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tithu, hala, Pb. ; Charangi, Hind., is a tall shrub of the outer Himalaya from the 

 Chenab to Nepal, occasionally ascending to 8,000 feet, with a bitter bark, which is used 

 as a substitute for quassia. 



4. BALANITES, Delile. 



1. B. Roxburgh!!, Planch. ; Hook. PL Ind. i. 522 ; Brandis 59 ; Kurz 

 i. 204. B. <zgyptica y Delile; Beddorae 1. Ximenia agypliaca, Roxb. PL Ind. 

 ii. 253. Vern. Hingu, ingua, hingol, hingola, Hind.; Garrah, Gondi; 

 Gari y ringri, Tel. ; Nanjunda t Tarn. ; Hingan, Mar. 



A small tree, with grey bark, i inch thick. Wood yellowish white, 

 moderately hard, no heartwood, no annual ring's. Pores small or 

 moderate-sized, distributed in irregular bands and groups. Medullary 

 rays short, very broad ; on a radial section visible as narrow plates, with 

 a few fine ones intervening. 



Drier parts of India and Burma. 



Weight, 481bs. per cubic foot. Wood used for walking sticks and for fuel. From 

 the seed a fixed oil is expressed. The seeds, bark and leaves are used in native 

 medicine, and the kernel of the fruit, filled with gunpowder, in fireworks. 



Ibs. 



P 450. Ajmere 48 



C 1171. Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces 



ORDER XXV. OCHNACE^J. 



Contains two genera, Ochna and Gromphia, comprising glabrous trees and shrubs. 

 Ochna is described below. Gomphia contains two small trees : G-. angustifolia, Vahl. : 

 Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 525 ; Beddome li., a small tree of the Western Ghats ; and G. suma- 

 trana, Jack, of the sea-coast of Tenasserim. 



Wood red or brown ; grain close, but twisted. Pores small or very 

 small, uniformly distributed. Medullary rays moderately broad. 



1. OCHNA, Linn. 



Besides the three species described, O. pumila, Ham., is a small undershrub of the 

 Sub-Himalayan tract, principally in sal forests, with a perennial underground stem 

 throwing up annually, after the jungle fires, -stems 2 to 3 feet high, bearing handsome 

 yellow flowers. 



1. 0. squarrosa, Linn. ; Hook, FL Ind. i. 523 ; Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 

 643; Beddome 1. ; Brandis 60. Vern. Sttuari, yerra-juvi, Tel. ; Narole, 

 mudahj Kan. ; Komari, Uriya. 



A shrub or small tree. Wood reddish brown, moderately hard, close- 

 grained. Pores very small, very numerous, between the moderately 

 broad, but not very prominent medullary rays, which are clearly visible 

 on a radial section. 



Bengal, Burma and South India. 

 Weight, 51 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



DM. 



C 1305. Gumsur. 51 



2. B. 1978 collected by Kurz in 1866 in the Andaman Islands and 

 marked 0. andamanica, Kurz, has a red, hard wood, with the medullary 

 rays prominent on a radial section, similar in structure to that of 

 0. sqnarrosa. Weight, 58 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



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