264 FOREST TREES. 



plant them out permanently at 20 feet apart. 

 Virs^in forest soil, alluvial mud, and moist clay, are 

 all suitable ingredients for the healthy sustenance of 

 the species, but the surrounding atmosphere should 

 also be comparatively moist all the year round. 



527 Hevea Spruceana, Muell. 



A species, somewhat similar to the above and said 

 to vield crood rubber. Introduced to the Botanical 

 G-ardens m 1887. Indigenous to the valley of the 

 Mazaruni River. Treatment the same as for 

 n. hradlieiisis. 



528 Anda Gomesii, A. Jires. 



This handsome Brazilian tree is fairly established 

 in Bangalore, where the large ash-coloured fruit is 

 an object of curiosity. The latter is something like 

 a cocoa-nut in form, but smaller and slightly 4 angled. 

 In Brazil, a pale yellow oil, having cathartic proper- 

 ties, is expressed from the seed. Being bare of leaf 

 for only about a fortnight, it forms a good avenue 

 tree, and in moister climates than Bangalore it 

 would possibly become evergreen. The quality of 

 the wood has not been tested in Mysore. 



Cultivation.- -Carefully removed from the cap- 

 sules and placed in loose soil, the seeds germinate 

 within 20 days at the rate of 60 per cent. Buried 

 with the capsule, the seeds take a long time to 

 break through and are very uncertain. Bach cap- 

 sule contains 2 — 3 large seeds. For avenue planting, 

 the final trees should stand at 45 feet apart. A 

 moist, but at the same time well drained soil is the 

 best. 



LXVI. URTICAOEiE. 



529 Holoptelia integrifolia, Planch. Kan. Rasbija 



Thapsi, Kaladri. ' 



lE'ig.- Wight Ic. f. 1968. Bedd. Fl. Syh. t. 310 

 References,- .B/vnuL For, Fl. 431. Gamb. Man 

 Timb. 342. 



