238 ERICACEAE. [ Rhododendron. 



wood at the inner edge. Pores very small. Medullary rays short, fine, 

 very numerous. 



Sikkim Himalaya, from 12,000 to 14,000 feet. 



Growth slow, 25 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 36 Ibs. per cubic foot. 

 Flowers deep crimson. 



Ibs. 

 E 2957. Sandiikpho, Darjeeling, 12,000 feet . . 36 



7. E. cinnabarinum, Hook. f. ; Gamble 51. Vern. Bulu, Nep. ; 

 Kema Icechoong, Lepcha. 



A large shrub with thin grey bark. Wood grey, moderately hard, 

 even-grained, warps. Annual rings not visible. Pores very small. 

 Medullary rays short, fine. 



Sikkim Himalaya above 12,000 feet. 



Weight, 42 Ibs. per cubic foot. The leaves are poisonous and the smoke of the 

 wood causes inflammation of the face and eyes, according to Hooker. Flowers scarlet. 



Ibs. 

 E 2958. Sandukpho, Darjeeling, 12,000 feet 42 



ORDER LXL EPACEIDE^. 



An Australian Order, of which one species only extends north to Tenasserim, viz. 

 Leucopogon malayanus, Jack ; Kurz ii. 95, an evergreen, small, rigid shrub. 



ORDER LXII. PLUMBAGINE^J. 



An Order containing only one Indian species, ^gialitis annulata, E. Br. ; 

 Kurz ii. 96 (^E. rotundifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. Ill), is a small evergreen treelet witli 

 a conically thickened trunk, found in the tidal forests of the Sundarbans, Chittagong, 

 Arracan, Burma and the Andaman Islands. 



ORDER LXIII. MYESINE^E. 



Contains 6 Genera of Indian trees, shrubs, or climbers, belonging to the following 

 Tribes : 



Tribe I. Mseseae ...... Mcesa. 



II. Eumyrsineae Myrsine, Samara, Ardisia 



ami ^Egiceras. 

 III. Theophrasteae Reptonia. 



Wood compact, close-grained. Pores very small or extremely small, 

 often in groups and radial or oblique lines. Medullary rays distant, 

 broad. 



1. M^ESA, Forskal. 



Contains 10 to 12 species of shrubs or trees. M. indica A. DC. ; Beddome 

 cxxxvii. ; Hrandis 283; Kurz ii. 99; (Iambic ~>'2 (/{...t/mfrt/s im/ira. Koxb. Fl, Ind. i. 

 557) Vern. Kalsis, Kuinaun ; 2U&, Bombay ; Bilaunt, Ni-|>. ; P&etf ttjpoA, Mohi ; 

 Ramjani, Beng. ; Tamomlan, Miigh, is a shrub ol' tin- Siib-Himalnvan tract from 

 the Ganges to Assam, Bengal. Soiilh India and Burma. M. (tri/cntca, Wall. ; liraudis 



