T/i,'*j),'xia. ] MALVACEAE. 43 



The wood is not used, except as fuel. If gives a fibre wh'eh 's very extensively 

 used in Bengal for rough rop 



E 405. Sundarbans 35' 



No. 7. Ceylon Collection (marked Paritium tiliaceum) . . 38 



2. THESPESIA, Corr. 



Two species. T. Lampas, Dalz. and Gibs.; Hook. PI. Ind. i. 345; Kurz i. 

 128; Gamble 10 (Hibiscus Lampas and tetralocularis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 197, 198) 

 Vern. Bonkapash, Ass. (Wallich) ; Kondapatii, Tel, is a shrub found in most 

 parts of India, whose wood, according to Kyd, weighs 29 Ibs. and P = 407. 



1. T. populnea, Corr.; Hook. PL Ind. i. 345; Beddome t. 63; 

 Kurz i. 128. Hibiscus populneus, Willd. ; Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 190. The 

 Portia Tree or Tulip Tree. Vern. Parsipu, Hind.; Poresh, parash, 

 Beng. ; Paris, purasa, portia, pursa, pursung, puvarasam, Tarn. ; Gan- 

 garaya, Tel.; Beudi, Guz., Mar.; Sureya, Cingh. 



A moderate- sized evergreen tree. Sapwood soft; wood pale reddish, 

 with small, dark coloured, hard heartwood. Pores moderate-sized, scanty, 

 subdivided, uniformly distributed. Medullary rays fine, uniform, the 

 distance between two rays generally equal to the transverse diameter of 

 the pores. 



Coast forests of India, Burma and the Andaman Islands. Planted throughout 



India. 



Weight, "Skinner, No. 130, and A. Mendis give 49 Ibs. ; our specimens give 50 Ibs. 



Skium-r gives P = 716, and A. Mendis 708. 



Wood durable : it is used in South India for gun stocks, boats, cart and carriage 



making and for furniture ; in Burma for carts and furniture. It yields a good fibre 



from the bark, and a yellow dye from the capsules. 



Ibs. 



C 1050. Guzerat 50 



E 2488. Calcutta 



B 2470. Andaman Islands (Kurz, 1866) 



No. 51. Salem Collection 53 



No. 28. Salem Collection (marked Eugenia caryophyllafolia) . 48 

 No. 80. Ceylon Collection 49 



3. KYDIA, Roxb. 



Besides the species described below, K. glabrescens, Mast. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 

 348, is a tree of Bhutan and Assam. 



1. K. calycina, Roxb. ; Hook. FL Ind. i. 348 ; Beddome xxviii ; 

 Brandis 29; Kurz i. 124; Gamble 10. K. calycina and fraterna, Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 188, 189. Vern. Pola, pula, puli patha, po'dri, Hind.; 

 Barranga, bhoti, C. P.; Kubinde, Nep. ; Sedangtaglar , Lepcha ; Mahow, 

 Mechi; BoldobaJc, Garo ; Kopasia, Uriya ; Potri y pandiki, peddo,potri t 

 pedda kunji, Tel.; Buruk, bosha, Gondi; Bendi, Kan. ; Waning, Mar.; 

 Dwadote, Barm. 



A small tree. Bark i inch thick, grey, peels off in irregular flakes. 

 Wood white, soft ; no heartwood. Annual rings marked by white con- 

 centric lines. Pores scanty, moderate-sized, often oval and subdivided. 

 Medullary rays short, fine to broad, numerous, joined by white trans- 

 verse bars, and in this respect resembling Auonaceae ; on a radial section 

 distinctly visible as long straight bands. 



Common in the forests of all parts of India and Burma, except the arid region. 

 Growth fust, 4 to 8 rings per inch of radius. 



