Tabernamontana.] APOCYNE^J. 263 



1. T. coronaria, Willd. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 23; Beddome clix. ; 

 Brandis 322 ; Gamble 55. Vern. Chandni, taggai, taggar, Hind. ; Asuru, 

 Nep. ; Krim, Lepcha. 



An evergreen shrub with silvery grey bark. Wood white, moderate- 

 ly hard, close-grained. Pores very small. Medullary rays fine, numer- 

 ous. 



Kumaun, Eastern Bengal, Konkan. Cultivated throughout India. 

 Growth fast, 5 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 47 Ibs. per cubic foot. The 

 fruit has a red pulp, which may give a dye. 



E 2392. Sivoke Forest, Darjeeling Terai 47* 



5. HOLARRHENA, R. Brown. 



1. H. antidysenterica, Wall.; Beddome clx.; Brandis 326; Kurz ii. 

 182 ; Gamble 55. Vern. Karra, kaura, kora, kura, kuar, kari, karchi, 

 dhildi, Hind. ; Kogar, kiam, Pb. ; Kachri, Oudh ; Samoka, girchi, Gondi; 

 Kurakat, Kurku; Ankhria, Bhil ; Dhowda, Guz. ; Kirra, karingi, Nep.; 

 Dudhali, dudhkuri, Mechi ; Dudcory, Ass. ; Madmandi, Garo ; Patru- 

 fcurwan,Vriya,', Tepali, Tarn. ; Pala, hodaga, Tel,; Kurra, Mar. ; Let- 

 toukgyee, Burm. 



A small deciduous tree. Bark Jinch thick, brown, rough, exfoliating 

 in small irregular flakes. Wood white, soft, even-grained. Annual 

 rings marked by a faint line. Pores very small, very numerous, often 

 in radial lines. Medullary rays fine and very fine, very numerous. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Chenab eastwards ascending to 3,500 feet, Oudh, 

 Bengal, Burma, Central and South India. 



Growth moderate, 7 to 8 rings per inch of radius. The weight and transverse 

 strength have been determined by the following experiments : 



Weight. P= 



Kyd (1831) in Assam with bars 

 ' 2 feet X 1 in. X 1 in. found 



(H. antidysenterica) 47 417 

 (H. pubescens) 34 523 



Skinner (1862) in South India, No. 134, found . .38 562 



Smythies in 1878 with our six specimens ... 38 ... 



The wood is largely used for carvings, especially at Saharanpur and Dehra Dun ; 

 in Assam for furniture; in South India for turning. The bark, leaves, fruit and seeds 

 are used medicinally, the bark as a tonic and febrifuge and in dysentery. Hamilton in 

 Aikin's List of Wallich's specimens says beads are made of the wood in Assam to be 

 worn round the neck as a medicine. 



Ibs. 



258. Garhwal (1868) 33 



263. , 34 



O 3083. Gonda, Oudh 



C 2801. Melghat, Berar . 36 



C 1158. Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces . . . . .... 



C 2734. Moharli 44 



C 957- Guzerat 41 



No. 52. Salem Collection (marked Wrightia tinctoria) . . .39 



2. H. mitis, R. Br.; Beddome clxi. ; Thwaites Enum. 194 Vern. 

 Kiriivalla, Cingh. 



A tree. Wood white, close-grained, soft, in structure resembling that 

 of H. antidysenterica. 



Ceylon. 



Ibs. 

 No. 46. Ceylon Collection (Echites lanceolate) 35 



