50 STERCULIACE^I. \_Pterospermnm. 



2. P. suberifolium, Lam. ; Hook. PI. Ind. i. 367; Beddome xxxiv ; 

 P. canescens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 162. Vern. Baelo, Uriya; Lolagu, Tel.; 

 Taddo, Tarn. ; Velenge, Ciugh. 



A moderate-sized tree, wood light red, moderately hard ; structure the 

 same as that of P. aceri/olium. Medullary rays closely packed. 



Northern Circars and Carnatic. 



Weight, 36 to 401bs. Wood tough, used for building, carts and other purposes. 



Ibs. 



C 1250. Gumsur 38 



C 1311. 40 



No. 91. Ceylon Collection 36 



3. P. semi-sagittatum, Ham. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 368; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 160; Brandis 35; Kurz i. 146. Yern. Nagyee, Burm.; Nwaleinbyeng, 

 Magh. 



A moderate-sized tree with an irregularly shaped, fluted stem and 

 grey bark 1 to 2 inches thick. Wood reddish grey, moderately hard ; 

 structure the same as that of P. acerifolium, but with more numerous 

 pores and a few broader medullary rays. 



Chittagong and Burma ; sometimes planted in other parts of India. 

 Growth moderately fast, 6 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 40 to 50 Ibs. per cubic 

 foot. Wood durable. 



Ibs. 



B 2511. Burma (1862) 40 



B 2706. Tavoy (Wallich, 1828) 50 



Similar in structure to this is B 1418, sent from Burma under the name of Hman, 

 the chief difference between its wood and that of P. semi-sagittatum being that it 

 is scented, smoother and has much smaller pores. 



5. ERIOL.ENA, DC. 



Contains six Indian species, one of which comes from Central India, two from the 

 Eastern and Central Himalaya, three from Southern India and one from Burma. 



Besides the species here described, there are E. Stocksii, Hook, f . and Th., ; Hook. Fl. 

 Ind. i. 370, a shrub; E. quinquelocularis, Wight; Beddome xxxv., a tree from 

 Southern India ; and JE. spectabilis, Planch. ; Hook. PI. Ind. i. 371, from the Himalaya. 



Heartwood hard, reddish, close-grained, mottled. Pores moderate, 

 sized, in rings of soft tissue often arranged in concentric bands. 

 Medullary rays moderately broad, uniform. 



1. E. Wallichii, DC. ; Hook. 11. Ind. i. 370. Eriofana sp., Gamble 

 11. Vern. KulindJ, Nep. 



A small tree, bark inch thick, brown. Sapwood grey; heartwood 

 reddish brown, hard, mottled. Pores moderate-sized, often subdivided, 

 enclosed in irregular patches of soft tissue, and frequently arranged in 

 concentric lines. Medullary rays moderately broad and very fine. 



Nepal and Sikkim Himalaya. 



Weight, 4t) Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood much esteemed by Nepalese. 



E 2326. Bamunpokri, Darjeelirig 40 



2. E. Hookeriana, W. and A.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. ;J7d; Beddome 

 xxxv; Brandis 36. Vern. Nar-botku t Tel.; Arang, Berar; Kut/ci, 

 Ijlioinlei', Gomli. 



A small tree. Bark grey. Wood light red. Annual rings marked 

 by an almost continuous line of pores. Pores small and moderate-sized, 



