BucMandia.] HAMAMELIDEJE. 175 



A large evergreen tree with rough, brown bark. Wood greyish 

 brown, rough, moderately hard, close-grained, durable. Pores small. 

 Medullary rays fine, very numerous, uniform and equidistant. 



Eastern Himalaya, Khasia Hills and hills of Martaban, from 3,000 to 8,000 feet. 

 Growth moderately fast, 6 to 7 rings per inch of radius. Weight, on an average, 

 45 Ibs. per cubic foot. Is very much used in Darjeeling for planking and door and 

 window frames, and is in great demand. It is a very ornamental tree with tough 

 poplar-like leaves, and thick, fleshy stipules. It is easily grown from seed, but the 

 young plants are rather delicate. 



Ibs. 



E 699. Sepoydura Forest, Darjeeling, 5,500 feet . . . .41 

 E 2372. Raugbiil 7,000 .... 49 

 E 2373. , 46 



3. ALTINGIA, Noronha. 



1. A. excelsa, Noronha; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 429; Kurz i. 446. Vern. 

 Jutili, Ass. ; Nantayop, Burm. 



A lofty deciduous tree. .Bark smooth, light grey, exfoliating in 

 large thin flakes. Wood soft, reddish grey with lighter streaks. 

 Annual rings marked by a narrow belt of firm wood without pores. 

 Pores small, uniform and uniformly distributed in lines between the 

 medullary rays. Medullary rays fine, equidistant, prominent on a radial 

 section. 



Assam and Tenasserim. 



Growth moderate, 6 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 46 Ibs. per cubic foot. 

 Wood used in Assam for building and ordinary domestic purposes. 



E 1269. Lakhimpur, Assam ........ 46 



B 2704. Brought from Tavoy by Dr. Wallich in 1828. Eesembles this 



in structure ........ 48 



OHDER XLIV. RHIZOPHORE^J. 



Contains seven Indian genera of trees, chiefly coast plants and known by the general 

 name of " JMangroves." They form forests, binding together the mud, in the estuaries of 

 the Indus, Ganges and Irrawaddi, as well as along the coasts of Malabar, Arracan, 

 Tenasserim and the Andaman Islands. The Order is divided into 2 Tribes, vis., 



fribe I. RhizophoreaB . . . Rhizophora, Ceriops, Kandelia 



and Bruguiera. 



II. Legnotideae Carallia, Gynotrockes, Weihea 



and Blepharistemma. 



Blepharistemma corymbosum, Wall, ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 441 ; Bcddome ci. is a 

 .small tree of the hills of Tellicherry and Coorg ; Gyno(rochesaxillaris,EL ; Hook. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 410 ; Kuvz. i. 451, is a small tree of Upper Tenasserim ; &i\d\Weikea ceylanica, 

 Baill. ; Hook. PL Ind. ii. 441 ; Beddoine t. 194, a small tree of Mysore and the Carnatic. 

 The remaining genera are here described. 



Rhizophora, Ceriops and Erugurera have small pores and equidistant, 

 fine or moderately broad rays. The pores are sometimes joined by in- 

 terrupted concentric bands. The structure of Kandelia is different. 

 Carallia aud Anisophyllea differ by having two classes of medullary rays : 

 numerous very fine rays between fewer moderately broad rays. 



