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especially when fresh. The weight rather varies, as wiil be 

 seen from the following : — 



Gamble gives two examples, 56 lb. and 49 lb. 



Imperial Institute, 6092 lb. 



Conservator's collection, 55 lb. 

 Do. do. 60 lb. 



My own collection, - 52 lb. 

 Do. do. 50*71 lb. 



No better wood can be found for work requiring resistance 

 to exposure ; it is therefore suitable for bridge planks, beams, 

 posts, door frames, shingles, and also oil casks. 



The bark affords an embrocation used in rheumatism. 



219.— Vitexalata. * 



Native names as in last. 



Trim Cey. Flor., vol. III., p. 358. 



In all respects like the last, except that the stalk of 

 the leaf is bladed along its entire length, and the leaflets are 

 densely pubescent beneath. 



Equally common with last species, and occurs in both 

 Provinces in wet, dry, and intermediate zones up to 4,000 

 feet. 



Gamble, in his "Manual of Indian Timbers" (1881 edition), 

 says that the wood is " purplish, or reddish-gray," and that 

 " the annual rings are distinctly marked by a white line." He 

 also gives the weight at 60 lb. per cubit foot. I am unable 

 to distinguish a difference between this species and the last 

 in the wood, except that when fresh it is much more yellow, 

 fading with seasoning. I have heard it called 44 Kos-milla." 



[Yavaddai and Neduchaddikkulam.] 



220. — Vitex Leucoxylon, 



Nebada, S. ®iS5cD ; Nir-nochchi, T. j§<rQprr&@i. 

 Trim. Cey. Flor., vol. III., p. 358. 



* Trimen gives this as a variety of V. altissima. 



