Sauranja. ] TERNSTROMIACE^:. 29 



Weight, according to Kyd 32 Ibs.; our specimen, however, weighed 47 Ibs. 



Kyd's experiments on a'bar 2' X 1" X 1" gave P = 337, for wood from Goalpara. 



ll.s. 



E 2320. Rangbul, Darjeeling, 7,500 ft 47 



2. SAURAUJA, Willd, 



A genus of trees or shrubs with handsome, parallel-veined, generally scaly and 

 rusty-tomentose leaves, and pink or white ilowers. Of the eight Indian species live are 

 round in Burma, and six in the Eastern Himalaya. .Besides the species here described, 

 S. Griffith*, Dyer; Hook. Fl.llnd. i. 280 ; Gamble 8. Vern. Goyen, Xep. ; Hlosipha, 

 Lepcha, is an extremely handsome small tree with large leaves bright green above and 



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Rata gogen, Nep ; Sipha, Lepcha, from Sikkim, Assam and Burma, are small trees 

 or shrubs; 8. Roxbu ;//////, Wall.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 287 ; Kurz i. 103; Gamble 287 

 (Ternstromia serrata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 521). Vern. Dalup, Sylhet ; Ouli gogen, Nep. ; 

 Dangsipha, Lepcha, is a small tree of the valleys of Sikkim, the Khasia Hills, and 

 Burma ; and S. tristyla, DC. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 287 ; Kurz i. 104 ; (Ternstromia 

 bilocularis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 522) occurs in Tenasserim. 



1. S. napaulensis, DC. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 286 ; Brandis 25 ; 



Gamble 8. Vein. Gogina,goganda> Hind.; Gogen, Nep.; Kasur, Lepcha. 



A small tree. Bark reddish-brown, thin. Wood light pink, very 



soft, spongy ; shrinks much. Pores small. Medullary rays fine and 



moderately broad, prominent on a radial section. 



Outer Himalaya from the Jumna to Bhutan above 3,000 feet, Khasia Hills. 

 Weight, 25 Ibs. per cubic foot. Leaves lopped for cattle fodder. 



Ibs. 

 E 2321. Tukdah, Darjeeling, 5,000 feet 25 



3. SCHIMA, Reinw. 



Six species. 8. crenata, Korth. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 289; Kurz i. 107. (Gordonia 

 oblata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 572. G.floribunda, Wall.) is an evergreen tree of Burma. 

 >S'. klmsiana, Dyer ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 289, is a white-barked tree of the Khasia Hills. 

 S. monticula, Kurz i. 107, is a tree of the summits of the Nattoung Range in 

 Martaban, at 6,000 to 7,200 feet ; and 8. bancana, Miq. ; Kurz i. 108, is a tree of the 

 Eng forests of Martaban and Tenasserim. 



1. S. Wallichii, Choisy; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 289; Gamble 8. 

 Gordonia integrifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 572. Vern. Ckilauni, goechassi, 

 Nep.; Makusal, Hind. ; Sumbrong, Lepcha; Gugera, Goalpara; Makriah 

 chilauni, makusal, Ass. ; Dingan, Khasia ; Boldak, Garo ; Jam, 

 Cachar. 



A large evergreen tree. Bark black or dark grey with deep vertical 

 cracks. Wood rough, red, moderately hard, shrinks much in seasoning, 

 but is durable. Pores moderate-sized and small, round, extremely 

 numerous and uniformly distributed. Medullary rays very fine, uniform, 

 equidistant, very numerous : on a radial section visible as narrow, darker 

 coloured plates. 



Northern and Eastern Bengal, and Chittagong, ascending to 5,000 ft. 

 Growth moderately last, our specimens shew 4 to 8 rings per inch of radius. 

 The following experiments have been made to determine the weight and transverse 

 strength : 



Weight. P = 



Kyd with Goalpara wood in 1831, No. 48, bar 2 ' X 1 " X 1 " . found 43 Ibs. 383 

 Brandis with SSikkiin in 18G4, bar G ' X 2 " X 2 " . 45 760 



Smy lliies with our four specimens in 187S . . . . 45 



