s.~\ ]. in 253 



wood of large trees has a diameter of about 4 or 5 -inches." It may possibly be D. 

 pilosiila, Wall. 



13. B 1997 collected on the Andamans by Kurz in 1866 and marked Z>. 



io/t/u/d(<t (Ilingado) is a large tree with small black wood in the centre of large 



\Vood purplish grey. I'ores, small, sometimes in short radial lines between the 



closely-packed, very line, undulating, medullary ra}s. Weight, 49 Ibs. Numerous 



wavy concentric lines. 



B 2472 from Andamans (Kurz, 1866) marked Mala andamanica, with bluish-grey 

 wood, is similar in structure to the preceding number. Weight, 49 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



ORDER LXVI. STYRACE^). 



Contains two Genera of Indian trees or shrubs, Symplocos and Styrax. Styrax 

 contains about 3 or 4 Indian species. S. serrulatum, Koxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 415; Kurz 

 ii. 142; Gamble 54. Vern. Kum-jameva, Beng. ; Chamo, Lepcha, is a small evergreen 

 >f Sikkiin, Eastern Bengal and Chittagong. S. virgatum, Wall. ; Kurz ii. 142 is 

 a small evergreen tree of Eastern Bengal. Both these species yield a kind of gum 

 benjamin or benzoin of inferior quality. 8. rugosum, Kurz ii. 141, is an evergreen 

 tnc of the Martaban Hills, a. Benzoin of the Malay Archipelago yields the true 

 "Gum Benzoin," which is used in medicine, in perfumery, and to make incense. 

 S. officinale of the Levant yields the gum known as " Storax," used in medicine and 

 perfumery. 



E 3320, Darjeeling, 6,500 feet, probably 8. virgatum, Wall., has a thin bark ; 

 while, close-grained moderately hard wood with faint white, regular, concentric bands. 

 The pores are scanty, usually subdivided; and the medullary rays short, fine, very 

 numerous. 



1. SYMPLOCOS, Linn. 



Contains 25 to 30 species of Indian trees, generally small. S. spicata, Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 541; Beddome cxlix. ; Brandis 300 ; Kurz 'ii. 146; Gamble 54. Vern. 

 Lodh, Hind. ; Lodh bholia, bilri, Beng. ; PalyoJc, Lepcha; Boothgani, Burghers, is a 

 tree of the North-East Himalaya, Western Ghats and Tenasserim, whose leaves are used 

 in d3 r eing and whose seeds are strung as beads and hung round children's necks to prevent 

 evil. S. racemosa, Koxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 539; Brandis 300; Kurz ii. 144; Gamble 53. 

 Vern. Lodh, Beng.; Chamlani, Nep. ; Palyok, Lepcha ; Kaiday, Mechi ; Singyan, 

 Bhutia, is a common small tree of the plains and lower hills of Bengal and Burma, 

 chiefly in dry forests. The leaves and bark are used in dyeing. S. Gardneriana, 

 Wight ; Beddome t. 237, is a handsome tree of the Western Ghats. Mr. Mann says 

 that S. grandiflora, Vern. Bumroti, Ass. ; Moat soom, Phekial, is used to feed silk- 

 worms (the Muga worm, Anthercea Assama) and as a dye in Assam. 



Wood white, close-grained, apt to warp and split. Pores very small. 

 Medullary rays very fine. 



1. S. crataegoides, Hamilton ; Brandis 298 ; Kurz ii. 147. Vern. 

 Itii, Idndar, loj, losk, Pb. ; Loclh, Kumaun ; Loja, Sutlej. 



A large shrub or small tree. Bark light grey, corky, with long 

 vertical cracks. AVood white, hard, close-grained, splits and twists in 

 seasoning. Pores small and very small, uniformly distributed. Medul- 

 lary rays numerous, fine and very fine. Annual rings visible. 



Himalaya from the Indus to Assam, heiw.rn 3/M"0 and 8,000 feet ; Khasia Hills ; 

 Hills ofMarlaban. 



