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52281 to 52297— Continued. 



52286. Crataeva beligiosa Forst f. Capparidaceae. 



A moderate-sized, distorted, unarmed tree, with deciduous three-foliolate 

 leaves, found here and there under caitivation from the Ravi eastward 

 to Assam, Manipur. and Burma ; also in central and southern India 

 and Bengal ; probably wild in Malabar and Kanara. A favorite tree 

 near temples and tombs. The fruit is mixed with mortar to form 

 strong cement, and the rind is used as a mordant in dyeing. The bark 

 of this tree is demulcent, sedative, and alterative tonic, and the fresh 

 leaves and root bark are rubefacient and vesicant. The fruit is said 

 to be sometimes eaten. The yellowish \vhite wood is moderately hard, 

 even grained, and used for drums, models, combs, and in turnery. 

 (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vol. 

 2, p. 583.) 



52287. DiosPYEOS Montana Roxb. Diospyracea;. 



A tree, often spinous, found native from the Himalayas (eastward 

 from the Ravi) to Ceylon and Tenasserim. The th'n ovate leaves are 

 2 J inches long. The globose glabrous fruit is one-half inch to 1^ inches in 

 diameter. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 555.) 



52288. DiosPYRos peregeina (Gaertn.) Guerke. Diospyracefe. 

 (D. etnhryopteris Pers.) 



A dense tree very common in India from the Himalayas (from the 

 Jumna eastward) to Ceylon and Tenasserim and abundant in Bengal. 

 The oblong obtuse leaves are coriaceous. The subglobose fruit, 1 to 2 

 inches in diameter, is glandular or rusty and usually four to eight 

 seeded. (Adapted from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 2, p. 557.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 33567. 



52289. Erythrina vespertilio Benth. Fabacese. Coral tree. 

 A tree. 30 to 40 feet in height, native to Australia, with soft wood used 



by the aborigines for making shields. It is exceedingly light and spongy 

 and might perhaps be useful for floats for fishing nets. The logs were 

 used by the aborigines for crossing rivers and creeks. (Adapted from 

 Maiden, Useful Native Plants of Australia, p. 426.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 42466. 



52290. Ficus glomebata Roxb. Moracese. Fig. 

 A large tree of the Salt Range and Rajputana found along the sub- 

 Himalayan tracts to Bengal, central and southern India, Assam, and 

 Burma. The bark yields a black dye. and the bark, leaves, and fruit 

 are used in medicine. The fruit is edible but inferior, though greedily 

 eaten by cattle. The leaves are collected as fodder. The soft gray 

 wood is not durable, though it lasts well under water and is used for 

 well frames. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary of the Economic Products 

 of India, vol. 3, p. 351.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 12111. 



52291. Heterophragma adenophyllum (DC.) Seem. Bignoniacea?. 



A tree, 30 to 50 feet high, native to Assam and eastern Bengal and ex- 

 tending to Tenasserim and the Andamans. The pinnate leaves are 

 1 to li feet long and the subsessile, acute, or obtuse leaflets are 7 to 14 

 inches long and 5 inches wide. The stout, many-flowered, terminal 

 panicles bear tomentose, tubular-ventricose flowers, rose or yellow, 2 

 inches in diameter, and hardly crisped or crenate. The cylindric 

 spiral capsule is 1 to 3 feet long and 1 inch in diameter. (Adapted 

 from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 4, p. 381.) 



52292. Kydia calycina Roxb. Malvaceae. 



A tree native to the tropical regions of the Himalayas, from Kumaon 

 eastward, and throughout the Western Ghats, with rounded cordate 

 leaves, 4 to 5 inches long and 3 inches wide, glabrous above or with 

 thinly scattered hairs, closely felted beneath. The much-branched, 

 many -flowered inflorescence bears white or pink flowers. (Adapted 

 from Hooker, Flora of British India, vol. 1, p. 348.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 47702. 



