Albizzia.~\ LKGUMINOSJE. 161 



plish-brown, beautifully mottled, extremely hard, with alternate, con- 

 centric, light and dark bands. Pores small, in patches of white tissue, 

 which are frequently joined, forming 1 concentric bands. Medullary rays 

 very fine, very numerous. 



South India and Dekkan. 



Skinner, No. 1, gives the weight at 70 Ibs. ; our specimens weigh 61 to 621bs. Skinner 

 also gives P = 1284, and says, "The wood is strong, fibrous and stiff, close-grained, 

 hard and durable, superior to sal and teak in transverse strength and direct cohesive 

 power ;" also that it u used for the beams of native houses and carts, the wood of the 

 crooked branches for ploughs, and the leaves for washing the hair. Beddome says it i* 

 a good fuel, and is extensively used for the locomotives at Salem and Bangalore. 



Ibs. 



D 1052, Salem, Madras (51 



No. 6. Salem Collection . f>2 



B 2705 (59 Ibs.) from Tavoy (Wallich, 1828) is a dark-red specimen of a heavy 

 brown wood of Albizzia structure, which cannot be identified* 



ORDER XII. ROSACES. 



Contains 20 genera of Indian trees, shrubs or climbers, chiefly found in the colder 

 regions of the Himalaya and other mountain ranges. It is divided into 7 Tribes, 

 viz. 



Tribe I. Chrysobalanese . . . Parinarium and Parastemon. 



II, Prunese ..... Pr units, ftfaddenia, Pygeum 



and Prinsepia. 

 III. Spirsese ..... Spiraa and Neillia. 



IV. Kubese Rubus. 



V. PotentillesB .... Potentilla. 

 VI. Rosea3 ..... Rosa. 



VII. Poniese ..... Cydonia, Docynia, Eriobotrya, 



Pyrus, Photinia, Pourthicea, 

 Stranvcesia, Cratcegus and 

 Cotoneaster. 



Parinarium contains 3 species : P. Griffithianum, Bth. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 310, 

 is a tree of Tenasserim and the Andaman Islands ; P. indicum, Beddome t. 191, is a 

 tree of the forests of the Wynaad, bet ween 2,000 and 3,000 feet; and P. travancoricum, 

 Beddome, is a tree of the hills about Courtallum. Parastemon urophyUum, A. DC. ; 

 Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 312, is a shrub or small tree of Tenasserim and the Andamans. 

 Maddenia contains two species : M. himalaica, Hook, f . and Th. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 3J8, a small tree of the Sikkiin and Bhutan Himalaya from 8,000 to 10,000 feet ; and 

 M. pedicellate, Hook, f., of tho Mishmi Hills. Neillia thyrsiflora, Don ; Gamble 35, 

 is a common shrub of the Sikkim Hills. Potentilla can scarcely be said to contain 

 woody species, though P. fruticosa, Linn. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 347 ; Gamble 36 

 (misspelt frutes cent), is a small shrub common on rocks at high elevations from 

 Kashmir to Bhutan, with a hard wood and annual rings marked by a line of very 

 small pores ; and P. Salessovii, Steph. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 348, occurs as a small shrub 

 above 11,000 feet in Lahoul and Northern Kashmir. 



Cydonia vnhjaris, PITS.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 369 (Pyrus Cydonia, Linn.; Brandis 

 205). The Quince. Vern. JBihi, Hind.; JSamtsunt, bamsiitu, Kashmir, is cultivated in 

 Afghanistan and tho North-West Himalayas up to 5,500 feet. Docynia contains 2 

 species: 1). indiat, Dene ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 369 (Pyrus indint. Wall.; Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 511 ; Kurz i. 441 ; Gamble 37). Vern. Mekul,pusy, Nep. ; Liki'ing, Lepcha; 

 Sopho, Khasia, is a tree of the hills of Sikkim, Bhutan ami Assam, with a yellow, 

 edible, though harsh-tasting fruit ; and, according to Allan's description of AVallich's 

 specimens, a compact, moderately hard, fine-grained wood; andZ). Jlookeriana, Dene; 

 Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 369, of the Khasia Hills. Phot in in contains o specie* ag re-arranged 

 in the Flora Iiidica ; P. Lindleyana, Wight and Aru, ; Hook, Fl, Ind. ii. 380 ; IMdome 



