208 DATISCKE. [ Tetratneles. 



1. TETRAMELES, R. Br. 



1. T. nudiflora, R. Br.; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 657; Beddome t. 

 Brandis 245 ; Kurz i. 535 ; Gamble 43. Vern. Malnakat t Nep. ; 

 Payomko, Lepcha ; Belong, Garo; Sandugaza, Beng. ; Tseikpoban, Magh ; 

 Thitpouk, Burm. ; Bolur, Kan. 



A very large deciduous tree, with cylindrical, often much-buttressed 

 stem. Bark grey-brown, brinkled. Wood white, very light, soft. Annual 

 rings marked by a belt of closer pores. Wood cells large. Pores large, 

 often in short, zigzag, transverse lines. Medullary rays fine to moderately 

 broad, clearly marked, the distance between the rays equal to the diame- 

 ter of the pores. 



Sikkim, Garo Hills, Chittagong, Western Ghats, Burma and the Andamans. 

 Growth very fast. The wood may be found useful for tea-boxes. 



E 3288. Rinkheong Reserve, Chifctagong. 



ORDER LII. CACTE2E. 



Contains only the Prickly Pear, Opuntia Dillenii, Haw. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 657 ; 

 Brandis 245 (Cactus indicus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 475.) Vern. Nagphana, ndgphansi, 

 Hind. ; Papdsh Icalli, Kan. ; Chaffal send, Dekkan. An erect, fleshy, thorny shrub 

 common all over the arid and dry zones of India and often planted as a hedge. The 

 stems have been used in time of scarcity as fodder. It was originally brought from 

 America. 



ORDER LIII. ARALIACE^B. 



Contains 16 Genera of usually small, soft- wooded trees or shrubs, erect or climbing. 

 They are divided into four Tribes, viz., 



Tribe I. Aralieae ..... Aralia and Pentapanax. 



Acanthopanax, Helw'mgia, Poly- 



scias, Heptapleunim, Trevesia, 

 Brassala and Dendropanax. 



. . . . Arthrophyllum, Heteropanax, 

 Brassaiopsis, Macropancuc, 

 Hedera and Gambled, 

 IV. Plerandrese .... Tupidanthus. 



Aralia contains 6 shrubs or small trees, the chief of which are A.foliolosa, Seem., 

 and A. armata, Seem. Vern. Somri, Nep. ; Kajyang, Lepcha, small trees of the 

 hills of the N.E. Himalaya with large 2-3 pinnate leaves, prickly stems and the 

 general aspect of tree ferns. A. cachemirica, Dene. ; Brandis 248, is a shrub of the 

 higher elevations of the Himalaya from Kashmir to Sikkim. Pentapanax contains 

 4 species of usually climbing epiphytic shrubs : .P. Leschenaultii, Seem., P. sub- 

 cor datum, Seem., and P. racemosum. Seem., are large climbers of the Sikkim Hills. 

 Acanthopanax aculeatum, Seem., is a shrub of the Khasia Hills. Polysrias 

 acuminata, Wight ; Beddome t. 213, is a tree of the hills of South India above 

 4,000 feet elevation. Trevesia palmata, Vis. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 732 ; Kurz. i. 539 ; 

 Gamble 44. (Gastonia palmata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 407.) Vern. XLajpati, N^p. ; 

 Suntong, Lepcha ; Baw, Burm., is ;in cvcr^ivcn palm-like tree with large palmate 

 leaves and bi^ fruit, found in the Eastern Himalaya. Eastern Bengal and 15nrma. 

 Brassaia capitata, C. B. Clarke; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 732, is a tree of the Nilgiri Hills. 

 Arthrophyltum diverstfolium, 131. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. ii. 733. (A. jtirtinicHin, Bl. ; 

 Kurz i. 540), is jm t-vt-rgrccu palui like tree of the Andaman*. Hctcropanax fragt-iois. 



