30 TERNSTROMIACE^). . [ Schima. 



The wood is durable ; E 1449, brought by Griffith from the Mishmi Hills in 1836, 

 was perfectly sound when cut up in 1878. It is used in Northern Bengal and Assam for 

 many purposes, but chiefly for building. Many of the tea factories in Darjeeling have 

 been built of it, and the Public Works Department have sometimes used it for bridges. 

 Mann states that in Assam it is used for planks and ordinary building purposes and 

 for canoes. In 1875 several sleepers were made over to the Northern Bengal State 

 Railway for experiment, but the result is not yet known. As large quantities of the 

 timber, well grown and straight, are available, it is to be hoped that it may be ere 

 long in more extensive demand. 



It seeds profusely every year during the winter ; the fruit is a hard capsule which 

 splits open to let full the flat, slightly winged seeds. In thick forests, however, 

 seedlings are rarely found, but wherever light is admitted and the soil has been 

 slightly stirred, they come up in profusion. 



E 491. Barnunpokri Forest, Darjeeling 43 



E 646. Khooklono^ Forest, Darjeeling Terai 44 



E 636. Eastern Duars, Assam . . . . . ' . . .42 



E 1449. Mishmi Hills (Griffith, 1836) 50 



2. S. Noronhse, Rwdt. ; Kurz i. 107. Vern. Panma, tJiitya y Burm. 



An evergreen tree. Bark brown, irregularly cracked. Wood reddish- 

 brown, moderately hard, close-grained. Pores small, in short radial lines 

 between the very fine and closely-packed medullary rays. There is some 

 doubt about the identification of this number. 



Tenasserim and Martaban Hills. Weight 45 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



UN. 

 B 299. Burma (1867) 45 



4. CAMELLIA, Linn. 



Four species. C. caudata, Wall; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 293; Kurz i. 108, is an 

 evergreen shrub of the forests of the Martaban Hills at 3,000 to 4,000 feet. C. 

 lutescens, Dyer ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 293, is a shrub of the Mishmi Hills, 



1. C. drupifera, Lour.; Hock. Fl. Ind. i. 293; Kurz i. 109; Gamble 

 9. C. Rissi, Wall. Vern. Kissi, hingua, Nep. ; Chashing, Bhutia, 

 Lepcha. 



A large evergreen shrub. Bark thin, greyish -white. Wood grey, 

 soft, even-grained. Pores very small, uniformly distributed between 

 the very fine, very numerous medullary rays. 



Eastern Himalaya, Assam and Khasia Hills, ascending to 8,000 feet, Tenasserim, 

 and Andaman Islands. 



E 3111. Kalimpiing, Darjeeling, 4,500 feet. 



2. C. Thea, Link.; Brandis 25; Kurz i. 109; Gamble 9, the 

 China Tea Plant. C. theifera, Griff. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 292, the Assam 

 Tea Plant. Vern. Cha. 



A shrub with thin grey bark. Wood grey, soft. Pores numerous, 

 very small, uniformly distributed between the numerous line medullary 

 rays. 



Cultivated in many districts in India, especially in Kangra, Kulu, Dclira Dun, 

 Kninaun, J)arjeeling, the Western Dilavs. Assam, Cadiar, ChittagODg and lla/,aribagh 

 ill Northern India, as well as in the Nilgiri Hills and Ceylon. 



Weight, 56 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



MM. 



3142. Dehra Dun . 60 



