234 FOEEST TEEES. 



ample twiggy bimclies of a pale green colour. The 

 long tubular flowers, composed of yellow green and 

 reddish colours blended together, are attractive. 

 But the species is aggressive, very hurtful to trees, 

 and should be diligently removed from all useful 

 species, whether grown for timber, fruit, or other 

 products. The local trees that are mostly, infested 

 are the mango, banyan, Strychnos nux-vomica, Albizz- 

 ia amara, and Anogeissus latifolia. Of the 58 

 species of Lorantlms described in the " Flora of Brit- 

 ish India," about 18 — 20 are indigenous to Mysore, - 

 the greater part being confined to the hills. The 

 vigorous growing kinds are usually destructive to 

 trees, and shouldbe treated as a pest by the forester. 

 In the maidan country at least, all the species are 

 known by the vernacular name Badanilce. Some of 

 them are not unlike the ' miseltoe,' to which the 

 genus is closely alhed. There are also one or two 

 species of Viscum in the provinces of Mysore and 

 Ooorg, although not the one that affords the real 

 ' miseltoe bough ' of ancient and modern renown. 



LXIV. SANTALACEiE. 



483 Santalum album, Lm^. Kan. Gandha, Srigandha. 

 Pig-— jBo^. Plates Lal-Baqh Collection. Bedd. 

 Ft. Sylv. t. So6 ; Bentl. and Trim. Med. PI. 

 t. 292. 

 References.— PZ. of Brit. hid. ; Pharm. Ind, ; 

 Bict. of Econ. Prod, of Ind. 

 The sandalwood tree. This important species 

 attains its maximum utihty, and is most abimdant in 

 the Mysore country, where also it is a Government 

 monopoly, and commercially the most valuable tim- 

 ber tree in the State forests. Its range of growth 

 lies mostly to the west and south of the province, 

 following an almost unbroken line through the' 

 deciduous and mixed zone of the Shimoga, Kadur, 



