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LYTHRABIEJ5. 



[ Lagerstromia. 



Ventuku, Tel.; Bolundur, billi nandi, Kan.; Nandi, Coorg; Nanah, 

 Mar. 



A large tree with smooth white bark, peeling off in thin flakes. 

 Wood red, moderately hard. Pores large and small, often subdivided and 

 frequently joined by narrow, irregular, wavy bands and lines of softer 

 texture. Medullary rays extremely fine, very numerous. Distinct white 

 concentric lines, which probably indicate the annual rings. Pores 

 marked on a longitudinal section and medullary rays visible on a radial 

 section as numerous narrow plates. 



Western forests of the Madras Presidency. 



Growth moderately fast, 6 to 8 rings per inch of radius. The weight and trans- 

 verse strength have been determined as follows : 



Much used in construction and for ship-building, also for coffee-cases, and for 

 furniture. 



Ibs. 



W 765. South Kanara . . .' 48 



W 862. 48 



4. L. ReginaB, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 505 ; Beddome t. 29 ; Braudis 240. 

 L. Flos-Regina, Retz ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 577 ; Kurz i. 524. Vern. Jarul, 

 Beng. ; Ajhar, Ass.; Bolaskari, Garo ; Kadali, Tarn. ; Challd, Kan. ; 

 Adamhoe, Mai. ; Taman, mota bondara, Mar. ; Kamaung, Magh ; Pymma, 

 Burm. ; Murute, Cingh. 



A large deciduous tree. Bark smooth, grey to cream-coloured. Wood 

 shining, li^ht red, hard ; annual rings marked by a belt of large pores. 

 Pores of all sizes from extremely small to large, the latter often sub- 

 divided, joined by narrow, wavy and often anastomosing concentric bauds 

 of soft tissue, which contain the smaller pores. Medullary rays very or 

 extremely fine, often indistinct. The wood in Burma is frequently very 

 porous with an abundance of large pores. 



Eastern Bengal, Assam, Burma and Western Coast, extending north to Ratnagiri. 



Growth moderate ; our specimens show 7 rings per inch of radius. In 1876 Mr. 

 Fisher measured 5 trees in the Sidli Forest, Goalpara district, Assam. The results 

 were, on an average 



Iu. In. In. In. In. 



On a length of radius equivalent to a girth of 18 36 54 72 90 

 No. of rings 15 25 39 51 <'>( 



On an average, thcroforo, the number of rings por inch of radius is 4'6 ; and the tree 

 appears to add a cubit to itfi girth every 13 years on an average. The weight and 



1 r:\nsvi-rsc sin-ngtli luivr hotMi <lrti'Vinm<'<l ly the following experiments. 



