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A deciduous tree. Wood light brown, hard. Pores large and 

 moderate -sized. Medullary rays prominent, fine, wavy, equidistant. 

 Numerous narrow, wavy, concentric bands of soft texture frequently 

 joining the pores. 



Outer Himalaya from the Ganges eastwards, Assam, Eastern Bengal, down to 

 Pegu. 



Weight, 53 Ibs. per cubic foot. Roxburgh says it grows quickly to a large size. 



Ibs. 



E 786. Kamrup, Assam 53 



Dalhousiea bracteata, Wall.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 248; Wight Ic. t. 265, is a shrub 

 of the Khasia Hills and Eastern Bengal. Calpurnia aurea. Lam. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 251 ; Beddome Ixxxix., is a handsome shrub of the hills of South India. Euchrista 

 Horsfieldii, Bennett ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 248, is an erect shrub of the Khasia Hills. 



SUB-OBDER II. C^ISALPINIE^I. 



Contains 17 genera, divided into 5 tribes, viz.,- 



Tribe I. Eucsesalpinieae Peltophorum, Mezonevnau, 



Ccesalpima, Pterololium, 

 Acrocarpus, Way a tea , 

 Poinciana and ParJcin- 

 sonia. 



II. Cassiese Cassia. 



III. BauhinieaB Bauhinia. 



IV. Amherstieae Amherstia, Humloldtia, Af- 



zelia, Tamarindus and 

 Saraca. 



V. Cynometrese ..... Hardwickia and Cynometra. 



MezoneurumandiPterolobiumccmi&m only climbing shrubs. The former has three 

 species: M. cucullatum, W. and A.; Brandis 155 ; Kurz i. 409; Gamble 30. (Ccesal- 

 pinia cucullata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 358) Vern. Bitlcoprah, Oudh ; Sungray, Nep. ; 

 Runggong, yangkup, Lepcha ; Ragi, Bombay ; Kyoungchet, Burm., a large climber 

 whose stems and branches are armed with strong hooked prickles with a corky base, 

 with porous wood, and found in the Sub-Hiniala}"an tract from the Sarda east- 

 wards, Western Ghats and Eurma (E. 488, Darjeeling Terai) ; M. enneaphyllum, W. 

 and A.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 258, a climber of Cachar, Chittagong and Burma; and 

 M. glabrum, Desf., a large climber of Pegu. The latter has one species, Pterololitim 

 indicum, A. Rich. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 259 (P. macropterum,T\iY7. i. 410. Casalpinia 

 lacerans, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 367) Vern. Walekaduda, Tel. ; Eyoungyet-nway, Burm., 

 a prickly climber of Burma. The remaining genera contain chiefly trees. 



Peltophorumferrugineum, Bth. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 257 ; Kurz i. 408, is an ever- 

 green tree of the coast forests of the Andamans, said by Kurz to have a blackish ln\-u 1- 

 wood. Poinciana contains one indigenous tree, P. elata, Linn. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 260 ; 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 355; Beddome t. 178; Brandis 157; Vern. Padcnarayau, 

 Tarn.; Sunkeswar, Tel.; Nirangi, Kan., found in the forests of South India. 1 ait 

 more often seen planted. Skinner, No. 106, says it has wood of a yellow colour, 

 tolerably close and even grained, easily worked, and giving a smooth stirf:uv. 

 warping slightly, but not subject to crack, well suited for cabinet work ; ami 

 that its weight is 45 Ibs. per cubic foot, and P = 516. It also contains P. 

 regia, Bojer, the well-known ornnmental tree with crimson and orimgi' llowrrs 

 appearing in the hot season. It was introduced from Madagascar, and is now found 

 planted almost all over India. Kur/. says the wood is white, soft, light and IOOM-. 

 LTained, and that the tree gives a plentiful i^uin. Parkimonia aculeate. Linn. 

 Hook. Fl. Ind.ii. 2(5<>; Ucddoimf xei. ; Jirandis 158; Kur/ i. -UKJ, is an introduced shrub 

 or small tree, now almost naturalised in India, fs])(ciall\ in the avid /one. where it is 

 as a h-dir- plant. Tin; wood is whitish, light and soft, but elose-g-rained and 



