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Anneslea contains two small trees of Burma : A.fragrans, Wall. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 

 280 ; Kurz i. 98, of the Eng forests, and A. monticola, Kurz i. 98, of the hill forests of 

 Al artaban at 5,000 to 7,000 feet. Ternstromia, two trees of South India and Burma : 

 T.japonica, Thunb. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 280; Kurz i. 99 (T. gymnanthera, Beddome t. 

 91). Vein. Eaymone, Nilgiris, an evergreen tree of the Western Ghats and the Marta- 

 ban Hills, said by Beddome to have a pinkish wood, used for house -building ; and 

 T. penangiana, Choisy; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 281 ; Kurz i. 99, an evergreen tree of the 

 Andamans and Tenasserim. Adinandra villosa, Choisy ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 283 ; Kurz 

 i. 100, is an evergreen tree of Pegu. Cleyera ochnacea, DC., and C. grandiflora, Hook. 

 f . and Th. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. 283, 284, are small trees of the North-Eastern Himalaya 

 and Khasia Hills. Actinidia contains two climbing shrubs : A. callosa, Ldl. (No. 

 E. 2858, Tukdah Forest, Darjeeling, 5,000 feet, with corky bark and brown, very porous 

 wood) at about 5,000 feet, from Garhwal to Bhutan and the Khasia Hills, and A. 

 strigosa, Hook, f . and Th., of the Sikkim Himalaya, at 6,000 to 8,000 feet : both, Hook. 

 Fl. Ind. i. 286 ; Gamble 8. Vern. Ttkphal, Nep. ; Taksing, Lepcha. Fruit edible, of 

 good flavour. Stachyurus Jiimalaicus, Hook, f . and Th. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 288, is a 

 small glabrous tree of the Eastern Himalaya from 5,000 to 8,000 feet. 



In Pyrenaria are four evergreen trees : three of which, P. attenuata, Seem. ; 

 Hook. FL Ind. i. 290 (P. serrata, Bl. ; Kurz i. 105) of Tavoy; P. diospyricarpa, 

 Kurz i. 104, and P. camelliaflora, Kurz i. 105, of the Martaban Hills, are Burmese : 

 and one, P. barringtonicefolia, Seem. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 290, of the Garo Hills in 

 Assam. Gordonia obtusa, Wall. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 291 ; Beddome t. 83. Vern. 

 Nagetta, Nilgiris, is a tall grey-barked tree of the Western Ghats, said by Beddome 

 to have a yellowish-white, even-grained wood, used for house-building, but liable to 

 warp. G. excelsa, Bl. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 291, is a tree of the Bhutan Himalaya, 



Pores small, uniformly distributed between the fine or very fine 

 medullary rays. The species of Eurya have a few broader rays alternat- 

 ing with the fine rays. 



1. EURYA, Thunb. 



A genus of evergreen shrubs or small trees, of the Eastern Himalaya, Assam, 

 Southern India, and Burma. E. japonica, Thunb. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 284 ; Beddome 

 t. 92 ; Brandis 24 ; Kurz i. 101 ; Gamble 7. Vern. Baunra, gonta, deura, Hind. ; 

 Jhingni, Nep.; Tungchong, Lepcha; Hoolooni, Nilgiris ; Toungletpet, Burm., is found 

 in the Himalaya from the Jumna eastwards, above 3,000 feet in altitude, in the Western 

 Ghats and in Burma. It grows quickly and often gregariously in the Sikkim hills, 

 and coppices well. E. trichocarpa, Korth. is a small tree of Bhutan and the Khasia 

 Hills. 



1. E. symplocina, BL; Hook. Fl.Ind. i. 284; Kurz i. 102; Gamble 

 7. Veru. Barajkinynij kisi, Nep.; Flolungcliong, Lepcha. 



A small evergreen tree. Bark brown, thin. Wood reddish-white, soft, 

 close-grained. Annual rings marked by more numerous pores in the 

 spring wood. Pores very small. Medullary rays very fine and moder- 

 ately broad, the latter short, prominent. 



Hills of the North-Eastern Himalaya, from 5,000 to 7,000 feet, Burma. 

 Weight, 38 Ibs. per cubic foot. Used only for firewood. 



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1, Darjeeling, 7,000 feet ..... 



2. E, acmninata, DC. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 285 ; Kurz i. 101 ; Gamble 

 7. Vern. Sanuj/iiui/ni, Nep.; Flotungchong, Lepcha. 



A small evergreen tree. Bark brown, thin, smooth. Wood diUcrs 

 from that of I'], sywplorlna in having the larger medullary rays less 

 broad and less prominent. 



Hills of the North- Kastrrn Ilimahiya, Assam and Martalum, from ">,<><><) to 

 8,000 IV.-1. 



