HO LE(iUMiNOS^. [Bauhiiua. 



Ajmere; Ari , arro, Tel. ; Ati, archi, areka, Tarn. ; Apia, seydra, Mar. ; 

 Sanraj, Beng.; Ambhola, Uriya; Aupta, Kan. ; Hpalan,'Q\am t i Amba 

 bhosa, Bhil ; Bossai, Kurku. 



A small deciduous tree. Bark i inch thick, dark brown, very rough, 

 with numerous, deep, vertical cracks. Wood light brown, hard, with 

 irregularly-shaped masses of darker-coloured and harder wood near the 

 centre. Pores moderate-sized, often in radial lines. Narrow, white, irre- 

 gular bands of softer tissue alternate with darker bands of somewhat 

 greater width, in which the very numerous, fine, uniform and equidistant 

 medullary rays are distinctly visible. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Kavi eastwards, ascending to 5,000 feet ; Oudh, 

 Bengal, Burma, Certtral and South India. 



Weight, Brandis' Burma List, 1862, No. 32, gives 44 Ibs. ; E. Thompson, 56 Ibs. ; 

 our specimens give 501bs. on an average. The wood is good, but not used. The fibres 

 of the bark are used to make ropes and slow matches. 



ibs. 



P 453. Ajmere .... 



P 3216. Nagpahar, Ajmere 



O 247. Garhwal (1868) 



O 335. Gorakhpur (1868) . 



C 200. Mandla, Central Provinces (1869) 



C 1170. Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces 



C 2770. Melghat, Berar (sapwood) 



53 



47 

 56 

 44 

 41 



3. B. purpurea, Linn. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 284 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 320 ; 

 Beddome xcii. ; Brandis 160 ; Kurz i. 398; Gamble 31. Vern. Koiral, 

 kardr, karalli^ray, Pb. ; Kolidr, kanidr, kandan, khairwal, kwillar, koilari, 

 sona, Hind.; Khwairalo, Nep. ; Kachik, Lepcha; Leva kanchan, 

 rakla kanclia, koiral, Beng. ; Kodwari, Gondi ; Koliari, Kurku ; Atmatti, 

 Mar.; Kanchan, Tel.; Pedda are, mandareh, Tarn.; Saml, kanchivdla, 

 Kan. ; Mahalay kani, Burm. 



A moderate-sized deciduous tree. Bark J to 4 inch thick, ash- 

 coloured to dark brown. Wood pinkish white, turning dark brown 

 on exposure, moderately hard. Pores moderate-sized, mostly oval, sub- 

 divided. Wavy, concentric bands of soft tissue alternating with darker- 

 coloured bands of firmer tissue, in which the white, fine, uniform and 

 equidistant medullary rays are distinctly visible. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Indus eastward, Central and South India and 

 Burma. 



Weight, according to Skinner, No. 24, 39 Ibs. ; our specimens give an average of 

 49 Ibs. Wood used for agricultural implements and in construction. The bark Is 

 used for tanning, the leaves for cattle fodder, and the flower buds are pickled and 

 eaten. 



P 153. Sainj, Giri Valley, 3,000 feet 42 



O 229. Garhwal (1868) 55 



O 230. 46 



C 822. Bairagarh Eeserve, Berar 50 



C 2792. Melghat, Berar (sapwood) 36 



E 585. Khooklong Forest, Darjeeling Terai 60 



4. B. variegata, Linn.; Hook. Fl. Ind. 284; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 319; Beddome xcii.; Brandis 160; Kurz i. 397; Gamble 31. Vern. 

 Kachnar, kolidr, kural, padridn, khwairal, guridl, gwiar, baridl, Hind.; 

 Taki, Nep.; Rha, Lepcha; Rakla kanchan, Beng.; Borara, Uriya; 

 Seyapu-munthari, Tarn.; Kanchivala-do^ Kau.; Bwaycheng, Burm. 



