;.VI>ACE;E. 95 



pores in the autumn wood. Pores very small. Medullary rays very 

 fine, very numerous. 



North-West Himalaya between 4,000 and 10,000 feet, from the Indus to Nepal. 

 AVeight, 34 IKs. per cubic foot. Woo<l used for building, water troughs, platters, 



piirlciiii;- e;ise> and tea boxes. The Tibet drinking cups are sometimes made of it. 



The twi^s and leaves are lopped For I'oddcr. The fruit is given as i'ood to cattle and 



goats, and in times of scarcity is soaked in water and then ground and eaten mixed 



with Hour, by the hill people. 



Ibs. 



H 31. Matiyaua, Simla, 7,000 feet 34 



H 166. Kangra, Punjab (18G6) 



II '.):}<;. Hazara, Punjab 35 



II 770. Kalatop, Punjab, 7,000 feet 34 



2. JE. punduana, Wall. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 675 ; Gamble 22. 

 JK. ass arnica, Griff.; Kurz i. 286. Vern. Cherinangri, Nep. ; Kunkir- 

 kola, ekithca, As. ; Dingri, Duars ; Bolnawak, Garo. 



A moderate-sized, deciduous tree. Wood white, soft, close-grained. 

 Pores small, in short radial lines between the very fine, closely packed, 

 medullary rays. Aniiiial ring's marked by a faint white line. 



Northern Bengal, Khasia Hills, Assam and Burma, ascending to 4,000 feet. 

 Growth moderate, 10 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 36 Ibs. per cubic foot. 

 Wood rarely used. 



Ibs. 

 E 3139. Buxa Reserve, Western Diiars 30 



3. SCHLEICHERA, Willd. 



1. S. trijuga, Willd.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 681; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 277; Beddome t. 119; Brandis 105; Kurz i. 289. Vern. Kosnm, 

 gmsam. Hind.; JRusam } Uriya ; P&sku, may, roatanga, Tel.; Pdva, pn, 

 pulachij zolim-buriki, Tarn. ; Sagdi, sctgade, chakota, akota, Kan. ; 

 Chendala, Coorg; Puvatti, Kaders; Kassumar, koham, kocham, Panch 

 Mehals; Kusumb,peduman } Mar.; Komur,pusku, Gondi; Baru, Kurku ; 

 Gyoben, Burm. ; Cong, conghas, Cingh. 



A large deciduous tree. Bark ^ inch thick, grey, exfoliating in 

 small rounded plates of irregular shape and size. Wood very hard. 

 Sapwood whitish; heartwood light, reddish brown. Pores scanty, 

 moderate-sized, often oval and subdivided. White, wavy, concentric 

 lines, which may possibly indicate the annual rings. Medullary rays 

 very fine, very numerous, wavy, uniform and equidistant, closely packed ; 

 the distance between the rays less than the transverse diameter of the 

 pores. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Sutlej eastwards, Central and South India and 

 Burma. 



The weight and transverse strength have been determined by the following 

 experiments : 



Weight. Value of P. 



Brandis, 1862, No. 22. Burma found 70 Ibs 



1864, 8 experiments with bars 3' X 1" X 1" 

 Baker, 4 experiments, 1829 7' X2"x2 v 

 Wallich, No. 179 (Scytalia trijuga) 

 Smythies, 1878, with our 8 specimens 

 A. Mendis, Ceylon Collection, No. 47 



68 



68 



60 



67'5 



57 



1160 

 618 



The wood is very strong and durable ; it is used for o 1, i oe and sugar mills, and 



