Cocklospermum.] BIXINE^E. 17 



Brandis 17; Kurz i. 72. Bombax Gossypium, Roxb. Fl. Incl. iii. 169. 

 Yern. Kiimbi, gabdi, ganidr, galrjal, gangal, Hind. ; Gangam, Goiidi ; 

 Gunguj kong, ltandu-gogu y Tel. ; Tanaku, kongillam, Tarn.; Chima-piuiji, 

 Mai. ; Ganeri, Bhil ; Ganeri, gunglay, Mar. 



A small deciduous tree, with short, thick, spreading branches. Bark 

 one inch thick, deeply furrowed ; inner substance* red. Wood extremely 

 soft, grey; no heartwood. Pores large, scanty, often subdivided into 

 compartments. Medullary rays broad, on a radial section, visible as long 

 rough plates. 



Forests at the base of the North-West Himalaya, from the Sutlej eastwards, 

 Central India, Di-kkun, I'roine District in Burma. 



Weight, 17 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood useless. Gives a clear white gum (JLatira), 

 which, according to Baden-Powell, is used in the trade of shoemaking. 



Ibs. 

 C 1141. Ahiri Reserve, C. P 17 



2. SCOLOPIA, Schreber. 



Three species. S. crenata, Clos.i Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 191 ; Beddome t. 78 (Phokeros 

 crenatuSy W. and A. Prodr. 29). Vern. Hitterlu, Burghers, is a tree of Malabar, Kanara 

 and Mysore, said by Beddome to have a hard, dense, white wood, liable to warp. 

 8. Boxourgkii, Clos. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 190; Kurz i. 73 (Ludia spinosa, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 507), is an evergreen tree of Tenasserim, the stem and older branches of which 

 are armed with long, straight or compound spines. 



1. S. rhinanthera, Clos. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 190. B 1969, collected 

 by Kurz in the Andamans in 1866, bears this name. It has a hard red 

 wood, with a structure similar to that of Flacourtia, the pores being 

 small, in short radial lines, between the very fine and closely packed 

 medullary rays. Weight GO Ibs. per cubic foot. 



3. FLACOURTIA, Commerson. 



Seven Indian species. The following are the names given in the Flora Indica i.. 

 191 to 194: 



1. F. sumatrana, Planch. ; Kurz i. 74 . . . Tenasserim. 



2. F. inermis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 833 ; Beddome Sylhet, S. India, Martaban. 



xvi ; Kurz i. 74. Vern. Tomitomi, Mai. ; 

 Ubbolu, Kan. Perhaps introduced. Fruit 

 edible. 



3. F. montana, Grah. ; Beddome xvi. Vern. AttaJc, Western Coast. 



Kan., Mar. 



4. F. mollis, Hook. f. and Th. ; Kurz i. 74 . . Tenasserim. 



5. F. Cataphracta, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 834; Bed- Bengal, Burma, Bombay, 



dome xvi ; Kurz i. 74. Vern. Faniala, Western Ghats. 

 panizali, Beng. ; Talispatri, paniala, 

 Hind. ; Talisapatri, Tarn., Tel. ; Na-yuwai, 

 Burm. 



6. F. Hamontchi, L'Herit India. 



7. F. sepiaria, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 835 (also F. Kumaun, Bengal and South 



obcordata) ; Beddome xvi ; Brandis India. 

 18; Kurz i. 75 (also F. rotundifolia). 

 Vern. Sharawani, dajkar t jidkar t Hind. ; 

 Kanru y Tel. 



1. F. Ramontchi, L'Herit.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 193; Beddome xvi; 

 Brandis 18. F. sapida, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 835 ; Kurz i. 75. Vern. 

 Kukai, kakoa, kanyu, kandei, Pb. ; Bila-ngra, bhanber, kanju, kandi 



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