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LEGUiMINOSJJ. 



[ Dalbtrgia. 



A large straggling shrub, with white porous wood with a small dark 

 heartwood, in structure ressmbling that of D. stipulaceu, except that the 

 medullary rays are broader. 



Eastern Himalaya and Burma. 



E 3274. Murnghat Reserve, W. Duaris. 



10. PTEROCARPUS, Liun. 



Contains 4 Indian species. P. macrocarpus, Kurz i. 349 ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 239, 

 is a deciduous tree of the Eng and upper mixed forests of Martaban and Tenasserim, 

 rare in Prome. The " Rosewood " or " Lancewood " of West Africa is produced by 

 P. erinaceus, Poir. 



The wood of the three species examined is very uniform in structure, 

 though the colours differ. They all have extremely fine,, uniform and 

 equidistant medullary rays, large and small pores, and fine, wavy, con- 

 centric bands. 



1. P. indicus, Willd. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 238 ; Beddome t. 23 ; Kurz 

 i. 349. P. dalbergioides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 236. Andaman Redwood. 

 Vern. Padoulc, Burm. ; Chalanga-dd, And. 



A lofty tree, sometimes evergreen, with grey bark. Sapwood small ; 

 heartwood dark red, close-grained, moderately hard to hard, with a 

 slight aromatic scent. Pores scanty, small to large, sometimes oval 

 and subdivided. Very fine, white, wavy, interrupted, concentric lines, 

 irregularly distributed. Medullary rays extremely fine, very numerous, 

 uniform and equidistant. The transverse diameter of the pores much 

 larger than the distance between tbe rays. 



Burma and the Andaman Islands. 



The weights of our specimens from Burma differ considerably from those from the 

 Andamans, the latter being much lighter, the wood softer and the colour rather lighter. 

 The weight and transverse strength have been determined from the following experi- 

 ments : 



Used for furniture, carts, gnu-carriages and other purposes. It is said to be the 

 most useful wood in the Andumans, where it grows to an enormous si/e. Major 

 IVotheroe describes a tree felled in 1876 with a clear stem of 65 feet and a girth of 17 feet, 

 and says that the wood of the root is closer-grained, darker- coloured and more beauti- 

 fully marked than that of the stem. The plank sent to the Paris Exhibition of 1878 

 measured nearly 4 feet across. In London, a portion of the same log from which the 

 plank was cut fetched a price of ,17-l<),v. per Inn, or nearly Ks. 4 per cubic foot, 

 while three logs lately sold in Calcutta fetched Ks. 00 per ton. Furniture made from 

 I'adouk wood and exhibited at 1'aris in 1878 by Messrs. Jackson and Uraham was 



..dniiiv.l. They reported on it as follows: 



"Thi> is :i rtrAigtlt-grOWtl wood, with rather a coarse open grain, hut without any 

 strong figure or markings. WluMi first cut it ib uf a reddish brown colour, bul it fade- 



