226 uruiACKJB. -nnl'm. 



A small tree of South India and Ceylon, with a red wood, having a 

 similar structure to that of W. exserta. 



No. 74. Ceylon Collection (marked W. bicuspidata) ... 48 



8. WEBERA, Schreb. 



Contains about 10 species of small trees, shrubs or climbers from Eastern Bengal, 

 South India and Burma. 



W. oppositifolia, Roxb. PI. Ind. i. 698 ; Kurz ii. 47 is a small tree of Chittagong 

 and Burma, said by Kurz to have a yellowish white, heavy, close-grained wood. 

 W. glomeriflora, Kurz ii. 47, is a small tree of the Pegu Yomas. W~. myrtifolia, 

 Kurz ii. 49, is a small tree of the swamp forests of Burma and W. monosperma, W. and 

 A. ; Beddome cxxxiv., is a shrub of the Nilgiri Hills and Wynaad. Kurz also describes 

 4 scandeut shrubs from Chittagong and Burma. Roxburgh gives W. scandens, 

 Roxb. PI. Ind. i. 698. Vern. G-ajer koto,, Beng., as a climber ; and W. odorata, 

 Roxb. PI. Ind. i. 699. Vern. Patagruja, Beng., as a small tree, of the forests 

 of Sylhet. 



1. W. asiatica, Linn. ; Beddome cxxxiii. W. corymbosa, Willd. ; 

 Roxb. PI. Ind. i. 697. Stylocoryne Webera, A. Rich. ; T hwaites Enum. 

 158. Vern. Kankra, Beng.; Kachuria clidll, Cut tack; Komi, Tel.; Tar- 

 ana, Cingh. 



A large shrub or small tree. Wood yellowish white, hard, close- 

 grained. Pores small, very numerous, uniformly distributed. Medullary 

 rays short, fine and extremely fine. 



Bengal, South India and Ceylon. 



Weight, 57 Ibs. per cubic foot. The wood is said by A. Mendis to be used in Ceylon 

 for fishing-boats. 



Ib8. 



No. 84. Ceylon Collection 57 



9. RANDIA, Linn. 



Contains 10 to 12 species of shrubs or small trees, generally armed with strong 

 axillary thorns. R. riffida, DC. ; Brandis 273 ; Gamble 48, is a shrub found in the 

 forests' of the Eastern Himalaya, Nepal and probably Kumaun. R. fragrans, 

 Beddome cxxxii. (Posoqueria fragrans, Kon.; Roxb. PL Ind. i. 717). Yern. 

 Pedalli, Tel., is a shrub of South India, used to make hedges. R. Gardneri, Thw. ; 

 Beddome cxxxii., is a small tree of the South Tinnevelly hills and Ceylon ; R. dekka- 

 nensis, Beddome cxxxiii., is a small tree of the Anarnalais ; and R. speciosa, Beddome 

 cxxxii., a climbing shrub of the Western Ghats, with sweet-scented flowers. R. nutans, 

 DC. ; Kurz ii., 45 is a shrub of the forests of Pegu. 



"Wood smooth, close-grained, hard. Pores small or very small. 

 Medullary rays fine and very fine. 



1. R. uliginosa, DC. ; Beddome cxxxii, ; Brandis 73 ; Kurz ii. 1 1 ; 

 Gamble 48. Posoqueria uliginosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 712. Vern. 

 Pinddlu, pindar, pandr, paniah, bharani, katiil, Hind.; Firalo, Beug. ; 

 Maidal, Nep. ; Kaurio, Panch Mehuls; Pendra, Uriya ; Katil, pcmler, 

 (i.)M(li; Gangru, gangdru, Kurku ; Nallaika, nalla k<ikixhii, r IVl. ; 

 Wnyatta, Tarn.; Kar4,pendri, Kan.; Telphetru, panelra, phctra, piiidra, 

 Mar. ; Tapkel, Bhil ; Mhaniben, mhnnpyoo, Burin. 



A small deciduous tree. Bark i inch thick, reddish brown, exfoliat- 

 ing in thin flakes. Wood whitish tfivy, closi'-^raiwd, lianl, no heart - 

 wood. Annual rings marked by a narrow belt without pores, Pores 



