Lagentrom. la.] i u A u i KJK . 



Banda; Seji, Bijeragogarh ; Ka/cria, Guz.; Sahine, Chanda ; Chinangi, 

 Tel. ; Chungi, pilugu, Hyderabad ; Nana y bondara, nandi, bellinandi, sma, 

 lendi, Mar. ; Ventaku, cheninge, Kan. ; Lendya, Baigas ; Sina, nelti, leria, 

 Gondi ; CheJcerey, Kurku ; Tsambelay, Burm. 



A large deciduous tree with light brown, thin bark, exfoliating in long, 

 thin, woody scales. Wood very hard, grey or greyish brown, often with 

 a reddish tinge, darker coloured near the centre, hard. No annual rings. 

 Pores moderate-sized and large, often subdivided, uniformly distributed 

 and frequently joined by narrow, irregular, wavy bands and lines cf 

 softer texture, distinctly visible on a longitudinal section. Medullary 

 rays fine, numerous. 



Sub-Himalayan Tract from the Jumna eastwards, Oudh, Bengal, Assam, Central 

 and South India. 



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

 ments : 



Ft. In. In. Weight. Value of P. 



Kyd in 1831 specimens from Assam in bars 2X1X1 found 52 757 

 Skinner, No. 86 from South India various 40 467 



Brandis, No. 63 Burma, 1862 . . . . 40 

 Smythies in 1878, average of 9 specimens ... ,,52 



Wood tough, elastic, seasons well, works freely and is fairly durable. It coppices well. 

 Ten sleepers laid down on the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway in 1870 were reported, 

 on being examined in 1875, to be quite sound. A number of sleepers are being tried on 

 the Northern Bengal State Railway, but the result is not yet known. It is used for 

 ploughs and other agricultural implements, for construction, for buggy shafts and axe 

 handles. It gives a very good charcoal. It gives a sweet gum from wounds in the 

 bark. The bark is used for tanning. It is one of the trees on which the " tasar " 

 silkworm is fed. 



Ib 3 . 



232. Garhwal (1868) 45 



O2999. (1874) 51 



O 339. Gorakhpur (1868) 54 



C 196. Mandla, Central Provinces (1870) 49 



C 2749* ) M oharli Reserve, Central Provinces 50 



C 1140. Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces ..... 60 



C 2768. Melghat, Berar . ' 54 



E 666. Bamunpokri, Parjeeling Terai 52 



E 2379. Sukua Forest 54 



E 785. Kami-tip, Assam 



2. L. lanceolata, Beddome t. 32 ; Brandis 240. L. parviflora, Roxb. 

 var. majuscula, C. B. Clarke; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 575. Vern. Banddra, 

 nandi, Kan.; Ndna,sokutia } Mar.; ttoda, bondaga, Dekkan. 



A large tree, with leaves bluish white beneath. Inner wood red, 

 moderately hard. Pores large and moderate-sized, joined by wavy con- 

 centric bands of soft texture, which are often interrupted. Medullary 

 rays fine, numerous, uniform, equidistant. 



Forests of the Western Ghats as far north as Khandeish, Mysore and Court- 

 allum. 



Growth moderate, 10 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 57 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Ibs. 



C 956. Guzerat, Bombay 



W 1220. North Kanara 57 



3. L. microcarpa, Wight; Beddome t. 30; L. lanceolata, Wall.; 

 Hook, Fl. Ind. ii. 570; Brandis 24-0. Vern. Benteab, venteab, Tarn. ; 



2 B 



