MYRSINE^J. [ Samara. 



3. SAMARA, Linn. 



Contains about 10 species of shrubs or climbers, of which most are found in Eastern 

 Bengal, South India and Burma. S. Ribes, Benth. and Hook. f. (Embelia Ribes, 

 Burm. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 586 ; Beddome cxxxviii. ; Brandis 284 ; Kurz ii. 101 ; 

 Gamble 53). Vern. Bebrang, Sylhet; Himalcheri, Nep.; *Kdrkanme, Bombay, 

 is a large climber of Eastern and Northern Bengal, South India, Ceylon and Burma. 

 The berries are used as an anthelminthic, and are used to adulterate black pepper. 

 S. Jloribunda, Bth. and Hook. f. (Embelia Jloribunda, Wall. ; Kurz ii. 102 ; Gamble 

 53). Vern. Himalcheri, Nep. ; Payong, Lepcha, is a large climber of the hills of Sikkim 

 and of Nattoung in Burma. It has a pinkish-white wood with very broad medul- 

 lary rays and large regular pores, sometimes subdivided and often in concentric lines. 

 (E 3294, Sepoydura, Darjeeling, 6,000 feet.) S.frondosa, King ; Gamble 52. Vern. 

 Amili, Nep. ; Monkyourik, Lepcha, is a common climber of the Darjeeling forests. 



1. S. robusta, Benth. and Hook. f. Embelia robusta, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 

 587 ; Beddome cxxxvii. ; Brandis 284; Kurz ii. 102; Gamble 53. Vern. 

 Amti, ambat, barbatti, byebering, Bombay; Bebrang, Oudh; Kopadalli, 

 Gondi; Bharangeli, Kurku ; Kalay bogoti, Nep.; Aipmwaynway, Burm. 



A large shrub or small tree. Bark i inch thick, brown, with hori- 

 zontal cracks. Wood reddish. Pores small, often in groups or short 

 radial lines, the transverse diameter many times smaller than the distance 

 between the extremely broad medullary rays. Yellow spots shewing in 

 the middle of the rays. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards, Bengal, Behar, Western India 

 and Burma. 



Ibs, 



2478. Gonda, Oudh . . 37. 



2. S. undulata, Benth. and Hook. f. Choripetalum undulatum, A. 

 DC. ; Gamble 53. Veru. Amilpati, Nep. 



A climbing shrub. Bark brown, with prominent lenticels. Wood 

 yellowish white, moderately hard. Pores moderate-sized, more numer- 

 ous in the inner part of each annual ring. Medullary rays moderately 

 broad to broad, short, well defined. 



North-East Himalaya, 3,000 to 6,000 feet. 

 E 3302. Tukdah, Darjeeling, 5,000 feet. 



4. ARDISIA, Sw. 



Shrubs or small trees. Brandis describes 2 from the North- Western Himalaya ; 

 Beddome 9 species from South India and Ceylon ; and Kurz 20 from Burma and the 

 Andamans ; while a large number occur in the North-Eastern Himalaya and E:ist'.Tii 

 Bengal. A. humilis, Vahl. ; Beddome cxxxix. ; Brandis 287 ; Kurz ii. 110 ; Gambit 5;} 

 (A. aolanancea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 580), Vern. Ban-jam, Beng. ; Hadna, Cuttack; 

 Conda-mayur, Tel. ; Kantcna, maya rawa, C. Prov. ; Bodina gidda, Mysore ; 

 Gyengmaope, Burm., is a large shrub of the moister zones of India and Burma, extend- 

 ing as far to the north-west as the Jumna. A. Jloribunda, Wall. ; Brandis 287 ; 

 Gamble 53, is a small tree of the Sub-Himalayan tract from the Jumna to Assam. A. 

 pauciflora, Heyne, A. paniculata, Roxb., A. rhomboidea, Wight, and A. cUiptica, 

 Thunb. ; Beddome cxxxviii., are common small trees of South India and Ceylon. 



1. A. crispa, DC. ; Kurz ii. 113. A. crenulata, Vent. ; Gamble 53. 

 Vern. Chamlani, Nep. ; Dent/ok, Lepcha. 



A small erect shrub. Wood white, moderately hard. Pores extremely 

 small. Medullary rays short, broad. 



