26 GUTTIFEILE. [ Catophyllum. 



Weight, 40 Ibs. per cubic foot. Mr. Chester says it is used largely in Chittagong 

 for masts, spars and rafters, and sometimes for small boat building and canoes. 



Ibs. 



E 1400. Chittagong - 44 



E 2490. Chenga Forest, Darjeeling Terai 38 



E 2953. Chunbati, Darjeeling, 3,000 feet 39 



These last two have the same structure as C. polyanthum, but the wood has a dark 

 red colour. 



4. C. tomentosum, Wight; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 274; Beldome xxii. 

 . elatum y Beddome t. 2. The Pooii Spar Tree. Vern. Poon,poone, 

 Mai. ; Pongoo, Tamil ; Siri poone, Kan. 



A lar<*e, tall, evergreen tree. Bark with numerous longitudinal 

 cracks. Structure the same as that of C. special He. 



Evergreen forests of the Western Coast from Kanara southwards. 



Weight : Couch's experiments at Plymouth Dockyard gave 36 to 43 Ibs. per cubic 

 foot ; our specimens give 35 Ibs. per cubic foot. Yields the Poon spars of commerce, 

 good spars often fetching large prices. It is also used for building and bridge work. 



The seeds give an oil. 



Ibs. 



W 762. South Kanara 32 



D 1279. Anamalai Hills . 38 



5. C. Wig-htianum, Wall.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 274; Beddome t. 90. 

 C. decipiens, Wight Ic. 106. Vern. Kal,poon, kull-ponne, Kan. ; Cheru 

 j>innay. Tarn. 



An evergreen tree. Wood hard, red. Pores large and moderate- 

 sized, uniformly distributed. Medullary rays very fine, not very distinct. 

 Numerous interrupted, wavy and anastomozing concentric bands of 

 soft tissue. 



Western Ghats from the Konkan to Travancore. 



Weight, 45 Ibs. per cubic foot. It is probably No. 36 of Skinner's List (C. spu- 

 rium) W = 39 Ibs. ; P = 567. Beddome says the timber is much esteemed and 

 valuable for engineering purposes. 



Ibs. 



W 861. South Kanara 45 



3. KAYEA, Wall. 



Two Indian and one Ceylon species. K.floribunda, Wall. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 276 ; 

 Kurz i. 96. Vern. Jarram-jowa t Sylhet, is a tree of the tropical forests of the Eastern 

 Himalaya and of the hills of Martaban, ascending to 3,000 feet. J. nervosa, T. And. ; 

 Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 277 ; Kurz i. 97 is au evergreen tree of Tenasserim. 



1. K. Stylosa, Thwaites Enum. 50; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 276; 

 Beddome t. 102. Veru. Suvanda, Cingh. 



A large tree. Bark dark grey. Wood soft, reddish. Pores moderate- 

 sized, numerous. Medullary rays very fine, indistinct, with concentric 

 bands of soft texture across the rays. 



A. Mendis gives the weight at 56 Ibs. and P = 814. 



DM. 

 Ceylon, south of the island. No. 82, Ceyloii collection . . . .56 



4. MESUA, Linn. 



Beddome gives six species of this ,'MIUS, but all these are included itt the Flora 

 Indica by Dr. T. A mlerson under one, MI-SIKI J'<i-r<<i. In the "Ueneriv I'huitavuni " 

 there are said to In- three species. Thuso include M. ThwatU-sii, i'l. and Triun., of 

 Ceylon, and u species from .Malacca. 



