196 MYRTACE2E. {Eugenia. 



10. E. sp. Vern. Thai y ay, Burm. 



A tree with hard, close-grained, red wood. Pores small, in irregular 

 patches of soft tissue, joined by wavy, concentric lines. Medullary rays 

 fine, numerous. 



Ibs. 

 B 316. Burma (1867) 55 



5. BARBINGTONIA, Forst. 



Contains about 8 Indian species chiefly from Burma. B. speciosa, Forst. ; Hook. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 507 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. li. 636 ; Beddome cxii. ; Kurz i. 496. Vern. Kyaigyee, 

 Burm. ; Doddd, Andamans, is an evergreen tree of the sea-shore of the Andamans. 

 B. pterocarpa, Kurz i. 498; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 509. Vern. Kyaitka, Burm., is an 

 evergreen tree of tli e tropical forests of Pegu and Martaban. Four other species are 

 described as found in Tenasserim, viz., B. conoidea, Griff., B. augusta, Kurz, B. Hel- 

 feriy C. B. Clarke, and B. macrostachya, Kurz (including B. pendula, Kurz). 



Wood soft or moderately hard. Pores small, in short radial lines 

 between the numerous broad, or moderately broad, medullary rays. 

 Numerous transverse bars between the rays. 



1. B. acutangula, Gaertn.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 508 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 635; Beddome t. 204; Brandis 235; Kurz i. 497. Vern. Ijdl, samun- 

 dar phul, pannidri, ingar. Hind. ; Hijdl, samundar, Beng. ; Kinjolo, 

 Uriya; Hendol, Ass. ; Kanapa, batta, kurpd, JcadamiCj Tel.; Piwar, Mar.; 

 Kyaitha, kyainee, Burm. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree. Bark inch thick, dark brown, 

 rough. Wood white, shining, warps in seasoning, moderately hard, 

 even-grained. Pores small, in radial groups between the broad and very 

 broad, rarely fine and moderately broad, long medullary rays, which form 

 the greater part of the wood. The space between the medullary rays, 

 where not occupied by the pores, consists of narrow bands of firm tissue 

 with fine transverse bars of lighter colour. The radial section is beau- 

 tifully mottled with the medullary rays, which appear as irregular plates. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards, Oudh, Bengal, Central and South 

 India, Burma. 



Weight, Skinner, No. 20, gives 56 Ibs. ; while Kyd's experiments (Stravadium 

 acutangulum) give only 39*3 Ibs. Our specimen weighed 46 Ibs. per cubic foot. 

 Benson's experiments with bars of Burma wood 3 feet X 1 '4 inch X 1 "4 inch 

 gave P = 648 ; Skinner P = 863, while Kyd's experiments on Assam wood in bars 2 

 feet X 1 inch X 1 inch gave P = 315. Said to be durable. 



The wood is used for boat-building, well- work, carts, rice-pounders and by cabinet- 

 makers. The bark is used to intoxicate fish, also for tanning ; and, as well as the leaves 

 and fruit, in native medicine. Beddome says the wood turns black when buried in mud. 



Ibs. 



C 1132. Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces 



B 814. Burma 46 



2. B. racemosa, Blume; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 507; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 634- ; Beddome cxii. ; Kurz i. 490. Vern. 8amudra 3 cuddapah, Tarn., 

 Mai, ; Kyai-bevg, Burm. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree. "Wood white, very soft, porous. 

 Pores small and moderate-sized, numerous, uniformly distributed. 

 Medullary rays moderately broad, long, equidistant. 



Western Coast, Andaman Islands and Ceylon. It is mentioned from Assam by 

 G. Mann in Assam Forest Repdtt, 1874-76. Vern. Kvmringak, Ass., but JB. acutan- 

 yula may be meant. 



