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3. G. latifolia, Aiton ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 706 (? cf. Brandis 272) ; 

 Beddome cxxxiv. 1.; Brandis 271. Veriu Pdpra, pdphar, pepero, ban 



pinddlu, Hind. ; Pannia bhil, gungat, bhandara, geggar, Gondi ; Phip- 

 har, mali, Baigas ; Kumbay, Tarn. ; Pedda karinga, pureea, bikki, gaiger, 

 Tel.; Rota-ranga, Uriya ; Ghogar, g.ogarli, Mar.; Gogar, Bhil. 



A small deciduous tree. Bark J inch thick, greenish grey, exfoliating 

 and leaving smooth, conchoidal, rounded depressions. Wood light- 

 yellowish brown, close and even-grained, hard, handsomely mottled, 

 neither warps nor splits. No heartwood. Marked concentric annual 

 rings. Pores extremely small, numerous. Medullary rays fine, short. 



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

 India. 



Growth moderate, 8 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 50 to 53 Ibs. per cubic foot. 

 The wood is easy to work, durable, and is recommended to be tried as a substitute for 

 boxwood; it is likely to be very good for engraving and turning. Combs are made 

 of it. 



B 1173. Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces 53* 



B 2733. Moharli Reserve, Central Provinces 50 



4. G. obtusifolia, Roxb. ; Kurz ii. 42. Vern. Yengkhat, Burm. 



A small deciduous tree with thin, grey bark. Wood white, moderately 

 hard, even-grained. Pores small. Medullary rays moderately broad, and 

 a large number of very fine rays, which are not very distinct. 



Burma. 



Weight, 55 Ibs. per cubic foot. It yields a yellow pellucid resin. 



B 817. Rangoon Division, Burma 55 



5. G. COStata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 704. G. coronaria, Ham. ; Kurz ii. 

 43. Vern. Yengkhat, tsaythambyah. 



A small deciduous tree, with smooth, grey bark ; wood light brown, 

 hard, close-grained. Annual rings indistinct. Pores small. Medullary 

 rays fine, scanty, distinctly visible on a radial section as long horizontal 

 plates. 



Chittagong and Burma. 



Growth slow, 14 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 51 Ibs. per cubic foot (Kurz 

 identifies G. lucida, No. 72 of Brandis' Burma List of 1862 with this. Weight, 49 Ibs.) 

 Used for making combs and for turning, but liable to crack. 



Ibs. 



B 284. Burma (1867) 50 



B 2540. (1862) 52 



11. GUETTARDA, Linn. 



1. G. speciosa, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 686 ; Beddome cxxxiv. 4; 

 Kurz ii. 37. Vern. Lomdomah, And.; Nil piteha, Cingh. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree, with thin grey bark. Wood yellow, 

 with a tinge of red. Pores small, often in radial lines. Medullary rays, 

 moderately broad and very fine. 



Tidal forests along the shores of the Andaman Islands and Ceylon. 

 B 1971. Andaman Islands (Kurz, 1866) 49 



