2G2 APOCYNEJ3. [Certera. 



2. CERBERA, Linn. 



1. C. Odollam, Gaertn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 692 ; Beddome civil.; 

 Brandis 322; Kurz ii. 171. Vern. Dabur, d/iakur, Beng.; Kada ma, kat- 

 arali, Tarn. ; Gon-kadura, Cingh. ; Ka-lwah, Burm. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree. Wood grey, very soft, spongy. 

 Annual rings marked by a sharp line. Pores small, in short radial lines. 

 Medullary rays indistinct. 



Coast forests of India and Burma. 



Growth fast, 5 to 7 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 21 Ibs. per cubic foot. 

 The wood is only occasionally used for firewood. The seeds give an oil which is used 

 for burning, 



Ibs. 



E 400. Sundarbans 21 



3. ALSTONIA, R. Brown. 



Contains about 3 species. A. venenata, R. Br. ; Beddome clx. ; Gamble 65. Vern. 

 Chatwa, Nep. ; Parbo, Lepcha, is a shrub of Sikkim and the Nilgiris. A. spectabilis, 

 R. Br. ; Kurz ii. 183, is a large evergreen tree of the Andamaos. 



1. A. scholaris, R. Brown; Beddome t. 242; Brandis 325 ; Kurz ii. 

 183; Gamble 55. Vern. Cfiatwan, chatinn, Beng.; Satiun, chatiun, 

 satwin, satni. Hind.; Chatiwan, Nep.; Purbo, Lepcha; Satiana, Ass.; 

 Satwin, Mar. ; Satlni, Cachar ; Pala, wodrase, Tarn. ; Eda-kula, pala 

 garuda, Tel. ; Mukampala, Mai. ; Janthalla, Kan ; Rookattana t Cingh. ; 

 Chaile, chalain, Magh ; Let-top, toungmayobeng, Burm. 



A tall evergreen tree with dark grey bark and whorled branches. 

 Wood white, soft, even-grained, seasons badly, and soon gets mouldy and 

 discoloured. Pores moderate-sized, oval, subdivided. Medullary rays 

 fine, wavy, irregularly distributed, with numerous intermediate extremely 

 fine rays. Numerous, fine, wavy concentric lines at unequal distances. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Jumna eastwards ascending to 3,000 feet, Bengal, 

 Burma, South India. 



Weight, 28 Ibs. per cubic foot, according to our specimens ; Brandis gives 40 Ibs., 

 and Kyd (Echites scholaris) 40'5 Ibs. and P = 710. It is not durable, but is easily 

 worked. The wood is used for boxes, furniture, scabbards, coffins and other pur- 

 poses, and is made into blackboards in Burma. It is used occasionally in Darjeeling, 

 Assam and Cachar for tea-boxes. The wood and bark are bitter ; the latter is used as 

 a tonic, anthelmintic and antiperiodic. The tree is readily recognised by its branches 

 and leaves in whorls, the leaves are smooth, shining, parallel veined, milky. 



Ibs. 



E 577. Khookloong Forest, Darjeeling Terai 28 



E 718. Chittagong 28 



E 1270. Lakhimpur, Assam 31 



W 863. South Kanara 28 



No. 75. Ceylon Collection 20 



4. TABERN^EMONTANA, Plum. 



Contains about 12 species of shrubs or rarely small trees found in Eastern 

 Bengal, South India and Burma. Several species are cultivated for ornament. T. 

 recurva, Koxb. ; Kurz ii. 174. Vern. Tau-sa-lap, Burm., is a shrub of Chittagong and 

 Burma, with handsome white ilowers. T. dichotoma, Boxb., T. crispa, Roxb., and 

 T. verticellata, Beddome clix., are shrubs of the Western Ghats and Ceylon. 



