Hymenodictyon. ] RUBIACEJE. 225 



astringent, and is used as a febrifuge, and for tanning; the leaves are used as cattle 



fodder. 



Ibs. 

 O 216. Garhwal (1868) .... . .28 



O 350. Gorakhpur (1868) 



O 1462. Bharaich, Oudh 



O 1482. Kheri, Oudh . 



C 1127. Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces 



32 

 34 

 32 



2. H. thyrsiflorum, Wall.; Kurz ii. 72; Gamble 47. Cinchona 

 thyrsiflora, lioxb. Fl. lad. i. 530. Veru. Purgur y Hiiid. ; Khoozan, 

 Burm. 



A deciduous tree. Bark 1 inch thick, grey, with corky flakes. Wood 

 white or grey, soft. Annual rings indistinctly marked. Structure the 

 same as that of H. excelsum. 



Northern and Eastern Bengal and Burma. 



Growth moderate, 10 rings per inch of radius. Weight, according to Brandis' 

 Burma List of 1862, No. 104, 28 Ibs. ; our specimens give an average of 33 Ibs. Used 

 for black-boards and packing-cases. 



Ibs. 



E 1231. Sibsagar, Assam 26 



E 1286. Cachar 34 



B 279. Burma (1867) 31 



B 3070. (1862) 38 



B 559. Prome, Burma 33 



B 2287. Andaman Islands . . 34 



7. WENDLANDIA, Bartling. 



Contains about 12 Indian species. W. tinctoria, DC. ; Beddome cxxx. ; Brandis 

 269 ; Kurz ii. 74 (Rondeletia tinctoria, Roxb. PI. Ind. i. 522 ; Wendlandia sp. 

 Gamble 48.) Vern. Tula-lodh, Bengal. ; Kangi, Nep. ; Singnok, Lepcha ; Telli, 

 Uriya ; Tamayoke, Burm., is a small tree of the forests of Kumaun, Oudh, Behar, 

 Bengal and Burma, whose bark is used in Bengal as a mordant in dyeing. Several 

 other species are found in the North-East Himalaya and several in Burma, chiefly 

 Tenasserim, but the}' are unimportant. One or two are climbers. 



1. W. exserta, DC.; Beddome cxxx. ; Brandis 2fi8; Gamble 48. 

 W. cinerea, DC. ; Gamble 47. Rondeletia exserta, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 

 523. Vern. Chaulai, chila, chilkiya, ttta, birsa, tilfci, tilai, Hind.; 

 Kanyi, Hlki, mimri, Nep.; Kursi, Seoni ; Marria, Gondi; Tilliah, Baigas 

 in Mandla. 



A small deciduous tree with brown bark. Wood reddish brown, 

 hard, close-grained. Pores small, medullary rays moderately broad and 

 fine, the former short. Annual rings marked by firmer wood on the 

 outer and more porous wood on the inner edge of each ring. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Chenab eastwards, Oudh, Bengal Central and South- 

 ern India. 



Growth fast, 4-5 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 47 Ibs. Wood used for build- 

 ing and agricultural implements and used for house-posts in the Sikkim Terai. 



Ibs. 



O 1370. Gonda, Oudh 47 



E 589. Khookloong Forest, Darjeeling Terai 



2. W, Notpniana, Wall. ; Beddome t. 224; Thwaites Euum. 159. 

 Vern. Rameneidelle, Cingh. 



2 K 



