JilO ARALiACEjE. [Brasst'wpsis. 



1. B. mitis, C. B. Clarke; Hook. Fl. lud. ii, 73(3. . sp. ; Gamble 

 44. Vern. Moqchini, Nep. ; Suntong, Lepcha. 



A small tree with thin grey bark, and soft, white, spongy wood. 

 Pores small, in groups and undulating lines. Medullary rays short, 

 broad and very fine, marked on a radial section as shining plates. 



Sikkiui Himalaya, above 5,000 feet, common at Darjeeling. 



Growth moderately fast, 5 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 241bs. per cubic feet. 



Ibs. 



E 2382. Kangbnl Forest, Darjeeling, 7,000 feet .... 24 



4. MACROPANAX, Miq. 



Besides the species described, M. oreophilum, Miq. ; Kurz i. 541, is an evergreen 

 tree of the forests of the Martaban Hills above 5,000 feet. 



1. M. undulatum, Seem. ; Gamble 45. Vern. Ckinia, Nep. ; 

 Prong zam, Lepcha. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree; wood soft, yellowish white, even- 

 grained. Pores small, numerous. Medullary rays broad, often with a 

 few fine rays intervening, prominent on a radial section as shining 

 plates giving the wood an elegant reticulate appearance. The distance 

 between the rays is many times larger than the diameter of the pores, 

 there being many lines of pores between each pair of rays. 



Eastern Himalaya, up to 5,000 feet. 

 Weight, 30 Ibs. per cubic foot, 



Ibs. 



E 688. Chuttockpur Forest, Darjeeling, 6,000 feet .... 30 



5. HEDERA, Linn. 



1. H. Helix, Linn.; Brandis 248; Gamble 45. The Ivy, Yern. 

 Halbambar, arbambal, Jhelum ; Karmora, mandia, Kashmir; Kurol, Che- 

 nab; Kuriy kariir, Ravi; Mr&mbrtim, dakdri, Beas ; A 'arluru , luiniiiri, 

 kadeoli, Sutlej ; Bdnda, Kumaun ; Dudela, "Nep. 



A large woody climber. Wood white, soft, porous. Annual rings 

 marked by a broad belt of pores and by less numerous pores in the 

 autumn wood. Pores small, very numerous. Medullary rays short, 

 moderately broad. 



Himalaya from the Indus to Bhutan, between 3,000 and 9,000 feet; Khasia Hills. 

 Growth slow, 22 rings per inch of radius. Weight, our specimen gives 31 Ibs. ; 

 Mathieu Fl. For. p. 174, gives 27 to 44 Ibs. 



n.s. 



H 69. Mashobra, Simla, 7,000 feet 



H 3010. Kotgarh, Simla, 7,500 feet . . . . . , 3-1 



ORDER L1V. CORNACE^l. 

 7 (iciirni of Indian trees or shrub*. They are generally dispersed ovei 



India, but .are chirlly found in the Himalayas. They may In-divided into two sections 



Section I. With hermaphrodite flowers . Alangiinn, A/cr/m, Conine and 



J\litx/i.i-i(t. 

 II. "With diuriou- llnxvi-rs . . Atd-nl'" -.nd 



