LEGUMINOS2E. [Erylhrina. 



Himalaya from the Ravi to Bhutan, ascending to 3,000 feet. Oudh, Central and 

 South India, Burma. 



Growth last, 4 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 13 to 201bs. per cubic foot. 

 The wood is used for scabbards, sieve frames, and occasionally for planking. The tree 

 is readily grown from cuttings. 



Ibs. 



O 530. Dehra Dun . 20 



C 1145. Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces ......... 



E 668. Bamunpokri, Darjeeling Terai 13 



E. indica, Lam.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 188 ; Beddome Ixxxvii. ; Bran- 

 dis 139; Kurz i. 368; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 249. The Indian Coral Tree. 

 Vern. Pangra, panjira, pangara,farad> Hind.; Palita mandar, Beng. ; 

 Murukd f Tarn. ; ModugUj Tel. ; Pangara, phandra, Mar. ; Hdliwdra, 

 pdliwdra, Kan. ; Chaldua, Uriya ; Madar, Cachar ; Katheik, Magh ; Pen- 

 lai/fcat/iif,'Bm'm.',Dudaj), Malay; Errabadu, Cingh. (Mvchi wood of 

 Madras) . 



A deciduous tree. Bark yellowish, smooth and shining, peeling off 

 in thin papery flakes, young stems and branchlets armed with prickles. 

 Structure the same as that of E. suberosa. 



Cultivated throughout India and Burma ; wild in Oudh, Bengal, South India and 

 Burma. 



Weight, 17 to 26 Ibs. per cubic foot according to our specimens, but 18 Ibs. is 

 nearest the true weight. Wood rather durable, though it is so light and open-grained it 

 does not warp or split, and it varnishes well. It is used for light boxes, toys, scabbards, 

 trays, and is often grown as a support for and to give shade to the betel pepper vine. 

 It grows readily from cuttings and is used for hedges. It gives a dark-brown gum 

 of no value. 



Ibs. 



C 820. Bairagarh Reserve, Berar 17 



B 2343. Myanoung, Burma 18 



B2223. Andaman Islands (1866) 26 



3. E. arborescens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 256; Brandisl40 ; Gamble 27. 

 Vern. llungara, Kurnaun; Rodinga, fullidha, Nep. ; Gyesa, Lepcha ; 

 Dingsong, Khasia. 



The wood has a similar structure to that of E. suberosa and Indica, but 

 it is more compacl;, less spongy, and has more numerous concentric bands 

 of soft texture. 



Outer Himalaya from the Ganges to Bhutan, up to 7,000 feet ; Khasia Hills. 

 It is very handsome when covered with its bright scarlet flowers ; it grows easily 

 from cuttings, and is often planted for ornament, as in the avenues at Darjeeling. 



F 3106. Darjeeling, 7,000 feet. 



E 2344 (16 Ibs. per cubic foot) from Bamunpokri, Darjeeling Terai, has been 

 identified as E. stricta, Roxb. ; Beddome 1. 175 ; Kurz i. 369 ; Gamble 27. Vern. Mouri- 

 cou, kichige, Kan. ; Toung kathit, Burin., described from Western India and Burma. 

 The structure is the same as that of E. suberosa. 



Spatholobus Roxlurghu, Bth. ; Brandis 143; Gamble 27. (Bittect parr(flora, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 248; Kurz i. 365) Veru. Mala, mula, mania, Hindi. ; DebrelarO) 

 Nep.; Terolrik, Lepcha; Pouknway, Uunn.. is a very common gi^anlu- mu-prr of the 

 forests of the Suh-1 1 iinalayan trad IV- nn the Jumna eastwards, Denial ami Uunna, 

 with trilbliolate leaves, white ilowers and a soi't porous wood in concentric 1 

 jjcjuiratcd by ;i ring of soft tissue exuding a rod gum resembling "kino" (E 

 Durjeelin- ; O 2'J27, Garhwul, 1874), 



