Amoora. ] MELIACI. ?;3 



1. A. Rohituka, W. and A.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 559; Beddome t. 

 132; Brandis 69; Kurz i. 220; Gambit 16. Andersonia Rohiluka, 

 Roxb. PI. Ind. ii. 213. Vcrn. Rohituka, Sans.; Harm harra, harin 

 hhana, Hind. ; Sohdga, Oudh ; Tikta-raj, pitraj, Beng. ; Bandriphal, 

 Nep. ; Tangar&k, Lepcha ; Lota amari, amora amari, Ass. ; Okhioungza, 

 okhyang, Magh.; Chem-maram Mai.; T/iitnee, Burm. 



An evergreen tree with thin grey bark. Wood reddish, close and 

 even-grained, hard. Pores small and moderate-sized. Medullary rays 

 moderately broad, uniform and equidistant, distinctly visible on a radial 

 section. Pores joined by reddish, soft, wavy, concentric lines. The 

 concentric bands in this species are remarkable, as they are absent from 

 the two other species here described. 



Oudh, Assam, Northern and Eastern Bengal, Western Ghats and Burma. 

 Average weight, 40'5 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Wood good, but little used, in Chittagong canoes are sometimes made of it. In 

 Bengal an oil is expressed from the seeds. 



Ibs. 



O 1362. Gonda, Oudh 42 



E 2331. Mangwa, Darjeeling, 6,000 feet 36 



E 1261. Tezpur, Assam 39 



E 711. Chittagong . . 45 



2. A. CUCllllata, Roxb.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 560; Beddome Iv. ; 

 Kurz i. 221. Andersonia cucullata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 212. Vern. Amur, 

 latmi, natmi, Beug. ; Thitnee, Burm. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree, with thin grey bark. Wood red, 

 hard, close-grained, but apt to split. Pores small and moderate-sized. 

 Medullary rays very fine, uniform, very numerous. 



Coasts of Bengal and Burma. 



Weight, 44 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood used for posts and other purposes in Lower 

 Bengal, and for firewood in the Sundarbans. 



Ibs. 



E 414. Sundarbans 44 



3. A. spectabilis, Miq. ; Hpok. Fl. Ind. i. 561 ; Kurz i. 221. Vern. 

 Amari, Ass. 



An evergreen tree. Wood red, hard, close-grained. Pores moderate- 

 sized and large, often oval and subdivided, distinctly visible on a longi- 

 tudinal section. Medullary rays fine, uniform, equidistant, prominent on 

 a radial section, the distance between them less than the traverse 

 diameter of the pores. 



Eastern moist zone. Assam and Burma. 



Average weight, 48'5 Ibs. Wood durable ; takes a good polish. Used for boat-building 

 and furniture in Assam. This is probably Kyd's Guarea ( 'Amari) , Weight, 47 Ibs. 



A = ^ / &2l. 



Ibs. 



E 1255. Tezpur, Assam 49 



E 2192. Nowgong, Assam 48 



5. WALSURA, Roxb. 



B 1986 is a specimen collected by Kurz in the Andaman Islands in 

 1866, marked Walsura robusta, Roxb. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 565 ; Kurz. i. 

 223. Vern. Uppldng, Sylhet; Gt/op?io, tsoukmayba, Burm. Wood li^-ht 

 red, very hard. Pores small, joined by numerous, prominent, \M- 

 concentric lines. Medullary rays very fine, numerous. Weight, 63 Ibs. 

 per cubic foot. 



