58 LIN KM . [ Eryth roxy Ion . 



Linn. ; Hook. Fl. I ml. i. 413. is a rambling leafy shrub of Southern India; and 

 Ixomuithc* khasiana, Hook, f . ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 416. a small tree of the Khasia 

 Hills. Many species give a strong fibre. Linum usitatissimum is the flax plant; 

 cultivated in India for its fibre and oil. 



1. ERYTHROXYLON, Linn. 



Contains four Indian species. Besides the one described, E. Eunthianum, Wall. ; 

 Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 414; Kurz i. 171, is a shrub of Eastern Bengal, the Khasia Hills and 

 Burma, above 3,000 feet elevation ; and.!?, burmanicum, Grift'. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 414 ; 

 Kurz i. 171, a tree of Burma and the Andaman Islands. 



The Coca or Spadic Plant of Peru, well known as a powerful stimulant of the 

 nervous system, is the E. Coca. 



1. E. monogynum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 449; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 414; 

 Kurz i. 171. E. indicum, Beddome t. 81. Szthia indica, DC. Prodr. i. 576. 

 Bastard Sandal. Vern. Devadarti, Tarn. ; Adivi gerenta, Tel. 



A small tree. Sapwood white; heartwood dark brown, with a 

 pleasant resinous smell, very hard, takes a beautiful polish. Pores very 

 small, very numerous. Medullary rays short, very fine, uniformly 

 distributed. 



South India and Ceylon. 



Weight, 55 to 67 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Used as a substitute for sandalwood. The wood gives an oil used as a preservative 



for native boats. 



Ibs. 



D 1083. North Arcot 55 



D 1091. Madura .66 



D 2027. Mysore . 67 



ORDER XXL MALPIGHIACE^J. 



An Order which is represented in India merely by two genera of climbing or 

 straggling shrubs. Hiptage Madablota, Gaertn. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 418 ; Brandis 

 44; Kurz i. 173; Gamble 13. (Gaertnera racemosa, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 368) Vern. 

 Kampti, madmalti, Hind. ; Endra, chopar, benkar, Tchumb, Pb. ; Shempati, Nep. ; 

 Haladwail, Mar. ; Madulmluta, Beng., is a common climbing shrub of most parts 

 of India and Hurrna ; H. candicans, Hook, f . ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 419 ; Kurz i, 174. 

 Vern. Toungsookapan, Burm. ; and H. obtusifolia, DC. ; Kurz i. 173 are respectively 

 a large shrub and a climber of Burma; H. acuminata, Wall. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 419, 

 is a bushy shrub of the Khasia Hills ; and H. parvifolia, W. and A. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. 

 i. 419, a shrub of Southern India- and Ceylon: making 5 species. Aspidoptcrys 

 contains 7 climbers, chiefly of the Himalaya, Southern India and Burma, but none 

 of any special interest. 



ORDER XXII. GERANIACEJE. 



A large Order, chiefly containing herbaceous plants, such as Geranium, Oxalis and 

 Impatiens. Only one genus, Averrhoa, contains trees, and these introduced: A. 

 Carambola,L\nn.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 439; Iloxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 450; Beddome xxxix. ; 

 Brandis 45 ; Kurz i. 177 ; Gamble 13. Vern. Kamaranga, Hind. ; Kamranrj, Beni;. ; 

 Soungyah, Burm., is a small tree which is commonly cultivated in India and Burma 

 for its fruit, which is eaten stewed or made into preserves. Home says it is used in 

 the Sundarbans for building purposes and furniture. Skinner, No. 18, gives its weight 

 as 40 Ibs. )T cubic i'oot, and 712 for the valuo of P; Wallidi skives its weight at iS'.Hbs. 

 A. Bilimlri, Linn.; Hook. H. Ind. i. 1:59 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 451 ; Beddome t. 117. 

 VVni. liiliiiilti, l>lii ,iil>n , <n/r<///<r, Hind., is a small tnv cultivated and often found 

 run wild in India. It lias an acid fruit, which is pickled or JUV-M rved in sugar, and the 

 juice is used in removing iron stains from linen. 



