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n'e'oklaces, the la,tter are worn as a charm by the 

 village children, where the tree is found plentifully, 

 The translation of the vernacular name being, 

 "that which makes the child live." Trees culti- 

 vated in the Lal-Bagh for a quarter of a century 

 are only 20 feet in height. The wood appears to be 

 hard and durable, although meagre ik size consider- 

 ing the long period of growth. Polyalthia longifoUa, 

 a lofty tree of the Anonacese, is occasionally spoken 

 of by the name of Putrajiva, care is necessary, 

 therefore, not to confound the one species for the 

 other. In some Indian works, the fruit is referred 

 to as a nut, but it is a proper drupe. 



499 Hemicyclia venusta, Thwaitbs. 

 Fig.-WtgU let. 1933. 



500 Hemicyciia elata, Bedd. 

 Fig.-Bedd. Fl Sylv. t. 379. 



Evergreen trees of the "Western Malnad. Bota- 

 nical specimens should be collected, as nothing defi- 

 nite is locally known about these trees. Beddome de- 

 scribes the last named as a tree of 90—100 feet. 



501 Bischofia Javanica, Blume. Kan. Gobra nairul, 



Govarnellu ? , 



Fig.-Bedcl. FL Sylv. t. 359. Wight Ic. 1. 1880. 

 References.— Z)^c!! . of Econ. Prod, of Ind.; 

 Brand. For. FI. 



\ A glabrous round-headed tree of 30 — 40 feet. 

 Deciduous for a few , days or subdeciduous, according 

 to season. Not uncommon in the forests of Kadur, 

 Hassan, and Shimoga. Leaves alternate, 3-foliolate. 

 Flowers minute, green, in slender panicles. Fruit 

 the size of a large pea, blue-black. The Sub-Hima- 

 ],ayan form is described as follows : — 



" The leaves are renewed in February and March. 

 Fl. March, April. The fruit ripens in April of the 

 ensuing year. An exceedingly handsome tree attain- 

 ing 70 feet, and 7 ft. girth, with a shady oval crown. 



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