Ka n delta . ] HI j i /or 1 1 o it t x . 177 



An evergreen shrub or small tree. Wood soft, close-grained. Pores 

 very small, very numerous. Medullary rays very short, moderately 

 broad, prominently marked on a radial section ; the di>tanee between the 

 medullary rays being many times broader than the transverse diameter 

 of the pores. 



Muddy shores and tidal creeks of Bengal, Burma, and the Western Coast. 

 Weight, 38 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood used only for firewood. Bark used in 

 Tavoy in dyeing red, probably as a mordant. 



Ibs. 

 E 407. Sundarbans 38 



4. BRUGUIERA, Lam. 



Contains five species. B. eriopetala, W. and A., B. malabarica, Arn., 

 B. caryophylloides, and B. parviflora, W. and A., are all trees of the shores of 

 Malabar, Bengal, Arniean, Tenasserim and the Andamans, the last species being also 

 found at Masulipatam on the Coromandel Coast, and in the Sundarbans. 



1. B. gymnorhiza, Lam.; Hook. Fl. Tnd. ii. 437; Brandis 219 ; 

 Kurz i. 450. J3. Rlieedii, Bl. ; Beddome c. Phizophora gymnoih'iza, Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 460. Vern. Ka/cra, kankra, Beng. ; Byoo-bo, Burm. 



An evergreen tree, heartwood small, red, extremely hard. Pores 

 small, oval, and subdivided; medullary rays moderately broad, fine, very 

 numerous. 



Muddy shores and tidal creeks of India, Burma, and the Andaman Islands. 

 Weight, 54 Ibs. per cubic foot. The wood is used for firewood, house-posts, planks 

 and articles of native furniture. 



Ibs. 

 E 412. Sundarbans ,54 



B 2217 (62 Ibs.) and B 2222 (60 Ibs.) are specimens which were received in 1866 

 from the Andamans under the respective names of Garcinia and Mallotus, but they are 

 probably the wood of another species of Bruyuiera. The pores are mode rate- si zed, 

 oval and subdivided and the medullary rays are moderately broad and fine, nearly 

 equidistant and prominent on a radial section. The pores are joined by narrow, 

 interrupted, concentric lines. 



5. CARALLIA, Roxb. 



Contains two Indian trees. C. lancecefolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 481 ; Hook. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 439, is an evergreen tree of the forests of Upper Tenasserim. 



1. C. integerrima, DC.; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 439; Beddome t. 198 5 

 Brandis 219; Gamble 39. C. lucida, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 4S1 ; Kurz i. 

 451. Vern. Kierpa, Beng 1 . ; Palamkal, Nep. ; Kujitekra, Ass. ; Karalli, 

 Tel. ; Andlpu uar, Kan. ; Ptinschi, Bombay ; Dawata, Cingh. ; Bya, Arra- 

 can ; Haneioga, Burm. 



An evergreen tree with thin, dark-grey bark. Sapwood perishable ; 

 heartwood red, very hard, durable, works and polishes well. Pores moder- 

 ate-sized to large, often subdivided. Medullary rays long, of two classes, 

 extremely broad and fine, numerous fine rays between each pair of broad 

 ones, marked on a radial section as broad, irregular, shining- plates. Fine 

 bars of soft tissue across the ravs. 



