74 MELIACEJE. [ Walsura. 



Six other species of this genus occur in India: W. tulmlata, Hiern. ; Hook. Fl. 

 Ind. i. 563, is a tree of Sikkim and the Khasia Hills ; W. temata, Roxb., occurs in 

 the Circars and northern part of Madras ; W. piscidia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 389 ; Hook. 

 Fl. Ind. i. 563 ; Beddome Ivi. Vern. Walsura, Tarn. ; Wallursi, Tel., is a small tree 

 of South India with good wood and bark used to poison fish ; W. villosa, Wall. ; 

 Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 564 ; Kurz. i. 223. Vern. Gyobo, Burm. and TF. pubescens, Kurz, are 

 evergreen trees of Burma ; while W. hypoleuca, Kurz i. 224 and W. oxycarpa, Kurz i. 

 224 occur in the Andaman Islands. 



6. CARAPA, Aubl. 



1. C. moluccensis, Lam.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 567; Beddome t. 136. 

 C. olorata, Bl. ; Kurz i. 226. Xylocarpus Granatum, Kon. Vern. Pos/iiir, 

 dhundul, Beiig. ; Kandalanga, Tarn. ; Pinlayoung, Burm. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree. Bark thin, grey, peeling off in 

 regular flakes. Wood white, turning red on exposure, hard. Pores 

 small, often in short radial lines. Medullary rays prominent, moderately 

 broad, numerous, uniform and equidistant. Annual rings distinctly 

 marked by a continuous line of pores. 



Coasts of Bengal, Malabar, Burma and Ceylon. 



Growth moderate, 6'6 rings per inch of radius. Weight, our specimens give 41 Ibs. ; 

 Brandis, No. 24, Burma List, 1862, gives 47 Ibs. ; Wallich 47 Ibs. Used in Burma for 

 house posts, handles of tools and wheel spokes. Gives a clear, brown, brittle resin. 

 The fruit yields an oil used for burning and for the hair. 



Ibs. 



E 402. Sundarbans 41 



B 2514. Burma (1862) 42 



B 2239. Andamans (1866) . 41 



7, SWIETENIA, Linn. 



1. S. Mahagoni, Linn. ; Brandis 70, The Mahogany Tree. 



A large evergreen tree. Heartwood reddish brown, seasons and 

 works well, hard. Annual rings marked by a continuous line of pores. 

 Pores moderate-sized, scanty, uniformly distributed, subdivided. 

 Medullary rays very short, very numerous, moderately broad, uniform 

 and equidistant. 



Jamaica and Central America. 



Cultivated in Bengal and as far north as Saharanpur. The tree was introduced 

 into the Botanic Gardens at Calcutta in 1795 (plants from the West Indies), and 

 although it was largely propagated by layers, no further new introductions 

 were probably made until 1865, when about 8,000 seeds were sown in Calcutta 

 by Dr. T. Anderson. A number of these seeds did not succeed, but in the end 

 460 plants were procured, three-fourths of which were planted in the Mohur- 

 j^ong Forest in the Darjeeling Terai, and the remainder at Calcutta. The plant- 

 ation at Mohurgong was a failure, but the growth of mahogany at the Calcutta 

 Botanic Gardens, and at other places in Bengal to which it was distributed, 

 has been very satisfactory. The experiment is now being continued, both in 

 Bengal and in Burma, and in time it may be hoped that the tree will be cultivated 

 successfully as an adjunct to teak. In a report submitted to Government by 

 Dr. T. Anderson, of 27th December 1866, ho states that 3 trees presumably 

 73 years of age gave, at 4 feetfrcm the ground, girths of 14 feet 3 inches, 12 feet '.\ inches 

 and 13 feet respectively, equivalent to a growth of ;M 1 rings per inch of radius. In the 

 great cyclone of 1864 a number <>f th" breefl m-i^mally introduced in lTl'"> were blown 

 down; they had then, most of them, attained li_ J li-i-t in u-irlh at L feet from the grountl, 

 and logs cut from them sold at \\ to annas per siipn liei;il foot one inch thick, or 

 ;tt about Ks, 3-6 per cubic foot. 



