Meliosma.] UIACE.E. 103 



1. M. dillenisefolia, Bl. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 4 ; Brandis 115 ; Gamble 

 23. Vern. Porda, parenga, philli, Simla; Gtoep, N.-\V. P. 



A small deciduous tree, with dark-grey bark. Wood white, soft, 

 even-grained. Annual rings marked by a continuous line of pores. 

 Pores small, in rounded groups of from ten to twenty, except along the 

 annual rings. Medullary rays wavy, moderately broad and line, dis- 

 tinctly marked on a radial section. 



Throughout the Himalaya, from 4,000 to 11,000 feet, from the Sutlej to Bhutan. 

 Growth moderate, 4 to 6 rings per inch of radius ; weight, 35 to 38 Ibs. per cubic 



foot. 



Ibs. 



H 60. Nagkanda, Simla, 8,000 feet .38 



H 2892. 35 



2. M. simplicifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 103 ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 5 ; Bed- 

 dome Ixxvii. ; hrandisllG; Kurz i. 301; Gamble 23. Milling Ionia, Roxb. 

 Vern. Kosru, Nep. j Hinyman, Lepcha; Kuko, Mechi ; Dilru, Ass.; 

 Dantrungi, Sylhet; Rong, Chittagong ; Gokpak, Magh. 



An evergreen tree. Wood reddish, moderately hard, warps, Pores 

 small and moderate-sized, single or in short radial lines, numerous, 

 uniformly distributed. Medullary rays moderately broad, very numer- 

 ous. 



Eastern Himalaya, Assam, Chittagong, Burma, South India and Ceylon. 

 Weight, 36 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Ibs. 

 E 2339. Sivoke, Darjeeling Terai 36 



3. M. Wallichii, Planch. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 6 ; Gamble 24. Vern. 

 DaMalli, nunewalai, Nep. ; Himan, Lepcha. 



A large deciduous tree. Wood white, very soft, spongy. Pores large, 

 in scattered groups of five to ten. Medullary rays broad and fine, dis- 

 tinctly marked on a radial section. 



Eastern Himalaya and Khasia Hills, above 5,000 feet. 



Growth moderate, 8 to 10 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 18 Ibs. per cubic foot. 

 Wood used only for firewood and occasionally for boxes. 



Ibs. 

 E 361. Rangbiil, Darjeeling, 7,000 ft 18 



ORDER XXXVI. ANACARDIACE^. 



Contains 19 Indian genera of trees, rarely shrubs or climbers. Many of the species 

 are very important forest trees, and they are dispersed over the whole of India, but most 

 particularly in Madras and Burma. They have often an acrid, milky juice, and 

 several species give a varnish. Some species have only a soft wood, while others have 

 a hard, often brightly coloured heartwood. The Order is divided into two Tribes, viz. 



Tribe I. Anacardieae . . . Rhus, Pistacia, Mangifera, Anacardium, 



ouea, Gluta, Buchanania, Melanor- 

 rhoea, Swintonia, Solcnocarfits, Tapir ia, 

 Odina, Parisliia, Scrnccarpus, Dri- 

 my carpus, Roligarna and Nothopcgia. 

 II. Spondiea3 . . . Spondias and Dracontomelum. 



Twelve of the genera are here described, while of the rest Tapiria contains only 

 one climbing shrub of the Eastern Himalaya and Eastern Bengal down to Chittagong, 

 T. Jitrsuta, Hook, f . ; Kurz i. 320; Gamble 24 Vern. Maskul-lara, Nep.; Rcnchilhn/- 

 rilc, Lepcha. Swintonia contains three species, two of which are found in TeMMerim ; 



