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A small shrub with thin browii bark. Wood hard, pinkish yellow, 

 close-grained, heavy. Pores moderate-sizecl, evenly distributed. Me- 

 dullary rays fine, very numerous, wavy, bent where they touch the pores. 



Suliman Range, Sind, Punjab, Rajputana and the Dekkan. Wood used only for 

 fuel. 



P 3231. Nagpahar Forest, Ajmere. 

 P 3248. Ajmere. 



3. R. semialata, Murray; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 10; Braudisll9; 

 Gamble 24. R. buckiamela, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 99. R. javanica. Linn. ; 

 Kurz i. 319. Vern. Tatri, titri, chechar, arkhar, arlcol, frakri, diidla, 

 kakkeran, wdnsh, hulashing, Pb. ; Rashtu, Sutlej ; DaJchmildy ddsivila, 

 N.-W. P. ; Bakkiamela, bhagmili, Nep. ; Takhril, Lepcha. 



A moderate-sized deciduous tree. Bark J inch thick, rough, with 

 deep vertical furrows. Wood soft, shining, grey with darker streaks. 

 Annual rings marked by a broad belt of closely packed large pores, the 

 outer belt of each annual ring being often very narrow, with patches of 

 very small pores. Medullary rays fine. 



Outer Himalaya from the Indus to Assam, ascending to 7,000 feet ; Khasia Hills. 

 Growth variable : the Simla specimens had a slow growth of 16 rings per inch, 

 while the Daijeeling specimens had grown very fast, 2-3 rings per inch of radius. 

 Weight, 26 to 27 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood not used. Fruit eaten by Nepalese and 

 Lepchas, who make a wax of it called Omlu, Nep. 



Ibs. 

 H 89. Bhajji, Simla, 5,000 feet ....... 26 



H 2942. Suni, Sutlej Valley, 3,000 feet ...... 27 



H 3079. Annandale, Simla, 6,000 feet ......... 



E 2340. Tukdah, Darjeeling, 5,000 feet ...... 27 



4. R. punjabensis, J. L. Stewart ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 10 ; Brand is 

 120. Vern. Titri, arkhar, palai, choklu, kangar, kakkrein, dor, rashtu, 

 Punjab. 



A moderate-sized deciduous tree, with rough dark-grey bark and 

 scented aromatic leaves. Wood consisting of alternate layers of soft, 

 porous spring wood and hard autumn wood. Heartwood yellowish 

 grey, with dark longitudinal streaks, moderately hard. Annual rings 

 marked by a broad belt of closely packed large pores ; the pores in the 

 rest of the annual rings scattered, small or very small, in groups or 

 patches of soft tissue. 



North-West Himalaya, ascending to 8,500 feet. 



Growth slow, 14 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 34 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Ibs. 



H 19. Matiyana, Simla, 8,000 feet ...... 33 



H 3051. Kotgarh, Simla, 7,000 feet ...... 35 



H 3170. Dungagalli, Hazara ........ - 



5. R. insignis, Hook. f. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 11 ; Gamble 24. Vern. 

 Kagphulai, Nep. ; Serh, Lepcha. 



A moderate-sized tree, with thin grey bark. Wood grey, soft heart- 

 wood yellowish brown. Pores small and moderate-sized, uniformly 

 distributed. Medullary rays fine, numerous. 



Sikkim and the Khasia Hills, v above 4,000 feet. 

 Growth fast, 3 to 4 rings per inch of radius. 



T^ o"i r\A *\ 



E 3105.' ] Darjeeling, 7,000 feet 



Ibs. 



