LEGUMINOS^I. [Hardwictia. 



sized and large, often subdivided. Medullary rays fine, nearly equi- 

 distant, bending- where they touch the pores. Scanty, not very pro- 

 minent, concentric lines of soft texture. 



Western Ghats from South Kanara to Travancore. 



Weight, 47 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood used for building by coffee planters and 

 others. For analysis of the gum resin see Mr. Broughton's Keport in Beddome FL 



Sylv. Madr. t. 255. 



Ibs. 

 D. 1064. Tinnevelly 47 



20. CYNOMETEA, Linn. 



Contains 4 Indian species. C. cauliflora, Linn. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 268 ; Beddome 

 t. 315, is an evergreen tree cultivated in Burma and South. India; C. travancorica, 

 Beddome t. 316 ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 267, is a lofty tree of the hills of Travancore and 

 Tinnevelly, between 2,000 and 4,000 feet. 



Wood red, hard, heavy ; no heartwood. Numerous, narrow, concentric 

 bands similar to those of Bcwhinia, 



1. C. ramiflora, Linn.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 267; Beddome t. 315; 

 Kurz i. 415. C. bijuga, Spanoghe. Vern. Shingr, Beng. ; Irapu, Tarn. ; 

 Myeng kaleng, Burm. ; Gal mendora, Cingh. 



A large evergreen tree. Wood red, hard, close-grained. Pores small, 

 uniformly distributed, often oval and subdivided. Numerous wavy bands 

 of soft, light-coloured tissue, alternating with narrower bands of hard 

 and firmer tissue, in which the fine and very numerous medullary rays 

 are distinctly visible. 



Sundarbans, South India and Burma in tidal forests. 



Weight, 56 Ibs. ; P = 826, Skinner, No. 52 ; our specimens give 58 Ibs. per cubic 

 foot ; Nos. 27, 32, of Adrian Mendis' Ceylon Collection bear the names Gal mendora and 

 Sal mendora, weight, 56 to 58 Ibs. ; P = 740. Skinner says that it is used for house- 

 building and carts, and that chips of the wood give in water a purple dye. It is used 

 in the Sundarbans for posts for native huts and for fuel. 



Ibs. 



E 397. Sundarbans 68 



2. C. polyandra, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 372 ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 268. 

 Vern. 'Ping, Cachar, Sylhet. 



A large evergreen tree. Wood light red, hard, close-grained. Pores 

 moderate-sized, joined by narrow concentric bands of soft tissue. Medul- 

 lary rays moderately broad. 



Khasia Hills, Sylhet and Cachar. 



Weight, 53 Ibs. according to Wallich ; our specimens give 60 Ibs. Mann sa} r s the 

 wood is very useful for scantlings and makes good charcoal. 



Ibs. 



E1276. Cachar 60 



21. SARACA, Linn. 



Three Indian species are given in the Flora Indica. S. Lolbiana, Baker; Hook. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 272, is a tree of Martaban ; and S. triandra, Baker ; Hook. Fl. lud. ii. 272 

 (Jonesia triandra, Koxb. Fl. lud. ii. 220) of Tenasserirn. 



1. S. indica, Linn. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 271 ; Beddome t. 57 ; Brandis 

 166; Kurz ii. 415. Jonesia Asoca, lloxb. Fl. lud. ii. 218. Vern. Asok, 

 \\\\K\.' t Asoka, Beu.; Aseka, aii, Cuttack; Diyera tcmbela, Cingh.; 

 Axhunkar, Kan.; Jaswudi, Bombay; Thaw-fcci'/iyo, Burm. 



