264 APOCYNE^E. \_Wrightia. 



6. WRIGHTIA, R. Brown. 



Contains 4 to 6 species. W. Wallichii, DC. ; Beddome clx., is a small tree of the 

 Western Ghats. W. coccinea, Sims ; Kurz ii. 193. (Nerium coccineum. Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 2.) Vern. Pallam, Beng., is a small tree of Northern and Eastern Bengal 

 and Chittagong. 



1. W. tomentosa, Rom. and Sch. ; Beddome clix ; Brandis 323 ; 

 Gamble 55. W. -mollissima, "Wall. ; Kurz ii. 192. Nerium tomentosum, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 6. Vern. Keor, kildwa, Pb. ; Dttdhi, dharanli, daira, 

 Hind.; Karingi, kirra, Nep. ; Selemnyak, Lepcha; Pal kurwdn, Uiiya; 

 Harido, Cuttack ; Telia pal, koila-mukri, Tel. ; Kala inderjan, Mar. ; 

 Atkuri, Ass. ; Lettouk them, Burm. 



A small deciduous tree. Bark i inch thick, grey, corky. Wood 

 yellowish white, moderately hard, close-grained. Annual rings marked 

 by an interrupted line of pores. Pores very small, in short radial lines. 

 Medullary rays very fine and extremely fine, very numerous, closely 

 packed. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Beas eastwards, Oudh, Bengal, Burma, Central and 

 South India. 



Growth moderate, 8 rings per inch of radius. Weight, according to Kyd 34 Ibs. 

 per cubic foot ; our specimens give 44'5 Ibs. Kyd gives P = 523. The wood is 

 used for turning and carved work. The bark of the stem and roots are given as an 

 antidote to snake-bite. Mr. Manson says the milky juice is used to stop bleeding 

 by the Nepalese. 



Ibs. 



C 830. Bairagarh Eeserve, Berar 41 



W 998. Poona 48 - 



W 994. Sahyadri Ghats, Ahmednagar 49 



E 623. Eakti Forest, Darjeeling Terai 40 



2. W. tinctoria, R. Br. ; Beddome t. 241 ; Brandis 324 ; Kurz 

 ii. 193. Nerium tinctorium, B/oxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 4. Vern. Dudhi, Banda ; 

 Khitni, Meywar; Paid, veypale, Tarn.; Tedlapdl, Tel.; Kala Mdu, Mar. 



A small deciduous tree. Wood moderately hard, close-grained. Pores 

 scanty, very small, in short radial lines. Medullary rays extremely 

 fine and numerous. 



Rajputana, Central and South India. 



Growth moderate, 7 rings per inch of radius. Weight, Wallich gives 40, our 

 specimen 49 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood used for carving and turning. The leaves 

 are used for dyeing. 



Ibs. 



P 456. Ajmere ... 49 



P 3222. Nagpahar, Ajmere . . . . . . . .... 



7. NERIUM, Linn. 



N. Oleander, Linn. ; Brandis 329, is the Oleander Tree of the Mediterranean, often 

 cultivated in India. 



1. N. odorum, Solander; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 2; Brandis 328. Veru. 

 Kanira, kaner, ganhira, Pb. ; Kanyur, Kumaun. 



A large shrub. "Wood greyish white, soft. Pores very small, in radial 

 lines. Medullary rays very fine, very numerous. 



South-West and Central India, Sincl, Afghanistan, Outer Himalaya to 5,500 feet. 

 Oft<*n cultivated. 



