Elaocarpu9."\ TILIACE-B. 57 



The genus is divided into three sections : 



Section I. Ganitrus contains E. Ganitrus, Koxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 592 ; Hook. PL 

 Ind. i. 400 ; Beddome xxxvii. ; Brandis 43 ; Kurz i. 168. Vern. 

 Rudrak. Hind., a large tree of North-Eastern and Central India, 

 the hard tubercled nuts of which are polished and made into rosaries 

 and bracelets. 



Section II. Dicera contains, besides the two species described below : E. serratus, 

 Linn. Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 401. Beddome xxxviii. Vern. Jalpai, 

 Beng. ; Perinkdrd, Kan. ; Wiralu, Cingh., a tree, with edible fruit, 

 of Bengal, the North-East Himalaya and the Western Coast (Weight, 

 331bs., Wallich); E. Jloribundus, Bl. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 401; 

 Kurz i. 167 of Eastern Bengal and Burma; E. oblonyus, Gaertn. ; 

 Beddome xxxviii. Vern. ikki, Nilgiris, of Southern India, with 

 a strong, white, tough wood ; and several other loss common species. 



Section III. Monocera contains E. tuberculatus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii 594; Beddome 

 t. 113 ; Vern. Rudrak, Hind., a large tree of Southern India, whose 

 nuts are used in the same way as those of E. Ganitrus ; E. rugostis, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 596 ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 405 ; Kurz i. 166 ; Gamble 

 13. Vern. Nandiki, Nep., of the Eastern Himalaya, Chittagong and 

 Burma; E. ferrugineus, Wight; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 406 ; Beddome 

 t. 112, a common tree of the Nilgiris ; and E. Varunua, Ham. ; 

 Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 407 ; Kurz i. 165. Vern. Tuttcaly, saul kuri, 

 Ass., of the Himalaya from Kumaun to Sikkim, Assam, Sylhet 

 and Chittagong ; besides other species. 



The species of Elaocarpus have usually handsome flowers with laciniate petals, 

 and the fruits of most species resemble an olive and are eaten. 



1. E. robustus, Bl. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 402; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ij. 597 ; 

 Kurz i. 169 ; Gamble 13. Vern. Jalpai, Sylhet; Bepari, batrachi, Nep. ; 

 Chekio 3 Magh ; Taumagyee, Burm. 



An evergreen tree. Wood white, shining, soft, even-grained. Annual 

 rings marked by a prominent line. Pores moderate-sized, uniformly 

 distributed, generally oval or elongated, subdivided. Medullary rays 

 fine and very fine, closely packed, visible as long narrow bands on a 

 radial section. 



Eastern Himalaya ascending to 2,000 feet, Khasia Hills, Eastern Bengal, Chitta- 

 gong, Burma and Andaman Islands. 



Growth moderate. Weight, 381bs. per cubic foot. 



Ibs. 

 E 581. Khookloong Forest, Darjeeling Terai 38 



2. E. lanceaefolius, Koxb, Fl. Ind. ii. 598; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 402 ; 

 Kurz i. 167; Gamble 13. Vern. Bhadras, batrachi, Nep. ; Shepkyew, 

 Lepcha; Sakalang, Ass. 



A large tree. Wood soft, light brown. Pores small, in short strings 

 of 2 to 5. Medullary rays extremely numerous, fine and very fine, 

 appearing as narrow plates on a radial section. 



Eastern Himalaya from 6,000 to 8,000 feet, Khasia Hills, Sylhet and Tenasserim. 

 Growth moderate, 8 rings per inch of radius. Weight 41 Ibs. Used for house- 

 building, tea-boxes and charcoal. Fruit edible. 



Iba. 

 E 358. Rangbul, Darjeeliug, 7,000 feet 41 



ORDER XX. 



A small Order containing 4 genera of Indian trees or shmbs. The only one of any 

 importance is Erythroxylon. jKeimvardtia contains 2 small yellow flowered under- 

 shrubs of the Himalaya, Eastern Bengal and the Western Ghats ; Hugonia Mystax, 



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