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"A tree with brown bark. Wood light orange-yellow, moderately 

 hard, close-grained. Pores moderate-sized, sometimes subdivided. 

 Medullary rays moderately broad, numerous. Numerous wavy con- 

 centric bands of soft texture, and of colour lighter than the rest of the 

 wood, across the rays, and often anastomosing. 



"Sikkim and Bhutan in damp forests up to 4,000 ft. 



" The fruit is yellow and sometimes eaten by Lepchas. It gives 

 a yellow gum, chiefly from the fruit, but it does not seem to be used. 



" E 3352. Kalimpung, Bhutan, 4,000 ft. 



" E 3365 is a specimen of the wood of a Garcinia from Burkhal, 

 Chittagong Hill Tracts. Bark thin, brown. Wood reddish white, 

 moderately hard. Pores large, scanty, often subdivided. Medullary 

 rays fine to broad. Numerous, wavy, concentric bands of soft tissue 

 across the rays." 



Page 25, line 16. For " are found " read " they are found " 



25, Calophyllum inopliyllum. To vernacular names add " Pinekai, Kan.; 

 JPoonang, Uriya ; " 



25, line 10 from the bottom. Add " Sebert in ' Les Bois de la Nouvelle Caledonie ' 

 says it is a magnificent wood for cabinet-maker's work, and that it 

 gives a yellowish green, pleasantly scented resin. He gives the mean 

 specific gravity as 0*924, equivalent to nearly 59 Ibs. per cubic foot. 

 In Orissa it is much cultivated, and an oil extracted from the seeds 

 is used for burning." 



26, (7. tomentosum. To vernacular names add " Kuve, bobbi, Kan. ; " 



26, line 15. After " per cubic foot." add " Molesworth in ' Graphic Diagrams 

 for Strength of Teak Beams' gives: Weight, 37 Ibs., P = 640, 

 E = 3,500." 



27, Mesuaferrea. To vernacular names add " Nahsher, Mechi ; Kesara, Kan. ;" 



27, line 9. After " evergreen tree." add " Bark inch thick, reddish brown, 

 peeling off in flat thin flakes, leaving a slightly roughened surface." 



27, line 26. After " cubic foot in weight. " add " Molesworth in ' Graphic Dia- 

 grams for Strength of Teak Beams' gives : Weight, 7 1 Ibs., P = 1,010, 

 E = 6,000." 



27, at the end of MESUA, add " C 3513 and C 3524 (55 Ibs.), from Kohori, Khur- 

 dha, Orissa, where the tree was planted on an area of about 12 acres 

 by a former Raja of Khurdha, are Ochrocarpus longifolius, Bth. and 

 Hook, f . Vern. Chhuriana, Uriya. Bark reddish brown, inch thick, 

 exuding a red gum. Wood red, hard, close- and even-grained. Pores 

 moderate-sized. Medullary rays moderately broad, very numerous, 

 the distance between them equal to, or less than, the diameter of the 

 pores. Annual rings marked by a darker line, Lines of soft texture 

 numerous, but indistinct. Numerous resin-ducts in radial long cells, 

 which appear as shining lines on a horizontal, and black points on a 

 vertical transverse section. Growth moderate. 8 rings per inch of 

 radius. Weight, 55 Ibs. per cubic foot." 



28, line 25. For " Bhutan Himalaya." read " Sikkim and Bhutan Himalaya." 



28, line 10 from the bottom. Add " Growth moderate, 7 rings per inch of 

 radius." 



29, line 15. After " Ouli gogen, Nep. ; " add " Laidonto, Moclii ; " 



29, at the end of 1. S. napaulonsis, add 



" 2. S. Koxburghii, Wall. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 287 ; Kurz i. 103 ; 

 Gamble 8. Ternstrb'mia scrmta, l!o\l>. Kl. I ml. ii. -VJ1. Vern. 

 Dahip, Sylhet; Ouli gnijcn, Nq>. ; Dani/aip/iu, Lcpcha ; Laidunto, 



Meohi, 



