Anogeissus.'] COMBKETACK^;. 187 



Iba. 



C 1143. Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces - 57 



B 3204. Burma (1862) 



B 3095. Prome, Burma 



The Central Provinces and Burma woods correspond exactly in structure. 



3. A. pendula, Edgw.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 451; Braudis 229. 

 Conocarpus myrtifolia, Wall. Vern. D/iau, dhaukra, kala dhaukra, Mey- 

 war; Kardahi, Hind. 



A small gregarious tree with pendulous branches, leaves turning 

 copper-coloured in the cold season. Wood hard, yellowish white, with a 

 small, irregular, blackish-purple heartwood. Annual rings indistinct. 

 Pores very small and extremely small, often in groups between the very- 

 fine, very numerous, uniform and equidistant medullary rays. 



Arid and northern dry zones, Rajputana, Malwa Plateau as far as the Nerbudda 

 in Nimar, Mandla District on the Nerbudda (?) 



Cunningham's 5 experiments made at Gwalior with bars 2 f X V X V, give 

 the weight at 59 Ibs. per cubic foot and P = 837 , the average of the 5 experiments 

 which ranged from 697 to 1,034. It coppices well, but the wood is not in general use. 



P 454. A j mere. 



4. GYROCARPUS, Jacq. 



1. G. Jacquini, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 445; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 461; 

 Beddome t. 196 ; Kurz i. 470. Vern. Zaitun } Hind.; 'Tanaku, kumar 

 pulkij Tel. ; Pinlay thitkouk, Burm. 



A deciduous tree. Wood grey, soft. Pores large and moderate-sized, 

 often subdivided, uniformly distributed, well marked on a longitudinal 

 section. Medullary rays very short, moderately broad, the distance 

 between them greater than the transverse diameter of the pores. 



South India, Tenasserim and Andaman Islands. 



Weight, 23 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood used in South India to make boxes and 

 toys. It is preferred to all others for catamarans. The seeds are made into rosaries 

 and necklaces. 



Ibs. 



D 1079. North Arcot, Madras 23 



ORDER XLVI. MYRTACEJE. 



An Order containing 11 Indian Genera, including Eucalyptus, some species of 

 which are now almost naturalised. The Indian Genera belong to 3 Tribes : 



Tribe I. Leptospermese .... Melaleuca^ Eucalyptus and 



Tristania. 



,, II. Myrtese ..... Psidium, Rhodomyrtus, Rho~ 



damnia, Decaspermum and 

 Eugenia. 

 III. Lecjthidese . ... Barringtonia, Carey a and 



Planchonia. 



Of these genera, 7 are here described. Tristania contains 3 trees of Tenasserim ; 

 one only, T. burmanica, Griff. ; Hook. Fl.Ind. ii. 466; Kurz i. 474. Vern. Toungy. 

 ohpyeezeng, Burra., extending northwards to Martaban and the Eng forests of the 

 Pegu Yoinas. 



Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, DC. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 469 ; Beddome cvi. Vem. 

 Tliaontay, Burghers, is a large shrub, abundant in the higher ranges ' of the 



