[ Dillenra. 



ORDER II. DILLENIACEJE. 



An order of three Indian genera, belonging to two tribes, mz. t 



Tribe I. DeJimeae ...... Delima and Tetracera. 



II. Dilleniese ...... Dillenia and Wbrmia. 



Delima sarmentosa, Linn. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 31 ; Kurz i. 22 ; Gamble 2 (Tetra- 

 eera sarmentosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 645) Vern. MonJcyourik, Lepcha, is an evergreen 

 rough-leaved climber of Northern and Eastern Bengal, Burma and the Andamans. 

 Tetracera includes two species : T. Icevis, Vahl. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 31 (T. trir/yna, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. C45), a climber of the forests of Malabar; and T. Assa, DC.; 

 Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 31 ; Kurz i. 22, a scandent shrub of Chittagong. Wbrmia is found 

 in Ceylon. 



1. DILLENIA, Linn. 



Eight species. D. bractcata, Wight ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 37 (D. repanda, Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 652. Wormia bracteata, Beddome t. 115) is a handsome tree of South 

 India. D. pulcherrima, Kurz i. 19; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 37. Vern. yoo, Burin., is a 

 handsome deciduous tree of Pegu and Martaban, chiefly in the Eng forests, which Kurz 

 evidently identifies with No. 2 of Brandis' Burma List of 1862 (Bjooleri) : weight 

 69 Ibs., wood hard and strong, and used for rice-mills. D. scabrella, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 653; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 38; Kurz i. 21. Vern. ATcachi, Garo, is a deciduous tree 

 of Assam, Eastern Bengal and Chittagong. D. parviflora, Griff. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 38 ; Kurz i. 21. Vern. Lingyau, Burrn., is a deciduous tree of the mixed forests of 

 Burma up to 2,000 feet. 



Wood characterized by prominent' medullary rays which appear as 

 high, shining plates on a vertical section, giving the wood a remarkably 

 mottled appearance. The rays are generally of two sizes and the pores 

 are small, the distance between the rays being greater than the diameter 

 of the pores. 



1. D. indica, Linn.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 36 ; Brandis 1 j'Kurz i. 19 ; 

 Gamble 1. D. speciosa^lninb. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 650 ; Beddome t. 103. 

 Vern. Chalta, Hind.; Chalta, hargesa, Beng. ; Pkamsi&ol, Lepcha; 

 Olengak, Ass. ; Rai, Uriya ; Uva, Tarn. ; Uva, pedda-kalinga, Tel. ; 

 Syalita, Mai. ; Mota karmal, Mar. ; Hondapara, Cingh. ; T/tapru, chaura- 

 lesi, Magh ; Tbabyoo, Burm. ; Carliow, Talcing. 



A large evergreen tree. Bark red, peeling off in small hard flakes. 

 "Wood red with white specks, close-grained, moderately hard. Pores 

 moderate-sized, numerous, uniformly distributed. Medullary rays of 

 two classes, broad and extremely fine, a large number of fine ones 

 between two broad ones. Two or more lines of pores between each pair 

 <.f broad rays. The medullary rays are visible on a radial section, giving 

 Hie wood a mottled appearance, but not to the same extent as in 2). 

 pentagyna. 



Bengal, Central and South India, Burma; often planted for ornament. 

 Growth moderate, our specimen! shew seven vin^s per inch of radius. The weight 

 and transverse strength have been determined by the following experiment!: 



\\YiKht. P 



Skinner, No. 58, in 1862, in South India . found 45 Ibs., 71't 



Kvd in 1831 with Assam wood, bars 2'x l"x 1* 45 LM3 (doubtful) 



Unindis, in 18f>2, Burma List, No. 11 . . 41 



Sinythies, in 1878, with our four specimens . U'5 



