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UM. 



E 691. Chuttockpur Forest, Darjeeling, 6,000 feet . . . .48 

 E 2381, ,: .... 45 



2. HOMALIUM, Jacq. 



Contains eight trees, chiefly Burmese. H. zei/lanicum, Bth., Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 596 ; 

 Beddome t. 210, and H. travancoricum, Beddome t. 211, are large trees of the 

 Western Ghats. H. minutiflorum, Kurz i. 532, H. propmquum, C. B. Clarke ; 

 Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 597, and H. Grifiitldanum, Kurz i. 531, are small trees of 

 Burma. H. Schlichii, Kurz i. 532, is an evergreen tree of the tropical forests of 

 Chittagong ; and H. nepalense, Bth., is found in Nepal. 



1. H. tomentosum, Bth.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 596; Brandis 243; 

 Kuvz i. 531. Blackwellia tomentosa, Vent, ; Brandis' Burma Catalogue, 

 1862, No. 58. Vern. Myonkshaw, Burm. 



A large deciduous tree with thin, very smooth, white or greyish white 

 bark. Wood brown, with dark-coloured heartwood, very hard, heavy 

 and close-grained, splits in seasoning. Pores small, in radial lines 

 between the closely-packed and fine medullary rays, which are bent out- 

 wards where they touch the pores. Tiie distance between the rays is less 

 than the transverse diameter of the pores. 



Chittagong and Burma. 



Weight, Brandis in Burma List, 1862, No. 58, gives 56 Ibs. His experiments made 

 in 1864 were as follows : 



No. Size of bar. Weight. Value of P. 



2 3' x 1" x 1" 53 880 



3 2' x 1" x 1" 54 868 



Our specimens give an average of 58 Ibs. This may be the wood experimented 

 on by Skinner, No. 53 (see also under Dalbergia lanceoJaria, p. 128) Weight 62 Ibs., 

 P = 1003. He calls it "Moulmein lancewood" and Moukshow. The wood is durable 

 and is used for the teeth of harrows and for furniture. 



Ibs. 



B 331. Burma (1866) 63 



B 2534. (1862) 50 



B 2692. Tavoy (Wallicb, 1828) 61 



B 2699. 64 



B 2702. ........ 55 



ORDER L. PASSIFLORE^J. 



Only one species. Carica Papaya, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 824; Brandis 

 244; Kurz i. 533; Gamble 43. The Papaw Tree. Vern. Papaya, Hind, ; Perinji Kan.; 

 Thimbawthee, Burm., is a small, soft -wooded, fast-growing tree which was introduced 

 from South America, and is now cultivated all over India for its fruit. The tree has 

 the property of rendering meat tender by its being soaked it in its juice or by suspend- 

 ing the joint under it. The Passion Flowers, Passiflora, herbaceous or perennial 

 climbers, belong to this family. 



ORDER LI. DATISCEJE. 



Two Genera. Datisca cannabina, Linn.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 656. Vern. Alcalbir, 

 bhang j aid, Hind., is a tall, erect herb resembling hemp and found in the Punjab 

 Himalaya. It gives a red or yellow dye. 



