Corn us.] CORNACE^. 213 



maunds were sent to the Isbaporc Gunpowder Agency in 1865 (Bengal Forest Report, 

 1865-66, page 2), of the result of which experiment we have no record. The fruit 

 is red, strawberry-like, and is cairn and made into preserves. The tree is very hand- 

 some when in flower with its large cream-coloured involucre. 



Ibs. 



H 78. Mashobra, Simla, 7,000 feet 



H 94. Simla, 6,000 feet 45 



4. AUCUBA, Thunb. 



Contains one large shrub or small tree of the Eastern Himalaya. A.japonica, 

 Thunb. is a well-known shrub of English gardens, recognised by its shining leaves, 

 blotched with yellow. 



1. A. himalaica, Hook. f. and Th. ; Brandis 254- ; Gamble 45. Vern. 



Phul aiiiphl, Nep. ; Singna, tapalhyer, Lepclia. 



A small evergreen tree, with thin, smooth, dark-grey bark. Wood 

 black when fresh cut, becoming 1 lighter-coloured on exposure, hard and 

 close-grained. Pores extremely small. Medullary rays of two classes, 

 numerous fine rays between fewer broad or very broad ones, visible on 

 a radial section as irregular plates and bands. 



Siklum Himalaya between 5,000 and 9,000 feet. 



Growth slow, 20 rings per inch of radius (Gamble) ; one specimen, E 3327, shews 

 10 rings. Weight, 55 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Ibs. 



E 2383. Rangbiil Forest, Darjeeling, 7,000 feet .... 55 

 E 3327. Eangirum 6,000 .... 



ORDER LV. CAPRIFOLIACE^E. 



Contains 6 genera belonging to the two following tribes : 



Tribe I. Sambucea3 Sambticus and Viburnum. 



II. Lonicerece Abelia,Lonicera,Leycesteria 



and Pentapyxis. 



Wood close-grained. Pores very small or extremely small, uniformly 

 distributed. Medullary rays fine to extremely fine, numerous. 



1. SAMBUCUS, Linn. 



Contains 3 Indian species. S. Elulus, Linn. ; Brandis 260. The Dwarf Elder. 

 Vern. Richh Jcas, muskfcidra, ffanhula,Jhe\\na; Gandal, gwandish, sisJce tasar, Chenab, 

 is a herbaceous plant from a perennial root stock, found in the valleys of the Jhelum 

 and Upper Chenab. 8. adnata, Wall. ; Brandis 576 ; Gamble 46. Vern. Chiriya- 

 baug, Nep., is an undershrub of Nepal and Sikkim found from 6,000 to 10,000 feet. 

 Kurz gives S. Thunb ergiana, Bl., as an undershrub of Ava and the Kakhyen Hills. 



1. S. javanica, Reinw. ; Gamble 46. Vern. Galeni, Nep. 



A small tree. Bark light brown, rather corky. Wood white, soft. 

 Pores small, in groups. Medullary rays distant, fine to broad. Pith 

 large, about J inch in diameter. 



Eastern Himalaya from 4,000 to 8,000 feet, Khasia Hills. Chiefly found in 

 second-growth forest. 



E 3133. Mangwa Forest, Darjeeling, 5,000 feet. 



