60 RUTACE^J. [ Evodia. 



1. EVODIA, Forst, 



Contains 6 species of Indian small trees or shrubs. IS. viticina, Wall. ; Hook. Fl. 

 Ind. i. 489 ; Kurz ; i. 179, is a small tree of Tenasserim ; E. rutcecarpa, Hook. f. and 

 Th., a small tree of the inner valleys of Sikkim, between 7,000 and 10,000 feet ; and JK. 

 melicefolia, Bth., a small tree of Assam. 



1. E. fraxinifolia, Hook. f. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 490 ; Gamble 13. 

 Vern. K.inukpa, Nep. ; Kanti,, Lepcha. 



A small tree. Bark smooth, light gi'ey, y 1 ^ inch thick. Wood 

 white, soft. Pores small, often subdivided, numerous near the inner 

 edge of each annual ring. Medullary rays short, moderately broad. 



Eastern Himalaya in Sikkim, between 4,000 and 7,000 feet, Khasia Hills from 

 3,0:0 to 5,000 feet. 



Growth fast, 4 to 6 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 21 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood 

 used only for posts of huts. It comes up commonly in second growth forest, and the 

 leaves, flowers and fruit when bruised, have a disagreeable aromatic smell. 



Ibs. 

 E 3101. Darjeeling, 7,000 feet 21 



2. E. Eoxburghiana, Benth. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 487; Kurz i. 180. 

 E. triphylla, Beddome xli. Fagara triphylla, Roxb. FJ. Ind. i. 416. 

 Xanlkorylum triphyllum, Thwaites Enum. 69. Vern. Nebede, lunu- 

 ankenda, Ciugh. 



A small tree. Wood greyish brown, moderately hard. Pores small, 

 uniformly distributed. Medullary rays short, distant, fine to moderately 

 broad. 



Khasia Hills, South India and Ceylon, Tenasserim and the Andaman Islands. 

 Weight, 51 Ibs., according to A. Mendis. 



Ibs. 

 No. 60. Ceylon Collection 51 



B 1979 collected by Kurz in the Andamans in 1866 and marked E. triphylla, 

 DC. (Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 488 ; Kurz i. 180), has a soft pale red wood, with moderate- 

 sized, oval, elongated and subdivided pores, and very fine and closely packed 

 medullary rays. 



2. XANTHOXYLUM, Linn. 



A genus containing 10 small, rarely large trees or straggling or climbing shrubs, 

 most of them of very little importance. Besides the one described : X. acantho- 

 podium, DC.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 493; Kurz i. 181 ; Gamble 14. Vern. Bogay timnr, 

 Nep., is a small tree of the outer Himalaya from Kuniaun to Sikkim and the Khasia 

 Hills, ascending to 7,000 feet ; X. Rhetsa, DC. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 495, Beddome xli. 

 (Fagara Rhetsa ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 417) Vern. Rhetsa man, Tel. ; Sessal, Mar. ; 

 Rattu kina, Bingb. is a large tree of the Western and Eastern Ghats of South India; 

 and X. Budrunga, DC. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 495 ; Kurz i. 182. Vern. BorjonaU, Ass. ; 

 Mayanincf, Burm., is a tree of Eastern Bengal, Chittagong and Burma, with a rather 

 heavy, sol't, yellowish white, close-grained wood. The rest are shrubs or climbers. 



1 X. alatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 768 ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 493 ; 

 Beddome xlii. ; Brandis 47 ; Gamble 14. Vern. Timbiir } timur, tezmal, 

 durmur, Hind.; Balay timiir, Nep.; Snnyru, Lepcha. 



A shrub or small tree. Bark corky, young stems with thick conical 

 prickles with a corky base. Wood close-drained, yellow. Pores small, 

 often in radial lines, not uniformly distributed; belts with numerous 

 pores often alternating with belts with scanty pores. Medullary rays 

 fine, short, very numerous. 



Outer Himalaya from the Indus to Bhutan, ascending to 7,000 feet, Khasia Hills. 



