18 BixiNE-E. [Flacourti a. 



kaitdr, katti, Hind.; Kaikun, Mhairwarra; K6nl,idnki, bildli, C. P. ; 

 Arma-suri, kalien, Gondi; Gurgoti, Kurku; Bincha, katdi, Beng. ; 

 Bonicha, Uriya ; Pahar, bhekal, kakei, kaker, Mar. ; Bhulankas, 

 Hyderabad ; Kanregu, pedda-kanru, kaka y nakka-naregu , Tel. ; Ugurassa, 

 Cingh. ; Na-yuwai, Burm. 



A small thorny deciduous tree. Bark grey. Wood red, hard, close- 

 and even-grained, splits, but does not warp and is durable. Pores 

 small, in radial lines between the fine, uniform, closely-packed and some- 

 what wavy medullary rays. 



Dry hills throughout India, Prome District in Burma. 



Weight : Brandis gives 50 Ibs. per cubic foot, the average of our specimens is 53 Ibs. 

 The wood is used for turning and agricultural implements, and the fruit and leaves are 

 eaten. 



Ibs. 



P 460. Ajmere . 52 



P 3221. Nagpahar, Ajmere 



O 260. Garhwal (1868) 50 



C 2739. Moharli Keservre, C. P 52 



B 3125. Burma (1862) . ' . 59 



4. XYLOSMA, Forster. 



Three species. X. controversum, Clos. ; Hook. PL Ind. i. 194, is a tree of Nepal 

 and the Khasia Hills, nearly allied to X.. longifolium. X. latifolium, Hook. f. and 

 Th. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 194, is a large thorny tree of the Bababuden Hills in Mysore. 



1. X. longifolium, Clos. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 194; Brandis 19. Vern. 

 Chopra, c/iirunda, chirndi, drendu, Pb. ; KaUdwa, Oudh ; Danddl, katdri, 

 kandhdra. Hind. 



A small evergreen tree. Bark i inch thick, grey. Wood pinkish, 

 moderately hard, even-grained. Pores small, in short radial lines between 

 the wavy, very fine and closely-packed medullary rays. 



North- West Himalaya ascending to 5,000 feet, Assam. 



Weight, 55 Ibs. per cubic foot. The wood is used for fuel and charcoal. 



Ib8. 



H 2947. Jander, Sutlej Valley, 3,500 feet 55 



5. GYNOCARDIA, R. Br. 



1. G. odorata, R. Br.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 195 ; Kurz i. 76 ; Gamble 

 6. Chaulmoogra odorata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 835. Vern. Chaulmugri, 

 peiarkura, Beng. ; Kadu, Nep. ; Tub, Lepcha ; Toungpung, Magh. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree, readily known by the hard, round 

 fruits which grow on the stem and main branches. Bark \ inch thick, 

 grey, smooth. Wood hard, close-grained, yellow or light brown. Pores 

 very small, in radial lines between the white, very numerous and promi- 

 nent medullary rays. 



Northern and Eastern Bengal and Assam, Chittagong and Burma. 



Weight, 47 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



r i In- wood is used in Chittagong for planking and for posts, and the pulp of the 

 fruit in Sikkim to poison fish. The seeds give by expression a thick oil, used in the 

 treatment of cutaneous diseases, especially leprosy. 



Ibs. 



E 708. Chittagong 47 



