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A thorny shrub, with thin, irrey, corky bark. Wood lemon-coloured, 

 hard and close-grained, with numerous white, concentric bands. Pores 

 very small. Medullary rays very fine, very numerous. It cuts like 

 boxwood, for which it may become a substitute. 



Outer North-West Himalaya. 



Weight, 49 Ibs. The wood deserves attention as possibly suitable for carving and 

 engraving. 



Ibs. 



P 913. Salt Range, Punjab 49 



P 2932. Suni, Simla, 3,000 feet 49 



3. C. senegalensis, Lam. ; Beddome Ixvi. ; Brandis 81 ; Kurz i. 252. 

 C. mow tana, Koxb. Fl. Ind. i. 620. Gymnosporia montana, Lawson ; 

 Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 621. Vern. Sherawane, Trans-Indus ; Talkar, tlajkar, 

 mareila, kingaro, khardi, Pb. ; Baikal, gajachinni, C. P. ; Mdl kanyoni, 

 Bombay; l)anta, balur, Gondi; Dhatti, Bhil; Bharatti, yekal, Mar. ; 

 Danti, dantdnsi, pedda c/iintu, Tel. 



A tall spinescent shrub. Bark -i- inch thick, grey, with longitudinal 

 cracks, exfoliating in small scales. Wood pinkish white, soft but close- 

 grained ; no heartwood ; no annual rings. Pores small, numerous, 

 uniformly distributed. Medullary rays very fine, very numerous. 

 Faint concentric bands. 



Northern dry and intermediate zones. North-West India, ascending to 4,000 feet, 

 Central India and the drier parts of the Peninsula. 



"Weight, 46 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood durable, but not used. The leaves are used 

 for fodder, and the branches as dunnage for the roofs of houses. 



Iba. 



C 1162, Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces ..... 

 C 2752. Moharli 46 



4. EL^ODENDRON, Jacq. fil. 



1. E. Roxburgh!!, W. and A.; Beddome t. 148; Brandis 82 

 Gamble 19. E. glancum, Pers. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 623 ; Koxb. Fl. Ind. i 

 638. ' Neerija dichotoma, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 61<6. Vern. Mirandn, pad nun 

 la kra, j'anwa, Pb. ; Bakra, shauria, chauli, daleri, mdmri, N.-W. P. 

 C/taiirl, -mcf-kiir, Oudh ; CMkyenff,Ijepoh&; Jamrdsi, kola mukha,rohi 

 C. P. ; D/iakka, nisur, Gondi; Niru, Kurku ; Aran, tamruj, Mar. ; Bata 

 karas, Bhil; Karkava,irknli, sehipa, siri, Tam. ; Nirija, neradi, l>otanskam } 

 ktiiiciiiis, boot igi, Tel. ; Bkutraktii, Hyderabad; Nerrelu, Cingh. 



A tree. Bark -^ inch thick^ grey, often blackish, exfoliating in 4- 

 sided very small scales. Wood moderately hard, even- and close-grained, 

 works and polishes well, light brown, often with a red tinge; the outer 

 wood white, but no distinct sapwood ; no annual rings. Numerous, wavy, 

 concentric, lighter-coloured bands. Pores small, numerous. Medullary 

 rays fine, very numerous, visible on a radial section. 



Sub-Himalayan tr;iet from the Ravi eastwards. Central and South India. 



Weight, 40 to 50 Ibs. (I'vandis) ; 46 (Skinner and Fowke) ; 53 (R. Thompson) ; 40 

 (C. P. List) ; our specimens give tin average of 53 Ibs. Skinner, No. 65. 

 P = 513 ; Fowke P = 511. 



The wood is often beautifully envied and flaked ; it is used for cabinet work, combs 

 and picture frames. The root is said io be a specific against snake-bite, and the bark 

 is used in native medicine, said to be a virulent JKM 



