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2. M. indica, A. DC. ; Brandis 291. M. hevandra, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 238.; Beddome cxli. Vern. Khir, khirni, Hiud. ; Rain, Meywar; 

 j kannu palle/fum. ; Pallepanlo, palla pandn, Tel. ; Khirni, Mar. ; 

 iy Gondi ; P<ih't, Cingh. 

 A large evergreen tree. Heartwood red, very hard. Pores small, 

 in wavy, radial and oblique lines. Medullary rays fine, uniform, equidis- 

 tant, very numerous. Concentric wavy lines irregularly distributed and 

 less prominent than in AJ. Elengi. 



Mountains of South India extending in Central India to the sandstone hills of 

 Pachinarhi, north of the Godavari. It is only found on sandstone, and frequently 

 associated with Buchanania angustifolia and Hardwickia binata. 



Weight, Skinner, No. 95, gives 70 Ibs. ; A. Mendis 68 Ibs. ; our specimen gives 

 only 60 Ibs. per cubic foot. Skinner gives P = 944, Mendis 1,052. The wood is 

 tough, even- grained and durable ; it is used for sugar-mill beams, oil-presses, house- 

 posts and for turning. The fruit is eaten. 



Ibs. 

 D 1283. Anamalai Hills ......... 60 



No. 65. Ceylon Collection ......... 68 



3. M. littoralis, Kurz ii. 123. M. indica, Kurz, And. Report; 

 Brandis 292. Andaman Bullet Wood. Vern. Kappali, Burm. ; Logola, 

 And. 



A large evergreen tree with thin, smooth, dark-brown bark. Wood 

 red, smooth, very hard and close-grained. Pores extremely small, 

 elongated, subdivided, often in radial lines. Medullary rays very fine, 

 very numerous, uniform and equidistant. Numerous parallel, equidistant, 

 fine, wavy, concentric lines. 



Coast forests of the Andaman Islands and Tenasserim, in the Andamans, forming 

 nearly pure forests on the level lands behind the beach and the mangrove swamps. 



The weight and transverse strength have been determined by the following 

 experiments : 



The wood is handsome, it is close-grained and durable, but apt to split. It is used 

 in the Andamans for bridges and house-posts, and Major Ford (1866) said it had 

 been sent to Calcutta to be tried for sleepers. He also .^ays the bark is used to give 

 a red dye. 



Iba. 



B 513. Andaman Islands 41 



B 2212. (1866) 75 



B 2497. (Home, 1874, No. 6) 72 



