4 DILLENIACEJB. [ Dillenia. 



very small, often in short radial lines. Medullary rays broad, with a 

 few intermediate veiy fine rays. Annual rings very indistinct. The 

 wood differs from that of D. indica and D. pentagyna by smaller pores 

 and narrower medullary rays. 



Nepal, Bengal, Burma and Andaman Islands. 



Weight : according to Benson, 44 Ibs. ; Brandis, 45 Ibs. ; our specimens give 48 to 

 49 Ibs. Benson gives P = 834. Wood not used. 



Ibs. 



B 2502. Burma (1862) 2 49 



B 2253. Andaman Islands (1866) 48 



4. D. retusa, Thunb.; Thwaites Enum. 5; Hook. FL Ind. i. 37. 

 Vern. Qodapara, Cingh. 



A tree. Wood resembling that of the other species. 



Ceylon, up to 2,000 ft. 



Weight according to A. Mendis, 51 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood used for building. 



Ibs. 

 No. 29, Ceylon collection 51 



Two specimens, B 2245 (52 Ibs.) and B 2275 (44 Ibs.), sent by Major Ford from the 

 Andaman Islands in 1866 under name of Linffyau, have a structure similar to that of 

 D. aurea, but the wood is purplish grey and may possibly belong to D. pilosa, Roxb. 

 (Kurz i. 20) which, according to Kurz, is a large tree of the Andamans. 



2. WOKMIA, Rottb. 



1. W. triqnetra, Rottb. ; Thwaites Enum. 4 ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 35. 

 Vern. Diyapara, Cingh. 



Wood reddish, in structure resembling that of Dillenia. 



Ceylon, up to 2,000 ft.^ 



Weight 44 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood used for building ; the nut gives an oil. 



Ibs. 



No. 22, Ceylon collection 44 



OEDEE III. MAGNOLIACE^. 



Contains 8 genera of Indian trees, shrubs or climbers, which are chiefly found in the 

 Eastern Himalaya and the Eastern moist zone. The order is divided ino 4 tribes, 



viz., 



Tribe I. Trochodendrese Euptelea. 



II. Wintereae Illicium. 



III. Magnoliese Talauma, Magnolia, Man- 



glietia and Micliella. 

 IV. Schizandrese ..... Schizandra and Eadsura. 



Four of these genera contain only shrubs or woody climbers : JEuptelea pleiosperma, 

 Hook, f . and Th. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 39, is a shrub of the higher Mishmi Hills ; ItJivium 

 contains two shrubs ; I. Griffithii, Hook. f. and Th. of the Khasia Hills, and I. maj/is, 

 Hook. f. and Th. ; Kurz i. 23, of the Thoungyeen Hills in Tenasserini ; ScJtizanth'n, -1 

 climbing species of the Eastern Himalaya, of which <S. (jrtnttlijloru. Hook. f. and Th. ; 

 Hook. Kl. Ind. i. 44: Brundis 571; ilaiuMo 3. Vern. -Klatufru . kalji mint-, Simla; 

 Sillangti, Kumaim; frhi</l/{<t, AfX.-.v/r// 1 //-, Lrprlia, with rdil.lr fruits, extends ;( s far 

 west as Simla (H. 3,029, Na^kan<la, iUMX) ft., with a porous wood and strong resinous 

 ^iin-11); and Kadsura, two clnuhcrs of Assam and ^lalahar rrsjicct ivrly. Of the remain- 

 ing geii'-iM. three are here described, the last, Mtuii/liifiit, containing two large t- 



