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Indian lorest Records. 
Amabantace-i;. 
[VoL. II. 
{110) Acliyrantlies ospera — (Deciduous shrub). — Uu the tap-root 
of a small plant I found three living haustoria and three scars with 
a sandal rootlet attached to one of the former. The haustoria were 
small but hard and the scars showed penetration of the haustoria 
to the woody cylinder. Being an undershrub it is not of much 
importance except as a nurse for young sandal. 
(111) Pupalia atiopurpurea. — Sandal haxistoria on its roots 
were examined by Dr. Barber who found them penetrating its 
woody tissue. It is a herb which may be useful as a nurse for 
young sandal. 
Laueixe-e. 
(112) Alseodaphnc seinicarpifolia — (Evergreen tree). — On the 
tap-root of a young plant numerous scars of sandal haustoria were 
found ; they were larger than of medium size and showed up the 
inner wood to view. This species is only occasionally met with 
above 3,000 feet on the .Javadies and Yelagiries of the Salem 
District and yields small timber. It seems to be a fairly good 
nurse for sandal. 
(113) Litscea zeytanica — (EA^ergreen tree). — On a thick tap-root 
and its branches a number of haustorial scars, some of them pretty 
large and deep, were found ; the root was dug iip close to a sandal 
tree, but no living haustoria were seen on it; the scars exposed the 
inner wood to view. This species is very commonlA’ found in sandal 
tracts above 2,000 and up to 5,000 feet in the Salem District and is 
evidently a good nurse for sandal. 
On the Thirumalai Hill in Trevandrum I found a number of 
liA’ing sandal haiistoria on the roots of this species at an elevation 
of 400 feet above sea-leA'el. 
Saxtalace.e. 
(114) Santalum ulhum — (E^'ergreen tree). — Self-attachments 
between sandal roots are frequently met with even when other 
species exist plentifully. The haustoria and scars are pretty large 
and the former woody; in some cases the attacked root is flattened 
out at the points of attack. How such self -attack helps the trees 
is not clear; but perhaps where a sandal tree is in the vicinity of 
other species while another sandal is far away from them but 
