56 TILIACE^J. [ Grewia. 



Outer Himalaya from Nepal eastwards, ascending to 4,000 feet, Khasia Hills. 

 Used in Bengal for making hedges, for which it is very useful. 



Ibs. 

 E 2327. Sivoke, Darjeeling Terai 42 



8. G. pilosa, Lam. ; Hook. PL Ind. i. 388 ; Brandis 39. G. carpini- 

 folia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 587. Vern. Posanyni, Ajmere. 



A shrub with four-angled stem and brown bark. Wood yellowish 

 white, hard, divided into triangular wedges proceeding from the centre 

 towards the four corners and sides, the annual rings in the wedges towards 

 the corners marked by large pores, those towards the sides by a white line 

 and a few moderately large pores. Pores in the rest of the wood small. 

 Medullary rays fine, white, numerous. 



Plains of the North- West, Central and South India. 



P 3230. Nagpahar, Ajmere 

 P 3256. Goran Hills, Ajmere 



4. ECHINOCARPUS, Blume. 



Contains 5 large trees of the forests of the north-east and east moist zone in 

 Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, the Khasia Hills and Burma. E. sterculiaceuy, Bth. ; Hook. 

 Fl. Ind. i. 400 ; Gamble 12. Vern. Banj, Nep. ; Thabola, Magh, is a very large tree of 

 the Sikkim Terai, Chittagong and Burma, with a deeply buttressed trunk and large fruit 

 covered with long needle-like spines. E. tomentosus, Bth. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 400 ; 

 Gamble 12. Vern. Kaktay, Nep. ; TaJcsor, Lepcha, is a large tree of the Sikkim Hills 

 from 2,000 to 4,000 feet, E. Murex, Bth. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 399, is a large tree of the 

 Khasia Hills and Burma (E. Sigun, B\. ; Kurz i. 162) ; and E. assamicus Bth. ; 

 Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 399. Vern. Jabba hingori, Ass., a tree of Upper Assam, whose 

 wood, according to Mr. Mann, is used for planking. 



1. E. dasycarpus, Bth. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 400 ; Gamble 12. Vern. 

 Gobria, Nep. 



A large tree. Bark dark grey. Wood greyish brown, soft. Pores 

 small. Medullary rays fine and moderately broad, closely packed, 

 straight, prominent on a radial section. 



Eastern Himalaya, 5,000 to 7,000 feet. (Hooker, in Fl. Ind., says : " Sikkim at 2,000 

 feet," but I have never seen it below 5,000 feet. J. S. Gr.) 



Weight, 32 Ibs. per cubic foot. Used for planking, for tea-boxes and to make 

 charcoal. It is in considerable demand in Darjeeling. The tree is very handsome, as 

 it has showy clusters of yellow-white flowers, capsular fruit, with short close-set spines, 

 black seeds with a red arillus, and drooping branches. It flowers and seeds freely 

 each year, and seedlings come up well. 



E. 694- Chuttockpur, Darjeeling, 6,000 feet 32 



E. 1289 sent from Cachar under the name ' Sitarjat' has a similar structure, but 

 the pores are larger. This is probably E. tiliaceus of Mr. G. Mann's Assam Lists 

 (Phul hingori, Ass. ; Sitarsaaz, Cachar), Assam Forest Keports, 1874-75 and 1875-76. 

 Said by Mr. Maim to be used for planks and beams where not exposed to changes 

 of weather. 



5. EL.EOCARPUS, Linn. 



A large genus of trees, chiefly found in the moister parts of India ; 25 species are 

 found in India, of which the distribution is: 



North-Western India .......... 1 



North-Eastern India 14 



J'mrma 17 



Central India . 1 



Southern India . 14 



