194- SiPfirff*^ MYRTACE^J. \_Eugeuia. 



Hills of Bengal and Burma, from 3,000 to 6,000 feet. 



Weight, 37 to 561bs. per cubic foot. 



ibs. 



E 701. Sepoydura Forest, Darjeeling, 5,500 feet 56 



E 2955. Tukdah Forest, Darjeeling, 5,000 feet (young tree) . . 37 



5. E. tetragona, Wight; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 497 : Kurz i. 484. E. 

 pracox, Roxb.; Gamble 41. Vern. Kenima, chamlani, Nep.; Sunotn, 

 Lepcba. 



A large evergreen tree. Wood brownish or olive grey, shining, 

 hard. Pores moderate-sized, numerous, uniformly distributed, oval and 

 subdivided. Medullary rays fine, visible on a radial section. 



Hills of Northern Bengal up to 6,000 feet, Chittagong. 



Weight, 47 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood used occasionally for building and for the 

 handles of tools and for charcoal. 



iba. 



E 682. Sepoydura Forest, 5,500 feet, Darjeeling . . . 46 

 E 144,6. Mishmi Hills (Griffith, 1836) 48 



6. E. operculata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 486 ; Braudis 234; Kurz i. 482. 

 FJ. nervosa, DC. ; Beddome cvi. Vern. Rai jdman, paiman, jamawa, 

 dugdugia, Hind, ; Yethabyay, Burm. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree, leaves turning red in the cold 

 season. Bark grey or dark brown, rough, with irregular hard scales, 

 leaving cavities when they exfoliate. Wood reddish grey, hard. 

 Pores small, often in radial lines. Medullary rays very fine, closely 

 packed, extremely numerous. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Jumna to Assam, Chittagong, Burma, Western 

 Ghats and Ceylon. 



Weight, 47 Ibs. per cubic foot. Used for building and agricultural implements. 

 The fruit is eaten. 



ibs. 



O 334. Gorakhpur (1868) 51 



B 305. Burma (1867) 43 



7. E. obovata, Wall. ; Gamble 40. E. operculata, Roxb. var. obovata ; 

 Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 498; Kurz i. 482. Vern. Kiamoni, Nep. ; Jung song, 

 Lepcha ; Boda-jam, Mechi. 



An evergreen tree, leaves turning red in the cold season. Bark 

 white, smooth. Wood grey, rough, moderately hard. Pores moderate- 

 sized, very numerous, joined by faint, concentric bands. Medullary rays 

 fine. 



Savannah forests of Bengal and Burma. 

 Weight, 51 Ibs. per cubic foot. Fruit eaten. 



ibs. 

 E 584. Khookloong Forest, Darjeeling Terai 51 



8. E. Jambolana, Lam.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 499 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 484; Beddome t. 197; Brandis 233; Kurz i. 485 ; Gamble 40. Vern. 

 Jdman, jam, phalinda,jamni, phaJani,pharenda,phauu<l(i< /></h//<ni, Hind. ; 

 Jam, Beng. ; Jamo, Uriya ; Phoberkuug, Lepcha ; Cluunbu, Garo ; Kor-jam, 

 Mechi ; Jamu, Ass.; Naval, navvel, nawar, naga, Tarn. ; Nera/c, Mysore ; 

 Narala, Kan. ; Nasedu, nairuri, narcijt^ Tel.; Naindi, Condi; Jamb ill, 

 Mar. ; Mahadan, Cingh. ;/'/>//', C/KI/CK, k<tn, Mngh ; T/niLi/tti-pyoo, Burin. 



An cvcr^n en 1rc<-. Hark \ inch thick, li^lit Lvrcv,\vith Largepatobttl 

 of darker colour, smooth, with shallow di-pressioiis caused ly exfoliation. 



