206 SAMYDACEJS. [ Casearia. 



1. CASEARIA, Jacq. 



Nine Indian species. <?. Vareca, Koxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 418; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 593 ; 

 Kurz i. 530 ; Gamble 43, is an evergreen shrub of the banks of streams in Northern 

 and Eastern Bengal. C. esculenta, Roxb., C. rubescens, Dalz. ; Beddome t. 41, and 

 C. wynaadtmis, Beddome cxx., are small trees of the forests of the Western Ghats. 

 C. Kurzii, C. B. Clarke ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 594, is a tree of Chittagong. 



Wood yellowish white, moderately hard, rough. Medullary rays 

 fine, numerous. Pores small or very small, often in radial groups or 

 lines. 



1. C. tomentosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 421 ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 593 ; 

 Beddome cxix. ; Brandis 243. Vern. Chilla, chilara, bairi,bhari, Hind.; 

 Maun, Manbhum ; Men, wasa, gamgudu, Tel. ; Lainja, massei, karei, 

 Mar.; Girari, Uriya; Thundri, Gondi ; KJiesa, Kurku. 



A small tree. Bark inch thick, brittle, exfoliating in more or less 

 square flakes. Wood yellowish white, moderately hard, rough, close- 

 grained. Pores small and very small, sometimes in radial lines. Medul- 

 lary rays fine and very fine, wavy, equidistant, very numerous. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Indus eastwards, Oudh, Eastern Bengal, Central 

 and South India. 



Weight, 41 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood used to make combs. The bark is bitter ; it 

 is used for adulterating the " Kamela" powder and the pounded fruit for poisoning 



fish. 



Ibs. 



O 1393. Gonda, Oudh . . . . 41 



O 3085. 



03089. Kheri, Oudh 



C 1183. Ahiri Keserve, Central Provinces 41 



C 2802. Melghat, Berar (young) 38 



2. C. graveolens, Dalzell; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 592; Brandis 243. 

 Vern. CkiUa t n6ro, kathera,pimpri, Hind. ; Girchi, Gondi; Rewat, Kurku. 



A small deciduous tree. Bark dark grey, with a few longitudinal 

 wrinkles. Wood light yellow, moderately hard, rough, even-grained. 

 Pores small, often oval and subdivided. Medullary rays fine, equidistant, 

 very numerous, visible as shining plates on a radial section. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Chenab eastwards, Oudh, Central India. 

 Weight, 40 to 50 Ibs. Wood not used ; the fruit is used to poison fish. 



3. C. glomerata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 419; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 591; 

 Kurz i. 530; Gamble 42. Vern. Mrjur, Sylhet; Burgonli, Nep.; Sugvat, 

 Lepcha. 



A large evergreen tree. Wood yellowish white, moderately hard, 

 rough. Pores small, in radial lines. Medullary rays of two sizes ; 

 numerous very fine rays between fewer moderately broad, giving on a 

 radial section a beautifully mottled appearance. 



Eastern Bengal ascending to 6,000 feet, Chittagong. 



Weight, 45 to 48 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood used for building, charcoal and 

 sionally for tea-boxes. 



