220 



[ Autkocephalus. 



Cadamla, Kurz ii. 63. Vern'. Kaddam, karam, Hind., Beng. ; Bol-kaJarii, 

 Chittagong ; Pandur, Lepcba ; Kodnm, Mcchi ; Roghu, Ass.; Kadambo, 

 Uriya; Fella cadamba, Tarn.; Kadambe, rudrak-shamba, Tel.; Heltega, 

 arsanatega, Mysore; Kadam, Mar.; Kadda tailu, kadaga, kadwal, 

 Kan. ; Halartiba, Cingh. ; Maoo, sanyepang, Magh ; Maoo, maookadoon, 

 Burm. 



A large deciduous tree. Bark grey, with numerous regular, longitu- 

 dinal fissures. Wood white, with a yellowish tinge (an old specimen 

 from Burma, yellowish grey), soft, even-grained. Pores large, oval, 

 elongated, subdivided, sometimes in short radial lines. Medullary rays 

 fine, numerous, close together, bent outwards where they touch the pores. 



Wild in Northern and Eastern Bengal, Pegu and the Western Coast ; cultivated in 

 Northern India. 



Growth variable, 5 to 15 rings per inch of radius, average moderate, 9 rings per 

 inch. The weight and transverse strength have been determined by the following 

 experiments : 



Wood used for building ; in Assam, Cachar and occasionally in Darjeeliug for tea- 

 boxes. Cunningham (1854) says that it is used for beams and rafters on account of 

 its cheapness and lightness, and that it is good for joiner's work, but that it is a brittle 

 wood. The flowers are offered at Hindu shrines and the fruit eaten. It is often 

 cultivated for ornament, and is very much used as an avenue tree in Bengal. Kurz, 

 evidently quoting Brandis' 1862 List, No. 67, says " wood, a deep yellow ;" this is not, 

 however, the case with our specimens, and it may be suggested for investigation whether 

 the Burma wood has not a more yellow colour than the Indian. 



Ibs. 



40 



E 650. Rakti Forest, Darjeeling Terai 



E 3153. Pankabavi, Darjeeling (damp) 



E 3144. Julpigori, Bengal .. 



E 1435. Assam .... 



B 2535. Burma (1862) 



50 

 40 

 32 

 32 



2. ADINA, Salisbury. 



Contains 3 Indian .species. A. polycephala, Hook. f. and Bth. (Naudea poly- 

 cephala, Wall. ; Kurz ii. 65), is a small evergreen tree of Chittagong and Tenasfcerim. 



1. A. COrdifolia, Hook. f. and Bth. ; Brandis 263 ; Gamble 46. 

 Nauclea, cordifolia, Koxb. Fl. Ind. i. 514; Beddome t. 33; Kurz ii. 66. 

 Vern. Haldu^tardu^caram, Hind. ; Bangkcbtkeli-kadamjpetpnriii 

 Beng.; Karam, Nep. ; Tikkoe, Bahraich and Gonda; Hard it, 

 kurmi, Gondi ; Holonda, Uriya; Shangdonc/^ G6ro; Roghn, Ass. ; 

 kadambe, Tarn, j Bandaru, dudagu, paspn kaJumbe, Tel. ; Hedde t 

 peitega, arsanalSga, ycliada, alnnui , Kan. ; Hcdit, Mar. ; Kulony, Cingh, ; 

 Thaing, Magh ; llnnnheiig, Burm. 



A large deciduous tree. Hark soi'l, \ inch thick, grey,, rough, AVond 

 yellow, moderately hard, even-grained, No heartwood, no annual i 



