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STERCULIACE.E. 



[ Ileritlera. 



experiments which shew that the weight may be tolerably correctly taken at 65 Ibs. 

 and the value of P at 850 : 



Sundri wood is durable ; it is heavy and does not float, and is extremely tough. It is 

 used for a great variety of purposes, such as beams, buggy shafts, planking, posts, 

 furniture, firewood ; but chiefly in boat-building, for which purpose it is very exten- 

 sively used in Calcutta, and particularly in the Government Dockyard at Kidderpore. 

 It is the chief timber of the Sundarbans forests. Its reproduction is most favourable. 

 On all lands flooded by ordinary flood-tides, a new growth of jungle springs up imme- 

 diately ; but on land ordinarily above high-water mark, it only establishes itself by slow 

 degrees. It soon spreads itself on newly formed islands on the sea edge of the forests. 

 " The roots of the Sundri do not penetrate deep into the ground, but spread laterally 

 2 to 3 feet below the surface, sending out perpendicular tough shoots, which stand 

 from 3 to 15 inches in height all round the parent stem ; and when there are many 

 trees close together, walking through a Sundri forest is very much like finding one's 

 way among a fine growth of inverted tent pegs." Home, in" Bengal Forest Report, 

 1873-74, paragraph 13," which, as well as Dr. Schlich's article in the " Indian 

 Forester," Vol. i, p. 6, may be referred to for further details about Sundri. 



The Sundri forests are generally very well stocked. Valuations made by Home in 

 1873-74 gave, for the average amount of material per acre of Sundri forest, 



Seedlings and saplings under 3 feet girth .... No. 2,487 



Trees above 3 feet girth ,,182 



Ibs. 



E 401. Sundarbans 70 



E 2916. 66 



B 3123. Burma (1862) 69 



B 517. Andaman Islands 63 



B 2285. (1866) 68 



B 2226. 53 



2. H. Papilio, Buddome t. 218.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 36:3. Vern. 

 Soundalay unnu, Tinnevelly. 



A very lofty tree. Wood red, very hard, structure similar to that 

 of //. littoralis, but pores less numerous and smaller, and transverse 

 bars more numerous and more prominent. 



Evergreen forests of the Western (Jlmts between Tr;ivanrore and Tinnevelly. 

 Weight, (53 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood used tor building, cart poles and agr'ieultural 



hnpleiii 



Lb* 

 D 1066. Tinnevelly 63 



