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6. GLUTA, Linn. 



Contains 3 species: one (that ln-iv described) from South India, and two from 

 Burma, viz. : G. tavoyana, Wall. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 22 ; Kur/ i. 309. Vern. Thayet- 

 tliifx>/, Burin., and G. dci/anx, Wall. ; Kur/, i. 3<> ( .), small trees of the Tenasserini coast. 

 Kurz says that the wood when steeped in ferruginous mud turns jet black, looking like 

 ebony, and that it is used for building, for boxes and for dyeing. 



1. G. travancorica, Beddome t. 60 ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 22. Vern. 

 Shencurungi, Tinnevelly. 



A very large evergreen tree, bark J inch thick, grey. Sapwood light- 

 reddish grey ; heartwood dark red, very hard and close-grained, beauti- 

 fully mottled with dark and light streaks. Pores moderate-sized, 

 scanty, filled with resin. Medullary rays very fine, very numerous, promi- 

 nent, visible on a radial section as narrow bands. Numerous white, 

 undulating, concentric lines and bands, of lighter colour in the wood. 



Ghats of Tinnevelly and Travancore. 



Growth moderate, 12 rings per inch of radius. Weight, according to Beddome, 

 40 Ibs. per cubic foot ; our specimens give 46 and 58 Ibs. The wood is little used, but 

 its splendid colour and markings should rapidly bring it to notice as a valuable wood 

 for furniture. It seems to season very well, and works and polishes admirably. 



Ibs. 



D 1066. Tinnevelly (some sapwood) 46 



D 3155. (heartwood only) 58 



7. BUCHANANIA, Roxb. 



A genus of 7 Indian species, most of which are trees from Tenasserim and the 

 Andaman Islands. B. angustifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 386; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 23 ; 

 Beddome Ixxix. Vern. Sara, chara, pedda morali, Tel., is a small tree of South India. 



1. B. latifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 385; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 23; Bed- 

 dome t. 165 ; Brandis 127 ; Kurz i. 307. Vern. Chiranli, Pb. ; Pidl, 

 paydla, murid, katbhilawa, Garhwal ; Piar t peirak } Oudh; Achdr, char, 

 chironji, C. P. ; Saraka, herka, Gondi ; Taro, Kurku ; Cham, Uriya ; 

 Kat mad, aima, Tarn. ; Chara, chinna moral, morli, Tel. ; Charwari, 

 Hyderabad-; Nuskul, murkalu, Kan. ; Sir, Bhil ; Pyal, charoli, Bombay; 

 Lamboben, lonepho, Burm. 



A tree, leafless only for a very short time. Bark J inch thick, dark 

 grey, sometimes black, rough, tesselated with deep irregular cracks. 

 Wood greyish brown, moderately hard*, with a small dark-coloured 

 heartwood. Pores large, round or oval, frequently subdivided, uniform 

 and equidistant, prominent on a longitudinal section. Medullary rays 

 very numerous, fine, reddish, uniform and equidistant, bent outwards 

 where they touch the pores ; marked on a radial section as long, narrow, 

 dark-coloured plates, the distance between the rays being less than the 

 transverse diameter of the pores. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Sutlej eastwards, ascending to 3,000 feet. Through- 

 out India and Burma. 



Weight, 36 Ibs. (Brandis' Burma List, 1862, No. 10S) ; the average of our specimens 

 gives 33 Ibs. The wood seasons well and is fairly durable if kept dry; it is used for 

 boxes, bedsteads, bullock-yokes, doors, window frames, tables and the like. The bark 

 is used for tanning. The fruit is eaten by the hill tribes of Central India, its kernels 

 resemble pistachio nuts ; they are largely used in native sweetmeats, and an oil is 

 extracted from them. 



