Jitsminnw.] OLEACE^I. 255 



JCirsahdr, Baigas ; Ehersari, Gondi ; Gongo seoli, Uriya ; Khurasli, Mar. ; Karasai, 

 Bhil ; Manja-pu, pagJiala, Tarn. ; Poghada, Tcarchid, Tel. ; Hursing, Kan. ; Tsay- 

 beeloo, Burra., is a large shrub . of the Sub- Himalayan forests from the Chenab 

 to the Sarda, Oudh, Bengal, Central India and Burma, with a brown, close- 

 grained wood, used only for fuel. The leaves are used for polishing wood, and 

 the flowers give an orange dye. It is often cultivated for ornament. Myxopyrum 

 smilacifolium, Bl. ; Kurz ii. 160, is a climbing shrub of the Darjeeling Terai, Eastern 

 Bengal, Chittagong and Martaban. 



Wood with few exceptions light-coloured, moderately hard or hard, 

 most species without heartwood. In the genera Fraximis, Jasminum, 

 Syringa and Ligustrum, the annual rings are marked by continuous lines 

 or belts of pores. In the other genera the pores are small and uniformly 

 distributed, except in Osmanthus, where they are in reticulate tails. 

 Medullary rays sharply defined. 



1. JASMINUM, Linn. 



Contains a large number of Indian shrubs, erect or climbing, of little importance. 

 J. Sambac, Aiton ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 88; Brandis 311. Vern. Chamba, mugra, bel, 

 Hind. ; Mallikaphal, Beng. ; Sapai, mali, Burm., is a fragrant climbing shrub culti- 

 vated throughout India. J. hirsutum, Willd. ; Brandis 312 ; Kurz ii. 154. 

 (J. pubescens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 91 ; Gamble 55). Vern. Kunda, Hind. ; Parirajhar, 

 Nep., is a common shrub of the Sub-Himalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards, 

 Bengal and the Central Provinces. 



1. J. revolutum, Sims; Brandis 313. Vern. Chamba, juari, tsonu, 

 tsuman, summun, kuja, Pb. ; Sonajdhi, Kumaun. 



A small shrub with soft, thin, grey bark. Wood white, moderately 

 hard, even-grained. Annual rings marked by a narrow continuous belt 

 of pores, which are small, while the pores in the outer part of the ring 

 are extremely small. Medullary rays extremely fine, very numerous. 



Afghanistan, Salt Range, Himalaya from the Indus to Nepal, Nilgiris and Ceylon. 

 Growth slow, 25 to 40 rings per inch of radius. 



Ibs. 

 H 2891, H 3027. Nagkanda, Simla, 7,000 feet 45 



2.3. J. grandiflorum, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 100; Brandis 313 ; Kurz ii. 350. 

 Vem. Chambel,jati, Hind.; Myablay, Burm. found in the Himalaya and often culti- 

 vated (No. H 3026, Nagkand'a, 8,000 feet) and J. officinale, Linn. ; Brandis 313. 

 Vern. Chamba, chirichog, Jciri, Kashmir ; Bansu, kwer, dumni, Chenab ; Dassi, 

 samsem, Ravi; Suni, somun, Sutlej ; Cliambeli, Kumaun, a climber of the Salt Range 

 and Himalaya from the Indus to the Sarda (No. H 2879, Nagkanda, 8,000 feet) have 

 white woods with a structure resembling that of J. revolutum. 



2. SCHREBERA, Roxb. 



1. S. swietenioides, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 109 ; Beddomet. 248 ; Brandis 

 305; Kurz ii. 156. Vern. Mo&a, goki, ghant, gantha, Hind.; Patali, 

 ghanta patali, Bandelkhand; Jantia, Uriya; HaJckam, mokob, Tel. ; Hoga- 

 linga, Tarn. ; GliaUdr, Baigas ; Karindi, mokha, dhahkdj Gondi ; J/tan, 

 Kurku ; MokJcaJc, Bhil; Kalgante, Coorg; Thitsivaylway , Burm. 



A deciduous tree with grey bark, inch thick, exfoliating in thin 

 irregular scales. Wood brownish grey, hard, close-grained, polishes 

 well. No heartwood, but irregular masses of purple or claret-coloured 

 wood in the centre, and scattered throughout the tree. Annual rings 

 indistinct. Pores small, uniformly distributed, often in radial groups, 



