226 POBBST TREES. 



it has been observed that the wood of these climbers 

 is tough, durable, and well adapted for providing 

 handles to tools. 

 462 Pisonia alba, Spax. 



The lettuce tree. So called, as in coloiir, size, and 

 texture, the leaves somewhat resemble those of the 

 lettuce plant. Cultivation does not succeed at 

 Bangalore, but the tree is a familiar object in Madras 

 and other sea-coast towns. The species is indige- 

 nous to the Andaman Islands. Hooker thinks it 

 may be identical with P. inermis, Forst. of the 

 Pacific Islands. • 



LIX. MYRISTICE^. 



463' Myristica f ragrans, Houtt. Kan. (Fruit) Jajikayl, 



Japatri. 



Fig.-Sentl. & Trim- Med. PI. Hi t. 218. 



References.-P^arm. Ind,; Fl. of Bnt. Ind.; 

 Diet, of Econ. Prod, of Ind. 

 The nutmeg tree. The maidan portion of the 

 Mysore plateau is too dry for this species, which 

 luxuriates m the moist heat of the Eastern Moluc- 

 cas. Its cultivation has been attempted more than 

 once in the Botanical Grardens, but not with much 

 encouragement, as the plants are undersized and 

 give no fruit. An a,ttempt is being made by the 

 Inspector General of Forests, to establish the nut- 

 meg tree in the warm sholas of the Malnad, and, 

 knomng that cultivation has been productive at 

 Buriiar, on the Nilgiri Ghat, the experiment is not 

 without promise. 



^4 "VSy^ristica laurifolia, Hook. Kan. (Nut) Pindi 



Fig.-JBedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 267. 

 Reference.-F/, ^f g,^-^_ j^^ 



A large evergreen tree of the Malnad, and said to 

 be the commonest of the bastard nutjnegs. Leaves 



