Barrtngtonia. ] 



MYRTACEJ:. 



197 



Skinner, No. 21, gives weight 53 Ibs. (?) per cubic foot and P = 819 ; he also says 

 it is used for house and cart building, and that it ha been tried for railway sleepers. 



Ibs. 

 B 1993. Andaman Islands (Kurz, 1866) 27 



6. CAREYA, Roxb. 



Besides the species described ; C. sphccrica, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 636 ; Hook. Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 511 ; Kurz i. 500, is a large deciduous tree of the Chittagong Hills ; and C. herbacea, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 638 ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 510 ; Brandis 237 ; Gamble 41. Vern. 

 Bhooi dalim, Beng. ; Chuiva, Nep., is a small undershrub of grass lands in Bengal, 

 Oudh and the Central Provinces, generally bringing out its beautiful pink flowers in 

 April and best after the grass has been burnt by jungle fires. 



1. C. arborea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 638 ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 511; Bed- 

 dome t. 205; Brandis 236; Kurz i. 499; Gamble 41. Vern. Kumbi, 

 Kumlh, Jchumbiy Hind.; Pilu, Banda; Gnmar, Mandla, Balaghat ; 

 Kumriy Chhindwara; Gu-mmar, Gondi; Boktok, Lepcha; Dambel, Garo ; 

 Ay ma, pailae y poota-tammi , Tarn. ; Budd-durmi, buda darini, dudippi, 

 Tel. ; Gavnldu, Mysore ; Bambway, Burm. ; Kabooay, Talcing ; Tagooyi, 

 Karen ; Kahatte, Ciugh. 



A large deciduous tree, leaves turning red in the cold season. Bark 

 \ inch thick, dark grey, with vertical and diagonal cracks, exfoliating in 

 narrow flakes ; inner substance reddish, fibrous. Sapwood whitish, large ; 

 heartwood dull red, sometimes claret-coloured, very dark in old trees, even- 

 grained, beautifully mottled, seasons well, very durable, moderately 

 hard. Pores oval, small and moderate-sized, subdivided. Medullary 

 rays numerous, fine, equidistant and uniform ; the space between two 

 consecutive rays equal to the diameter of the pores. The medullary rays 

 are visible on a radial section as narrow bands. 



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

 South India. Growth fast, a round in the Bengal Fruit Museum gave 4 rings per 

 inch of radius. 



The weight and transverse strength have been determined by the following experi- 

 ments : 



