— jBra^w^. For. Fl. 364. Diet, of 

 Econ. Prod, of Ind. ; Pharm. Ind. 



A deciduous tree with a roundish or sprqading 



head, attaining in favorable locahties to 60 feet. 



Plentiful in the deciduous belt skirting the hills, 



and scattered throughout the adjacent dry forests. 



Several good specimens may be seen in the Lal-Bagh. 



Leaves opposite, long-petiolate, tomentose when 



young, but eventually glabrate and shining on 



the upper surface, glaucous on the under side with 



prominent nerves ; heart-shaped, with 2 glands on 



the upper base, average blade 7x7^ in. The 8J)ecies 



flowers in June and November, the paniples being 



terminal and a foot or more in length ; flower yellow 



inside and brownish yellow outside, fra,grant and 



attractive. Fruit, an ovoid yellow drupe, the size of 



a loquat, and containing 1 — 2 seeds. The wood, 



which is cream to pale yellow, is described as light, 



close-grained, strong, and workable. It is specially 



reaommended for all sorts of light ornamental work. 



" The wood of this tree on account of its Hghtness 



and toughness is much valued for carriage-building 



and all ornamental work : it is light yellow with a 



reddish heartwood, close and even-grained, eagily 



worked, and readily takes paint or varnish. At the 



Gcovernment Medical Store Dep6t Workshops, it has 



been found, to be the best wood for making artificial 



limbs, stethoscopes,' &c. It turns well. "Weight 



30' — 40 lb. per cubic foot." — Pharmacographia Indica. 



Grraham Anderson has stated that the tree is 

 found in groups in the Manjarabad district, that 

 deer are very fond of the flowers and fruit, and 

 that ttie body of the l&rge n^rtive drum is parade of 



