172. SAXIFRAGES. [Hydrangea. 



between 3,000 and 6,000 feet, I. macrophylla, Wall. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. 11^408 ; Gamble 

 38. Vern. Teturldumm, Lepcha is a small tree of the valley's round Darjeeling and in 

 the Khasia Hills. I. Chinensis, Hook, and Am.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 408, is a small 

 tree of the Khasia Hills between 4,000 and 6,000 feet. Polyo*ma inteqrifolia, 131. ; 

 Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 409. (P. WallicJiii, Bennett; Kurz 444) is a small tree of the 

 Khasia Hills, found also in the Andaman Islands. 



Pores small to extremely small. Medullary rays often of two classes, 

 moderately broad and very fine. 



1. HYDRANGEA, Linn. 



Contains 5 Indian species. Besides those described, the chief is H. altissima, 

 Wall. ; Brandis 211 ; Gamble 38. ;-Vern. Sema, Lepcha, a large climbing or erect 

 shrub of the Himalaya from the Sutlej to Bhutan above 5,000 feet ; its bark is used as 

 a substitute for paper. J?. aspera, Don, and IT. stylosa, Hook. f. and Th., are small 

 trees of the Sikkim Himalaya. The Garden Hydrangea, or Chinese Guelder Rose, so 

 commonly cultivated as an ornamental shrub in the Hills, is H. Hortensia, DC. 



1. H. vestita, Wall.; Hook. Fl. Iud.ii.405; Brandis 211; Gamble 

 38. Vern. Kulain, Bhutia ; Pokultia, Nep. 



A small deciduous tree with light brown, rather corky bark. Wood 

 pinkish white, moderately hard ; annual rings indistinct. Pores 

 extremely small. Medullary rays very fine. 



Himalaya, from Kumaun to Sikkim between 5,000 and 11,000 feet. 

 Weight, 45 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



iba. 

 E 373. Tonglo, Darjeeling, 10,000 feet 45 



2. H. robusta, Hook. f. and Th. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 404; Gamble 

 38. Vern. Bogoti, Nep. 



A small, handsome, deciduous tree, with thin, brown, papery bark, peel- 

 ing off in large flakes. Wood white, moderately hard, close-grained. 

 Pores very small. Medullary rays of two sizes, moderately broad, short 

 and very fine, prominent. 



Eastern Himalaya, Sikkim, from 5,000 to 7,000 feet, generally as undergrowth 

 in the oak forests. 



Weight, 421bs. per cubic foot. 



Ibs. ' 



E 2370. llangbul, Darjeeling, 7,000 feet 42 







2. DICHROA, Lour. 



1. D. febrifuga, Lour. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 406 ; Gamble 38. Adamia 

 cyanea, Wall. t. '213. Vern. Basalt, lanwk, Nep.; Gebokanak, Lepcha; 

 Singnamuk, Bhutia. 



An evergreen shrub, with yellow bark peeling off in flakes. 

 Wood white, moderately hard, with small pores and moderately broad to 

 very fine medullary rays. 



-non in the forests of the Eastern Himalaya, from Nepal to Bhutan and in 

 the Kli:isi:. Hii's sib. TO 4,000feet, 



The snoots :ind O;M inado into a dome-lion and used as a ft-bri- 



fu<n. l,y 1li<- Mc]ml(-c. Ii U a vrrv lii.inl >:m shrub, with blue llo \\ers and bright blue 

 up on clearings iu the oak forests. 



Ibs. 

 E 2371. Daijoeling, 7,000 fet 41 



