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E. Jambos, Linn. Vern. Q-ulabjaman, Hind. ; Malle nerale, Coorg; is the "Rose 

 Apple" cultivated for ornament and for its fruit. v E. Arnottiana, Wight. Vern. 

 Nawal, Tarn., is a large tree on the hills of South India at above 4,000 feet elevation. 

 E. alternifolia, Wight ; Vern. Manchi moyadi, Tel., is a large tree of the forests of 

 the hills in the Cuddapah and North Arcot Districts of Madras. E. aquea, Humph., 

 is an evergreen tree of South India and Burma. E.fruticosa, Roxb. Vern. Moung- 

 zebri, M;igh ; Thabyaynee, Burin., is an evergreen tree of the forests of Chittagong 

 and Burma; while E. ramosissima, Wall, and E. lancecefolia, Roxb., are handsome 

 trees of the Eastern Himalaya and Sub-Himalayan tract. 



Wood rough, hard and moderately hard, seasons well. Some species 

 have concentric bands of softer tissue and others have not. The pores 

 are from small to moderate-sized. 



1. E. formosa, Wall. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 471 ; Kurz i. 492; Gamble 

 40. K ternifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 489. Vern. Barajaman, Nep. ; 

 Bunkonkri, Mechi ; Bolsobak, Garo ; Famsikol, Lepcha. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree. Bark greyish white, smooth, thin. 

 Wood grey, hard. Pores moderate-sized. Medullary rays fine, and 

 very fine, numerous, prominent. 



Eastern Himalaya and Sub- Himalayan tract, near streams ; Chittagong and Tenas- 

 Berim. 



Weight, 61 Ibs. per cubic foot. Has large, very handsome flowers and large fruit. 



Ibs. 

 E 2956. Tista Valley, Darjeeling 61 



2. E. malaccensis, Linn.: Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 471; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 483 ; Kurz i. 493. Vern. Thabyoo-thabyay, Burm. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree. Wood reddish grey, rough, soft. 

 Pores moderate-sized and large. Medullary rays broad or moderately 

 broad, visible on a radial section. 



Cultivated in Btngal and Burma for its fruit. 



Weight, Wallich gives 30, our specimen 38 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



iba. 

 B 309. Burma (1867) 38 



3. E. grandis, Wight; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 475; Beddome cvii. ; 

 Kurz i. 489. E. cymosa, E,oxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 492. Vern. Jam, Beng. ; 

 Battijamby Sylhet ; Zebri, Magh ; Touny thabyay, Burm. 



An evergreen tree. Wood red, rough, hard. Pores small, joined by 

 fine, wavy, concentric lines. Medullary rays fine, wavy, numerous, uni- 

 form and equidistant. 



Eastern Bengal, Burma and the Andaman Islands. 

 Weight, 51 to 52 Ibs. 



B 314. Burma (1867) 51 



B 2256. Andaman Islands (1866) 52 



B 2713, 48 Ibs., brought from Tavoy by Dr. Wallich in 1828, has a structure simi- 

 lar to that of E. grandis. 



4. E. Kurzii, Duthie; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 478; Kurz i. 491, 

 U. cerasiflora, Kurz; Gamble 41. Vern. Jdmnn, Nep.; Sunom, Lepcha. 



A large evergreen tree. Bark J inch thick, whitish grey. Wood 

 reddish grey, moderately hard, rough. Pores moderate-sized, numerous, 

 often subdivided. Medullary rays fine and moderately broad. 



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