212 CORN ACE*!. [ Mar lea. 



The wood is used for native Louses in Sylhet. The leaves are sometimes given as 

 fodder to cattle. 



Ibs. 



H 2831. The Glen, Simla, 6,000 feet 42 



3. CORNUS, Linn. 



Besides the three species here described, C. sanguinea, Linn. ; Brandis 253, the 

 Dogwood, was found by Dr. Stewart in the Punjab Himalaya at 7,000 feet. 



Numerous small pores and numerous fine medullary rays, often of 

 different width. 



1. C. macrophylla, Wall. ; Brandis 252 ; Gamble 45. Vern. Kasfr, 

 kacJnr, haleo y altian, haddu, harm, nang, kandara, kaksh, kachur } kochan, 

 Mgsha, ruchia, Hind. ; Patmoro, Nep. 



A small tree, with rough, brown bark, splitting into small squares. 

 Wood pinkish white, hard, close-grained, warps badly and has an 

 unpleasant scent. Annual rings marked by a narrow line without pores, 

 on the outer edge of each ring. Pores small, numerous. Medullary 

 rays short, moderately broad, with fewer fine rays, giving the wood on a 

 radial section a beautifully mottled appearance. 



Himalaya from the Indus to Bhutan, between 3,000 and 8,000 feet. 

 Growth moderate, 8 to 9 rings per inch of radius (Brandis) ; our specimens had 15 

 rings. Weight, 44 Ibs. per cubic foot. The wood gives good gunpowder charcoal. The 

 fruit is eaten and the leaves given as fodder to goats. 



Ibs. 



H 84. The Glen, Simla, 6,000 feet 45 



H 924. Hazara, 6,000 feet 43 



2. C. oblonga, Wall. ; Brandis 253 ; Kurz i. 545. Vern. Kagshi, 

 Sutlej ; Dab, Kunawar; Rasmol, bakdr, ban-baMr, hald, Hind. 



A small tree, with reddish brown, rough bark. Wood pinkish white, 

 hard, even-grained, warps and has an unpleasant scent. Annual rings 

 marked by a belt without pores at the outer edge of each ring. Pores 

 small, numerous. Medullary rays fine, very numerous, with a few 

 slightly broader ones. 



Outer Himalaya from the Indus to Bhutan, between 3,000 and 6,000 feet ; 

 Martaban Hills in Burma, between 4,000 and 7,000 feet (Kurz). 



Growth moderate, 10 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 48 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Ibs. 



H 150. Sainj, Giri Valley, 4,000 feet 46 



H 3094. Tarwa Forest, Julung, Simla, 4,000 feet .... 50 



3, C. capitata, Wall. ; Brandis 253 ; Gamble 45. Benthamia 

 frrtf/ifera, Lindley. Yern. Thammal, tharbal, thanvar, thesi t bamaur, 



bamoraj Hind. ; Tnmbiik, Lepcha. 



A small deciduous tree, with thin, greyish brown bark. Wood whitish, 

 with reddish brown heartwood, warps in seasoning, very hard, close- 

 grained. Pores very small. Medullary rays numerous, moderate-sized 

 and fine. 



Himalaya from the Beas to Bhutan, between 3,500 and 8,000 feet; Khasia Hills. 

 Growth slow, 16 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 45 Ibs. per cubic foot. The 

 wood is used only for lire wood. This is probably the Curn us, */>., of whose wood 5 



