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is chiefly mixed with and sold as the inferior sort of gum of the Odina 
Wodier. 1 maund — /3 ; 10 seers. 1/ — . 
41. Curdia incana, Royle (Gynaion vestilum, D.0) Mm (peen 1) This 
is no where within my knowledge, a common tree, hut occurs occasion- 
ally throughout the inner part of the forest, hut its timber is hard and 
lasting, and is used for mill work, naves of wheels, &c. 
42. C. latifolia, Rox : lisara, gdja. A well known, moderate sized 
tree having smoothish light grey bark with shallow spiral farrows, 
which is not uncommon (planted) in the plains, as well as throughout 
the forest. 
Its timber is hard and heavy like that of the last, and is used for oil- 
mills, and for making the drag by means of which the clods in fields are 
broken up. 3 + lJ yd. 2/ — ; 5 seers. 1/ — . Its fruit is used in medicine. 
43. CrcetavCt Roxburgliii, R. Br : barnd. A small tree common in the 
inner half of the belt (and occasional, planted in the open plain). It 
yields no useful product here, so far as I know, although the root, juice, 
bark, leaves, and seeds of this, or a closely allied species, are all em- 
ployed medicinally in the Peninsula. 
44. Cucumis pseudo-colocynthis, Royle. bisliimba. The fruit; of this 
is collected largely in and near the forest, for use in medicine. It yields 
a purgation nearly equivalent to our colocynth. 
45. Dalbergia lanceolasia, L. bilhUa (takold). A fine handsome tree, 
with a smooth, ash-coloured bark, which flakes off, common in several 
parts of the forest. Its timber here is said to be almost worthless, but it 
is reckoned valuable for many purposes in various parts of the Peninsula, 
where its seeds, leaves, &c, are used medicinally 
46. D. ougeinensis, Rox. (Ougeini dalbergioidis) sdndam sanan. This 
tree which is common in the outer hills, hardly extends beyond them, 
except in a very stunted and craggy form. Its timber is hard and 
strong, and very similar to that of its congener Sissu, and is much valued 
for wheels, ploughs, furniture, &c. 1 maund — /4 ; 1 x 1 J yd. 2/. In the 
Western Presidency a kind of gum kino is collected from it, but I 
cannot hear of any such product deing known here. 
47. D. Sissoo, Rox : sussti, sissoo, sMsJiam. Young trees are abundant 
in the forest, on islands and the banks of streams only. Its well known 
and excellent timber is seldom long and straight, but is in great request 
for furniture, building, and gun-carriages, and on the coast for use in 
the dock-yards. 1 maund — /4 ; 4j x l£ yds., 5/—. It has a specific 
gravity cf 724, and is very strong, a six feet bar, two inches square, 
having in Baker's experiments only broken with 1,104 lbs. It is said to 
be obnoxious to the attacks of white ants. 
48. Dioscorea versicolor, Wall : {Helmia bulbifera, Kunth), githi. This 
climber is of considerable interest, as its large tubers furnish the yam 
which supplies great part of the food of the Boksas when grain is scarce. 
The plant is common throughout the forest, and its tubers, which grow 
