34 DIPTEROCARPEJE. [Shorea. 



The wood is not very good. The tree gives a resin called yhund, used in temples. 



B 2508. Burma (1862) 35' 



B 2282. Andamans (1866) 52 



We identify this last by the structure, though the tree is not given from the 

 Andanians. 



3. SHOREA, Roxb. 



Nine species. S.Jtoribvnda, Kurz. i. 119; Hook. PI. Ind. i. 304, is a deciduous 

 tree of Tavoy. S. assamica, Dyer; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 307, is a tree of Upper Assnra 

 discovered by Or. Mann on the banks of the Dehing river. S. gratissima, Dyer; Hook. 

 Fl. Ind. i. 307 (Hopea gratissima, Wall. ; Kurz i. 121), is found in Tenasserim. 



Wood generally cross-grained. Heart wood brown, hard or very 

 hard. Pores moderate-sized to large, generally filled with resin, in 

 patches of lighter coloured tissue. Medullary rays fine, broad, equidistant. 



1. S. stellata, Dyer ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 304. Parashorea stellata, 

 Kurz i. 117. Vern. Koungmhoo, Burm. 



A very large evergreen tree. Bark J inch thick, dark brown, 

 longitudinally fissured. Wood white, hard, rough. Pores round, 

 moderate-sized to large, uniformly distributed, often filled with a white 

 substance; each pore enclosed in a narrow white ring. Medullary 

 rays moderately broad ; the distance between two rays generally equal to 

 the transverse diameter of the pores. 

 Burma. 

 Weight, 47 to 50 Ibs. The wood is a used for canoes and in boat-building. 



Ibs. 



B 1944. Tavoy, Burma . . .47 



B 2481. Tenasserim 50 



2. S. Talura, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 618; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 304. 

 S. laccifera, Heyne ; Beddome t. 6. Vatica laccifera, W. and A. Vern. 

 Talura , talari. Tarn. ; Jaldri, Tel. ; Jalaranda, Kan. 



A large tree. Bark grey, with longitudinal fissures. Wood grey, 

 very to extremely hard, smooth, with small dark-coloured irregularly- 

 shaped heartwood. Pores small and moderate-sized, often in groups 

 enclosed in patches of white tissue, which are frequently elongated and 

 wavy, forming interrupted concentric bands. No distinct annual rings, 

 but alternating belts, with numerous and with few pores. Medullary 

 rays fine, very numerous, frequently white, bending. 

 Mysore and the eastern districts of Madras. 



Weight: Puckle gives 43 Ibs. per cubic foot; our specimens give 65 to 70 Ibs. 

 Puckle finds P = 896. The wood is much used for house-building, and is largely sent 

 down to Madras for that purpose. 



Ibs. 



D 1056. South Arcot 70 



D 1092. Madura 65 



D 1092 has a smooth, yellow, even-grained wood, while D 1056 is grey with a dark 

 brownish-red heartwood, but the structure of the two is identical. 



3. S. robusta, Gaertn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 615; Beddome t. 4; 

 B nmdis 26; Kurz i. 119; Gamble 9. The Sal Tree. Vern. Sal, sala, 

 salwa, sdkhu, sakhcr, Hind. ; Sakiva, Ncp. ; Teturl, Lepcha ; Boh,it, (iaro ; 

 Salwa, aoringhi, Uriya ; Koro/t, Oudh ; Sard, riajal, C. P.; Giitjal, r lYl. 



A large "Tcgarious tree, never quite lea Hess. Bark of young trees 

 smooth with a lew long, deep, vertical cracks ; oi' old trees 1 to 2 inches 

 thick, dark coloured, rough, with deep longitudinal furrows. Sapwood 



