262 fOEEST TREES. 



enough, plant them in any loose soil of moderate 

 quality at 15 feet apart. If the soil is not loose, it is 

 desirable to make large pits so as to induce vigorous 

 growth from the commencement. 



521 Sapium discolor,;MuBLL. 



An ornamental shrub introduced from the Straits 

 Settlements. Cultivated in the Lai Bagh. 



522 Excoecaria robusta, Hook. 



A small evergreen tree of the Malnad and Ooorg. 

 There is a specimen cultivated in the Botanical 

 Gardens, Uses unknown. 



523 Excoecaria crenulata, Wight. 

 Yig.-WigM. le. t. 1865. 



Found in the same region as the last named, but 

 less vigorous in habit and having serrate or crenulat- 

 ed leaves. The genus is more or less poisonous. 



524 Baloghia lucida, Endl. 



Introduced from the east coast of Australia, 

 where it is called the " scrub bloodwood. " A small 

 evergreen tree 30 to 40 feet. Quality of timber 

 unknown. Seedlings are occasionally raised in the 

 Lal-Bagh, but they have not been established in 

 local growth. 



525 Hura crepitans, Linn. 



The sandbox tree of tropical South America. This 

 exotic species has been established in the Botanical 

 Gardens for 30 years, where it flowers and fruits 

 freely every year. The ornamental capstdes dehioe 

 with considerable noise, scatteririg the seeds contain- 

 ed in their several compartments far and wide. 



It is a small evergreen tree with dark green 

 leaves and a thickly muricated trunk. A purgative 

 oil is contained in the seed. 



526 Hevea braziliensis, Muell. Aeg. 



The Para rubber tree. Indigenous to Para and 

 other parts of tropical Brazil, Introdiiced to 



