Pteroctrpus. ] 



I.l.cl MIXOS2E. 



133 



Ibs. 



47 

 58 

 49 

 56 

 56 

 48 

 45 

 53 



59 

 52 



11. PONGAMIA, Vent. 



1. P. glabra, Vent. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 240; Beddorae t, 177; 

 Brandis 153 ; Kurz i. 335. Galedupa indica, Lam. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 239. Vern. Karanj, papar, Hind.; Dalkaramcha, karanja, Beng 1 .; 

 Koranju, Uriya ; Pongd, Tarn. ; Kanga, pungu, kaniga, ganuga, Tel. ; 

 Garanji, Gondi ; Charr, Ajmere; Hung ay, pong, Kan. ; Tkinwin, Burm. 



A moderate-sized tree, almost evergreen. Bark soft, inch thick, 

 greyish brown, covered with small tubercles. Wood moderately hard, 

 white, turning yellow on exposure. Annual rings indistinct. Pores 

 moderate-sized, scanty, included in and joined by white, wavy, concen- 

 tric anastomosing bands of soft tissue, which alternate with bands of 

 darker colour and firmer texture. In the darker-coloured bands the 

 fine, white, numerous and uniformly distributed medullary rays are 

 distinctly visible. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Ravi eastwards, ascending to 2,000 feet ; Bengal, 

 Burma, Central and South India. 



Weight, according to Skinner, No. 107, 40 Ibs. per cubic foot ; our specimens give an 

 average of 42 Ibs. Skinner gives P = 686. The wood is not durable, and is readily 

 eaten by insects, but is improved by seasoning in water. In Lower Bengal it is used 

 for oil-mills and firewood ; in South India for solid cart-wheels. The seeds are used in 

 native medicine ; they also give a thick, red-brown oil used for burning, and medicinally 

 as an application for skin diseases, for which it is said to be very efficacious, The 

 leaves are used for manure for rice-fields in Mysore. The tree is easily grown from 

 cuttings. 



P 457. Ajmere 45 



C 1133. Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces 38 



E 411. Sundarbans 43 



12. DERRIS, Loureiro. 



Contains several climbing shrubs or trees, chiefly Burmese. D. scandens Bth. ; 

 Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 240; Brandis 154; Kurz i. ^^(Dallergia scandens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 232) Vern. Gnny, Pb. ; Noaluta, Beng. ; golari.potra, nalavail, Gondi ; Cheratali 

 badu, nala-tige, Tel. ; Tupail, Mar. ; Meek young -mo ay, Burm., is a large climbing 

 shrub, common all over India and Burma ; it has a white, hard wood, with regular 

 structure. I>. uliginosa, Bth. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 241 ; Kurz i. 339. Vern. Kelia 

 lota, Beng., is a large evergreen scandiMit shrub of the tidal forests of Bengal and 

 Burma, whose stems are used in the Sundarbans for tying logs to boats. Several other 

 species, all climbing, occur in Burma, chiefly in tidal forests. 



1. D. robusta, Bth. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 21J ; Brandis 151; Kurz i. 

 338. Dalbergia Krowee, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 229. Vern. Mowhitta, Ass.; 

 Bolkakaru, Garo ; Krowee, Sylhet ; Gumbong, Magh. 



