

Ha ml i.,' KUBiAri 



small and very small,, numerous, uniformly distributed. Medullary rays 

 fine and very fine, very numerous, distinctly visible on a radial section. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards, Oudh, Bengal, Burma, Central 

 and South India. 



Growth moderate, 6 to 7 rings per inch of radius. Weight, the average of our 

 specimens gives 48 Ibs. per cubic foot ; Brandis says 411bs. The fruit is eaten. 



Iba. 



O 542. Dehra Dun ......... 48 



O 1458. Bahraich, Oudh ........ 47 



O 1487. Kheri, Oudh ......... 51 



C 2782. Melghat, Berar ........... 



C 1186. Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces ........ 



C 2756. Moharli Reserve, Central Provinces ..... 48 



W 992. North Kanara . ....... 46 



2. R. dumetorum, Lam. ; Beddome cxxxii. ; Brandis 273 ; Gamble 

 48. Posoqueria dumetornm, Willd. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 713. Yern. 

 Mindla, mandkolla, arara, Pb. ; Mainphal, manyul, karhar, main, 

 mainhuri, manneul, arar, Hind. ; Maidal, amulci, Nep. ; Gundrow, Mechi ; 

 Gurdl, Rajbanshi; Panji, Lepcha ; Pativa, Uriya ; Madu karray, Tarn.; 

 Manda, Tel.; Gera, galay, Mar.; Kuay, katul, Gondi ; Bhita, Kurku ; 

 Kare, Kan. 



A deciduous thorny shrub or small tree, with grey bark. Wood 

 white or light brown, compact, hard. Structure the same as that of 

 H,, nliginosa. 



Throughout India, extending in the North -West Outer Himalaya as far as the 

 Beas. 



Growth moderate, 7 rings per inch of radius, according to our specimens; Brandis 

 says slow : that " a section of a tree known to be 65 years old, 4-inch radius, hollow 

 inside, shewed 54 annual rings on 2 inches of the radius near the circumference." 

 Weight, 55 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood used for agricultural implements, fences and 

 fuel. The bark of the root and stem and the fruit are used in native medicine, the 

 latter as an emetic. The fruit is also used to poison fish, and when ripe is roasted 

 and eaten. 



Ibs. 

 262. Garhwal (1868) ...... 54 



1366. Gonda, Oudh ...... 50 



O 1461. Bahraich, Oudh ...... 62 



O 1488. Kheri, Oudh ...... 54 



C 2750. Moharli Reserve, Central Provinces (young) 45 



C 2799. Melghat, Berar (young) .... 48 



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.qq' ? Khookloong forest, Darjeeling Terai ........ 



E 2386. Bamunpokri, Darjeeling Terai . ........ 



3. R. tetrasperma, Bth. and Hook, f.; Brandis 272. Gardenia 

 tetrasperma, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 709. Vern. Bara garrij batya gingaru, 

 Kumaun. 



A small procumbent shrub with grey bark. Wood white, very hard. 

 Pores very small. Medullary rays very fine, very numerous. Medullary 

 patches numerous and prominent, of a slightly bluish colour. 



Himalaya, from the Indus to Bhutan, ascending to 6,000 feet. 

 Weight, 56 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



H 157. Simla, 6,000 ftvi 

 H 2821. 5,000 . 



