Dlllenia. ] DILLENIACE.E. 8 



The wood is used to make helves and guustocks, aud in construction ; and is said to 

 be durable under water. It makes good firewood and charcoal. The large fruit is 

 surrounded by the fleshy accrescent calyx which is eaten either raw or cooked. The 

 rough old leaves are used to polish ivory. 



RM. 

 E 596. Khooklooog Forest, Darjeeling Terai ..... 4') 



E 2310. Sivoke Foivsls, Darjeeling Terai ..... 41 



E 1395. Chittngoiig .......... 48 



B 2501. Burma ........... 49 



2. D. pentagyna, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 602 ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 38 ; 

 Beddome t. 10 i ; Brandis 2; Kurz i. 21 ; Gamble 2. D. augusta, Roxb. 

 I.e. Verii. Aggai, Oudh; Kallai, C.P. ; Karkotta, Beng. ; Suha-ruk , 

 Bori, C.P. ; Tatri, Nep.; Shukni, Lepcha; Akshi, Ass., Mechi ; Akachi, 

 Garo ; Rai, Uriya; Rai t pinnai } nai-tek, Tarn.; Rawadan,c/iinnakaUnga } 

 Tel.; Kanagalu, Mar. ; Mirclil, Baigas ; Kallei, Goadi; Male geru, Kurg; 

 Machil, Kan.; Zambrun, Magh. ; Zimbyiin, Burm. 



A deciduous tree. Bark J inch thick, grey or pale-brown, smooth, 

 inner substance red. Wood rough, moderately hard, reddish grey ; apt 

 to split, warp and crack ; strong, heavy, durable, handsomely marked on 

 a vertical section by the darker-coloured medullary rays which appear 

 as broad plates. Pores small and moderate-sized, many of them filled 

 with a white substance, which is visible both on the horizontal and 

 vertical sections, and is one of the characteristics of the wood. Medul- 

 lary rays numerous, moderately broad, with a few intermediate, very 

 fine rays. Annual rings marked by a narrow belt in the outer edge 

 (autumn wood) without pores ; this is particularly distinct in the wood 

 from Oudh, less so in the specimens from Burma. 



Oudh, Bengal, Central and South India, Burma. 



Growth moderately fast, our specimens give five to six rings per inch of radius. 

 Saplings grow up very fast, with straight, thick-barked stems, crowned by very large 

 leaves. The weight and transverse strength have been determined by the following 

 experiments : 



Weight. P = 



Skinner, in 1862, in South India, No. 57 . . found 70 Ibs. 907 

 Benson, in Burma, with bars 3' Xl'4' / xr4' / . . 58 , 960 



Kyd, in 1831, with Assam wood, in bars 2' X I" X 1" . 45 , 593 



Brandis, in 1862, Burma List, No. 1 . 48 



,, in 1864, with Burma wood (4 experiments) 

 bars3'xl"xl" ........ 45 , 740 



Smythies, in 1878, with our six specimens . . 47'5 , 



The wood is used for construction, ship-building, rice-mills, and for charcoal. which 

 is of good quality. The leaves are very large, often 2 feet long ; they are used for 

 plates. The fruit is eaten when green, as also are the flower-buds. The tree is often 

 found with sal. 



O 348. Gorakhpur (1868) ..... , . .64 



E 658. Kakti Forest, Darjeeling Terai ...... 45 



E 2311. Si voke, Darjeeling Terai ....... 54 



......... 47 



B 557. Prome, Burma ......... 38 



3. D. aurea, Smith; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 37; Brandis 2; Kurz i. 20. 

 D. ornata, Wall. Vern. Chamaggai, Oudh ; DJieugr, Nep. ; _B^00<?#, Burm. 



A large tree. Bark \ inch thick, reddish grey. Wood grey, beauti- 

 uflly mottled and wainscoted, hard, close-graiuod. Pores small and 



