Calophyllnm .~\ GUTTIFER/T:. 25 



Wood soft and moderately hard, reddish, with n darker coloured 

 heartwood, seasons well, weight moderate. v Pores moderate-sized or large, 

 prominent on a vertical section, often arranged in wavy strings or groups. 

 Medullary rays fine or very fine, indistinct on a cross section but prominent 

 as straight narrow lines on a radial section. Interrupted concentric lines 

 of soft tissue. 



1. C. spectabile, Willd.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 271; Kurz i. 01; 

 C. Moonii, Wight, Beddome xxii. ; C. anicoium, Wall, in Exhibition 

 Catalogue; C. tefaapetalum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 008. Vern. Panta-ka, 

 kyandoo, Burm. ; Dakar tdlada, And. ; LalcJiuni, Hind, (from Andamans). 



A tall evergreen tree. Wood light red, shining, cross-grained, moder- 

 ately hard. Pores large, in scattered groups, and wavy lines prominent 

 on a longitudinal section. Medullary rays fine, very numerous, promi- 

 nent on a radial section as long, straight, dark-coloured narrow plates. 

 Concentric lines of soft tissue divide the wood into what at first sight 

 appear to be annual rings, but on closer examination are found to 

 be interrupted, and cannot be held to be the lines which mark the 

 annual increment ; these lines are visible on a vertical section. 



Tonasserim and Andaman Islands. 



Weight, 38-39 Ibs. per cubic foot. No. 13, from the Andaman Islands, of Brandis' 

 experiments of 1866 is probably tin's : Weight, 39'5 Ibs. P = 530 mean of 8 experi- 

 ments with bars 2' X 1" X 1." 



The wood is used for masts and spars ; also for planking, for which purpose it 

 has lately been used in building barracks in the Andamans. 



Ibs. 

 B 525. Andaman Islands ........ 39 



B 191)2. (Kurz, 1866) 38 



B 3197. (Home, 1874, No. 14, Teeni) .... 39 



2. C. inophy Hum, Linn. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 273; Beddome xxii,; 

 Kurz i. 95; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 606. The Alexandrian Laurel. Vern. 

 Sultana champa, Hind., Beng. ; Pinnay, Tamil; Puna, punas, Tel.; 

 Wuma, Kan. ; Undi> Mar. ; T)omba } Cingh. ; Pongnyet, Burm. ; Bintangor, 

 Malay. 



An evergreen tree. Bark grey or blackish -brown, smooth. Wood 

 reddish-brown, moderately hard, close-grained. Pores small and 

 moderate-sized, arranged in groups. Medullary rays extremely fine 

 and numerous. Numerous, not very prominent, interrupted concentric 

 lines of soft tissue. 



South India, Burma and Andaman Islands, often cultivated for ornament in other 

 parts of India. 



Weight : 63 Ibs. per cubic foot according to Kurz ; the specimens received averaged 

 42 Ibs. omitting the last which was rather decayed, " Used for masts, spars, railway 

 sleepers, machinery, &c." Kurz. 



Ibs. 



W 733. South Kanara 38 



B 2257. Andaman Islands (1866) 45 



B 2258. 44 



B 2263. 26 



3. C. polyanthum, Wall.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 274; Kurz i. 95; 

 Gamble 7. Vern. Kandeb, Beng. ; Kironli, Nep. ; Sung Iyer, Lepcha. 

 An evergreen tree. Structure the same as that of C. spectabiie. 



Northern and Eastern Bengal, Khasia Hills, Chittagong and Burma, ascending to 

 5,000 feet. 



