200 LYTHRARIE,E. [ Woodfordia. 



1. WOODFORDIA, Salisbury. 



1. W. floribunda, Salisb.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 572; Brandis 238; 

 Gamble 42. W. tomentosa, Beddome cxvii. W. fruticosa, Kurz i. 518. 

 Grislea tomentosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 233. Vern. Ddwi, thawi y saufha, 

 dhaula, Hind. ; Gul daur, Kangra; D/tai, Kumaun ; Dhewti, Oudh ; 

 Jj/iuvi, surtdrij C.P. ; Pitta, petisurali, surteyli, Gondi; Khinni, dhi, 

 Kurku; Da/iiri, laldairo, Nep. ; Chungkyek dum, Lepcha; Jali/co, Uriya ; 

 Jargi, Tel.; P/iulsatti, Mar. ; Datti, Bhil. 



A large shrub with smooth bark, marked by longitudinal raised lines 

 or protuberances, peeling off in thin scales. Wood reddish white, hard, 

 close-grained. Pores small, uniformly distributed, sometimes in radial 

 lines, medullary rays fine and very fine, closely packed. 



Common throughout India, ascending to 5,000 feet in the Himalayas. 

 Cunningham gives weight 58 Ibs., P = 730 ; our specimen weighs 46 Ibs. The 

 flowers give a red dye, which is used to dye silks. 



Ibs. 



C 2794. Melghat, Berar 46 



E 876. Chenga Forest, Darjeeling Terai 



2. LAWSONIA, Linn. 



1, L. alba, Lam. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 573; Beddome cxviii. ; Brandis 

 238 ; Gamble 42. L. inermis, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 258; Kurz i. 

 519. The Henna Plant of Egypt. Vern. Mehndi, Hind. ; Dan, Burm. ; 

 Manghati, Uriya ; Maritkondi, Tarn. ; Gorantlii, Kan. 



A shrub ??ith thin, greyish-brown bark. Wood grey, hard, close- 

 grained; alternate bands of tissue, with fewer and more numerous pores, 

 which may possibly be annual rings. Pores small and joined by faint, 

 short, interrupted concentric bands. Medullary rays fine. 



Wild in Beluchistan, on the Coromandel coast and perhaps in Central India. 



Cultivated throughout India as a hedge plant and for its leaves, which, powdered 

 and made into a paste, give the " henna '' dye which is used to dye the nails, skin and 

 beard. 



C 2000. Nimar, Central Provinces. 



3. LAGERSTROMIA, Linn. 



Contains 11 Indian species, dispersed principally over South India and Burma, 

 while a few extend to North-East India and Assam, and one to North-West and 

 Central India. L. indica, Linn.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 575; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 505 ; Kurz 

 i. 521 Vern. Telinga-china, Hind., is a handsome shrub, with pink flowers, cultivated 

 in gardens in most parts of India. L. calyculata, Kurz i. 522. Vern. Pymmahpyoo, 

 Burm., is an evergreen tree of the Martaban Hills. L. floribunda, Jack., a small tree 

 of Tenasserim and L. villosa, Wall. ; Kurz i. 524. Vern. Young kalay, a deciduous 

 tree of the forests of the Pegu Yoma and Martaban. 



The pores are of different sizes, the small pores being arranged in 

 narrow, concentric bands, which join the lines of large pores. Medullary 

 rays uniform, equidistant, line and numerous. 



1. L. parviflora, Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 575; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 505; 

 Beddome t. 31 ; Brandis 239 ; Kurz i. 521 ; Gamble 42. Vern. Bdkli, kat 

 dhaura, dhaura, lendya, seina, sida, asid, Hind. ; Sida, Beng., Mechi, 

 Ass. ; fiorderi, bordengri, Nep. ; Kanhil, Lepcha ; Shida, G6ro ; Shej, 



