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CHAPTER Cagali, Mimosa catechu, Roxb. PL Cor. N. 174. 
In some places, as near Chinapatam, this grows to be a large crooked 
June 19 . tree. The quality of the timber is good. It is not the tree which 
produces the Catechu. 
Miigli, Mimosa Comlum, Bucli. MSS. 
A large tree. Timber black, very strong, and fit for posts and 
beams ; but, like that of the foregoing, I was told, does not take a 
polish. This last report of the natives seems to be ill founded. 
TVullay Sujalu, Mimosa Tuggula, Buch. MSS. 
A large tren, but its timber is sai/1 to be not durable. To judge 
from appearance, however, this seems to be an error. 
Betta Sujalu , Mimosa odoratissima, L. 
This is a large tree, which, according to the report of the woodmen 5 
produces excellent durable timber. 
Shalay , Ficus. ^ ' 
Used for beams, and pillars of a small size. 
A tty, Ficus glomerata, Rox. 
A large, useful tree. Its wood is remarkably light. 
Cull Atty, Ficus rupestris, Buch. MSS. 
In a good soil grows to a large size, but soon divides into branches. 
It is used for beams, posts, and planks. 
Birsi, Ficus. 
A large useless tree. 
Dcvaddrum, Erythroiylon sideroxylloides , E. M. 
Never grows to a large size; but its wood is odorous, durable, and 
capable of a polish. It is used by the poor instead of sandal-wood. 
Sri Gunda , Sant alum album. Sandal-wood of the English merchants. 
All the trees that were fit for sale have been lately cut by & Brah- 
man, who was sent on purpose from Seringapatam . He procured 
about three thousand trees; but in less than ten years no more will 
be fit for cutting. The common size of the tree at the root, when 
it is cut, is about nine inches in diameter; but it has been known 
to arrive at a circumference of three cubits. In either case, not 
