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Wild in Ceylon. Planted as an avenue tree throughout Bengal and South India. 

 Weight : according to Skinner, No. 76, 37 Ibs. ; Brandis says between 30 and 40 ; our 

 men ives 37 Ibs. Skinner's -xpi riments giv v e P = 517. 



Ibs. 



E 2479. Calcutta 37 



2. P. cerasoides, Benth. and Hook, f . ; Hook. PI. Ind. i. 63; Bed- 

 dome t. 1.; Brandis 5; Kurz i. 38. Uvaria cerasoides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 666. Vern. JIoow, Mar.; C/tilka dudut/u, Tel.; Nakulsi, multli, Tarn. 



A large evergreen tree. Wood olive grey, moderately hard, close- 

 grained. Pores small. Medullary rays short, broad and moderately fine ; 

 the distance between the rays twice or three times as great as the 

 transverse diameter of the pores. Numerous, very distinct, fine, equidis- 

 tant, tran verse bars between the rays. 



Behar, Eastern and Western Ghats, Dekkau, Burma. 



Weight, 52 Ibs. per cubic foot. The wood is used for carpentry and in boat-building. 

 It is much prized in Bombay. 



Ibs. 

 C 997. Poona 52 



2. ANONA, Linn. 



Besides the species given below, the 'Bullock's heart/ A. reticulata, Linn.; Vern. 

 Ramplial, and the ' Soursop,' A. muricata, L., are also cultivated in many parts of 

 India. (Skinner, No. 14, gives for A. reticulata W = 40 Ibs. P = 640). 



1. A. squamosa, Linn. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 78 ; Roxb. PI. Ind. ii. 657 ; 

 Brandis 6; Kurz i. 4-6; Gamble 3. The Custard Apple. Vern. Sharif a t 

 xit-uphal, Hind. ; Ata, luna, Beng. ; Sila, Tarn. ; Sitapundv, Tel. ; AUa, 

 Mai., Cingh. ; Auza, Burm. 



A small tree, with an erect, short trunk. Bark thin, grey. Wood 

 soft, close-grained. Pores moderate-sized, scanty. Medullary rays moder- 

 ate-sized, joined by numerous white transverse bars. 



Introduced from the West Indies, and domesticated throughout India and Burma. 

 Cultivated for its fruit, which ripens from July to October. Weight, 46 Ibs. per cubic 



foot. 



Ibs. 

 B 2317. Myanoung, Burma 46 



3. MILIUSA, Lesch. 



Besides the two species herein described, M. indica, Lesch., M. Wifflitiana, Hook, 

 f. and Th.,and M.niluc/lrii'a, Beddome, are shrubs or small trees of the Western Ghats ; 

 M wlerocarpa, Kurz, is a small tree, with a rather heavy wood, from Martaban and 

 Tennnsserim ; and M. macro carp a, Hook. f. and Th., a small tree from Sikkim and 

 the Khasia Hills. 



1. M. velutina, Hook. f. and Th. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 87; Beddome 

 t. 37; Brandis 6; Kurz i. 47. Umria villosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 664. 

 Vern. J)om-sdl, Hind. ; Kari, C. P. ; Kharrei, Oudh ; Peddachilka dudiiga, 

 nalla diiduga, Tel. ; Tk&butgyee, Burm. 



A deciduous moderate-sized tree, with a short erect trunk ; in Burma 

 a large tree. Bark i inch thick, rough. Wood yellow when fresh 

 cut, grey or greyish brown when dry, moderately hard. Annual rings 

 indistinct. Pores small, uniformly distributed, often in short radial 

 lines. Medullary rays fine and moderately broad, the distance between 

 two rays larger than the transverse diameter of the pores. Transverse 

 burs distinct, numerous. 



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