Slerculia. ] STERCUUACKJE. 47 



3. S. COCcinea, Roxb. PI. Ind. iii. 151; Hook. PL Ind. i. 357; 



Kurz i. 137 ; Gamble 11. Vern. Sitio uddl, Nep. ; Katior, Lepcha. 



A small evergreen tree, with smooth, light grey bark. Wood grey, 

 spongy, extremely soft. Structure similar to that of S. urens. Trans- 

 verse bars distinct. 



Eastern Himalaya, ascending to 6,000 feet, Assam, Khasia Hills, hills of 

 Burma. 



Weight, 17 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Bark used for the same purposes as that of S. villosa, but less commonly. 



Ibs. 

 E 573. Khooklong Forest, Darjeeling Terai 17 



4. S. COlorata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 146; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 359; 

 Becldome xxxii ; Brandis 34 ; Kurz i. 138; Gamble 11. Vern. Bodula, 

 walena, samarri, Hind. ; Moola, Beng. ; SUto udal, phirphiri, omra,i Nep .; 

 Kanhlyem t Lepcha; Bolazoug y Garo; Khowsey, pinj, Berar ; Bhdi-koi, 

 Bombay; Kara&d, Te\. ; Wet-shaw, Burm. ; Berdd, And. 



A moderate-sized tree. Bark grey. Wood grey, very soft. Struc- 

 ture similar to that of S. urens, but medullary rays broader and shorter, 

 and transverse bars distinct. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards, Central and South India, Burma 

 and the Andaman Islands. 



Growth fast, 3 to 4 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 24 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Bark used in rope-making. Pine specimens of the fibre were sent from Berar to 

 the Paris Exhibition of 1878 (C 985. Bairagarh Reserve, Melghat). 



Ibs. 



E 1394. Chittagong .......... 24 



2. HEBITIERA, Blume. 



Contains 3 Indian trees, of which 2 are here described. They have simple 

 leaves, scaly beneath or silvery white. Besides the two here described, H. Fomes, 

 Buch. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 363. (H minor, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 142; Kurz. i. 141) is a 

 tree of Sylhet, Chittagong, Arracan and the deltas of the Ganges and Irrawaddy. 

 It has a red brown, strong wood, weighing 66 Ibs. per cubic foot, and used for boats, 

 bridges and house-building. 



Heartwood red, very hard. Numerous transverse bars between the 

 medullary rays. 



1. H. littoralis, Dryand. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 363 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 142; Becldome xxxiii.; Kurz i. 140. Vern. Sunder, sunclri, Beng.; 

 Penglai-kanazo, Burm. ; Mawtdd, And. 



A small gregarious evergreen tree. Bark dark grey, with longi- 

 tudinal cracks. Sap wood white ; heartwood dark red, very hard, close- 

 grained. Pores moderate-sized to large, often oval and subdivided into 

 compartments. Medullary rays uniform, moderately broad, short, 

 wavy, with numerous, very fine, white, transverse bars; the distance 

 between two rays being generally equal to the transverse diameter of 

 the pores. 



Coasts and tidal forests of Bengal, the Peninsula, Burma and the Andaman 

 Islands. 



Weight, as much as 104 Ibs. when wet, according to Schlich. The weight of 

 seasoned wood, as well as the value of P, have been determined by the following 



