138 LEGUMINOS/13. [ Cu 



dark firm tissue which separates the bands of white soft tissue. Structure 

 similar to that of C. Fistula. 



Madras, Ceylon and Burma (Thoungyeen forests). 



Weight, Skinner, No. 44, gives 63 Ibs. ; our specimen gives 59 Ibs. per cubic foot. 

 Skinner gives P = b80. The wood is well adapted for turning, naves of wheels and 

 handles of tools. 



Ibs. 



B 301. Burma (1862) 59 



3. C. siamea, Lamk. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 264. ; Kurz i. 392. C.florida, 

 Vahl; Beddome t. 179. Senna sumatrana, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 317. Vern. 

 Beali, manje konne, Tam. ; Sime tangadi, Kan. ; Waa, Cingh. ; Maizalee, 

 Burm. 



A moderate-sized tree with smooth bark. Sapwood whitish, rather 

 large. Heart wood dark brown, nearly black, very hard. Pores large 

 and moderate-sized, joined by concentric, light-coloured, wavy bands of 

 soft tissue which alternate with black belts of firm texture, in which 

 the fine, light-coloured, uniform and equidistant medullary rays are 

 prominent. Frequently beautifully mottled on a vertical section. 



South India, Burma and Ceylon. 



Weight, according to Skinner, No. 39, 58 Ibs. ; our specimens give 54'5. P = 840. 

 Very durable. Used in Burma for mallets, helves and walking-sticks; in South 

 India it is little known, but it is considered one of the best kinds of fuel for 

 locomotives in Ceylon (Beddome). 



Ibs. 



D 1080. North Arcot 58 



B 2526. Burma (1862) 54 



B 2712. Tavoy (Wallich, 1828) 52 



4. C. timoriensis, DC.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 265; Beddome xcii.; 

 Kurz i. 393. Vern. Arremene, Cingh. ; Toung maizalee, Burm. 



A handsome, small, evergreen tree. "Wood dark brown, nearly black. 

 Structure resembling that of C. siamea. 



Burma and Ceylon. 



Weight, 57 Ibs., P = 594, according to Adrian Mendis. Used in Ceylon for building 

 and furniture. 



Iba. 

 No. 4. Ceylon Collection 57 



B 2260, 45 Ibs., and B 2295, 46 Ibs., sent by Major Ford from the Andarnans in 

 1866 under the name of Gnoogyee, belong to a species of Cassia. Wood hard, durable, 

 olive brown, with a structure similar to that of Ougeinia dalbergioides. It is evidently 

 a common wood in the Andamans. 



16. BAUHINIA, Linn. 



Contains about 20 to 30 species, almost equally divided into trees and climber*. 

 Few of the species reach a very large size, but their commonness renders them im- 

 portant. They are easily recognised by their two leaflets l^ing gem-rally joined 

 together for a portion of their length, forming apparently a bilobed, palmately veined 

 leaf. 



Tree section. B. acuminata, Linn. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 276; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 324; Brandi.slSO; Kurz i. IJ'.Mj. VVni. h'tntrlnui. l!eng. ; k'ncltitar. Hind.; MahaJi- 

 luifka j>lii/u<j, Jiurni., is un erect, \vliite-ilo\vered, handsome shrub of South India ami 

 Hurma. '//. lnnir,itn.<t,t, Linn.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 275; J>o\b. Fl. Ind. ii. 323; 

 llrddonic xi-ii. ; Braiidis l.V.. Vern. J\<-h)utt\ Hind.; A'anclii ni. Tain., Tel., is a 

 shrub or small tree oi' South India with showy, yellow lluwcr.s, having a purple e\v, and 



