Spondiat.] ANACARDIACE^E. 11:> 



1. S. mangifera, Pers. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 42; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 451 ; Beddome t. 1G9 ; Brandis 128 ; Kufz i. 322-; Gamble 25. The 

 Hog Plum. Vcrn. Amra, amara, ambndha, Hind. ; Amara, Nep., Ass. ; 

 Amtia, Beng. ; Ronchilhiff, Lepolia ; Tonrjroiuj, (Jjiro; Kaf, maa, Tarn. ; 

 Aravimamddi, amalum, Tel.; K<itam!)l<tni, Mai. ; Amh, ..lar. ; Atnfe, Kan. ; 

 Hamdra, Gondi ; Ambera, Kurku ; Puli Ufa, Kaders; Gway, Burin. 



A deciduous tree, with smooth, grey bark. Wood soft, light grey. 

 Pores large, numerous, often subdivided. Medullary rays fine and 

 moderately broad, at unequal distances, white, prominent, distinctly 

 marked on a radial section as long narrow plates. 



Sub-Himalayan tract, ascending to 3,000 feet in Sikkim ; dry forests of South India 

 and Burma ; rare in Central India. 



Weight, 43 Ibs. (Skinner, No. 116) ; our specimens gave an average of 26 Ibs.; Skinner 

 gives P = 614. AVood soft, of no value. It gives a gum somewhat like gum arahic. 

 The fruit is eaten, and is pickled and is preserved or made into curries; the leave 

 acid. 



C 2800. Melghat, Berar 



E 499. Kookloong Forest, Darjeeling Terai 30 



E 1296. Cachar (Vern. Tundur) 21 



E 1497. Sylhet (Vern. Sutrung] 25 



B 560. Burma 29 



ORDER XXXVII. 

 An Order containing one Indian genus of a single species. 



1. CORIARIA, Linn. 



C. myrtifolia, Linn., a shrub of South Europe (Corroyere, French), has leaves 

 which are used for tanning and dyeing leather ; its fruit is poisonous. C. sarmentosa 

 is a New Zealand shrub the fruit of which is made into wine by the settlers. 



1. C. nepalensis, Wall. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 44 ; Brandis 128. Vern. 

 Ma8*ri,makola, Hind.; Raselwa^archarru ) pajerfa > Simla ; Bhojinsi Nep. 



A deciduous shrub or small tree. Bark reddish brown, rough. 

 "Wood grey, hard, beautifully mottled; no heartwood. Annual rings 

 distinct, marked by a belt of numerous moderate-sized pores ; the pores 

 of the outer portion of the annual rings are small and often joined by 

 interrupted concentric bauds of whitish tissue. Medullary rays very 

 broad, short. 



Outer HimaUya from the Indus to Bhutan, ascending. to 8,000 feet in the North- 

 West, and to 11,000 feet in Sikkim. 



Growth moderate, 5 to 6 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 47 Ibs. per cubic foot 

 The wood takes a good polish, and is very handsomely marked, so it might he used 

 for boxes and small articles. At present it is only used for firewood, and is often used 

 as such about Simla, 



Ibs. 



H 68. Mnshobra, Simla, 7,000 feet 



H 2853. Mahasu, 7,500 53 



H 2885. Nagkanda, 8,000 41 



