Olax. ] OLACINEJE. 81 



there are two climbing shrubs: M. Kleinii, Meissn., of Assam; and JSef. dintata, 

 Beddome, of the Anamalai Hills. Sarcostigma^&nd. lodes contain also climbing 

 shrubs of little interest. Natsiatum herpeticum, Ham. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 595 ; 

 Kurz i. 242 ; Gamble 18. Vern. Sungoo, Lepcha, is a common climber throughout 

 Eastern Bengal and Burma. 



1. OLAX, Linn. 



Contains six species, of which, besides the one described, one is found in Southern 

 India, O. Wightiana, Wall.; Beddome Ix. ; one, O. acuminata, Wall., in Eastern 

 Bengal; two in Chittagong and Tenasserim; and one, O. nana, Wall. ; Jirandis 75, 

 in the valleys of the North-West Himalaya. 



1. 0. scandens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 163; Hook. FL Ind. i. 575; 

 Brandis 75 ; Kurz i. 2-33. Vern. Lheniani, Hind. ; Koko-aru, 

 Beng. ; Kurpodur, mnrki malle, turka-vepa, Tel,; Harduli, urchirri, 

 Mar. ; Lailoo, Burm. 



A large rambling shrub, sometimes a climber. Bark grey, J inch 

 thick. Wood porous, yellowish white, soft. Pores numerous, large and 

 moderately sized, uniformly distributed, often oval. Medullary rays 

 fine, numerous, not prominent. 



Sub-Himalayan tract in Kumaun, Behar, Central and South India, Burma. 

 Weight, 38 Ibs. per cubic foot. The fruit is used in Hazaribagh for making sherbet. 



ibs. 

 C 1184. Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces . . . . . .40 



C 2762. Moharli 36 



2. DAPHNIPHYLLOPSIS, Kurz. 



1. D. capitata, Kurz in Journal As. Soc. Calc., 1875, p. 201 ; For. 

 Fl. B. Burma i. 240; Gamble 18. Ilex daphniphylloides, Kurz; Hook. 

 Fl. Ind. i. 606. Vern. Kalay, chilauni, Nep. ; Tumbr&ng, Lepcha. 



A large tree. Wood grey, soft, even-grained. Pores small, often 

 in short radial lines between the fine and very numerous straight 

 medullary rays. 



Forests of the Sikkim Himalaya above 5,000 feet, and of Martaban between 4,000 

 and 6,000 feet. 



Weight, 39 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Used for house-building and other purposes about Darjeeling. 



Ibs. 

 E 695. Chuttockpur, Darjeeling, 6,000 feet 39 



ORDER XXX. ILICINE^. 



An Order containing only one Indian genus. 



1. ILEX, Linn. 



A genus of 21 Indian species, of which 11 are found in the Eastern Himalaya and 

 Khasia Hills, 3 in the North-West Himalaya, 6 in Burma, and 4 in South India. 

 The following list is taken from the Flora Indica, pp. 598 to 606 : 



1. I. insignis, Hook. f. Sikkim, 7,000 ', 



2. L dipyrejia,'\\Q\\ Himalaya, Simla to Sikkim. 



3. J. odorata, Ham Simla to Nepal. 



4. I. malalanra, Beddome Western Ghats. 



5. /. Walkcri, Wight and Arn. ; Beddome Ixii. . 



