HtMlc'id.] LOGANIAI 2C7 



Growth fast, 44 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 44 Ibs. per cubic foot. It has 

 white, long, toiuentoso leaves and long spikes of <- fragrant white flowers. It is very 

 ornamental and is often grown in gardens. 



H 110. Sutlej Valley, Simla, 4,000 feet 44 



2. B. paniculata,Wall. ; Brandis 318; Kurz ii. 251; Gamble 56. 

 B. crispa, Bth. Vern. Spera wuna, Afg. ; l)holtu> ghuttia, sodhera, 

 sndhari, North-Western Himalaya; Sinna, Nep. 



A large evergreen shrub. Bark thin, light grey, peeling off in long 

 strips. Wood white, moderately hard, close-grained. Annual rings marked 

 by a belt of small pores. Pores in the autumn wood very small, in groups 

 and in oblique lines. Medullary rays fine. 



Himalaya, from the Indus to Bhutan, ascending to 7,000 ft. 



Growth moderate, 11 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 41 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Ibs. 



H 158. Simla, 7,000 ft 41 



H 2882. Nagkauda, Simla, 7,000 feet 



3. B. Colvillei, Hook. f. and Th. ; Gamble 56. Vern. Puri singbatti, 

 Nep. ; Pya-shing, Bhutia. 



A small tree. Wood reddish brown, soft. Pores of two sizes : large 

 near the annual rings, smaller in the autumn wood, these latter grouped, 

 the groups being enclosed in patches of soft tissue, which are arranged 

 in interrupted concentric bands. Medullary rays fine. 



Eastern Himalaya, 9,000 to 12,000 feet. 



Growth slow, 13 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 35 Ibs. per cubic foot. An 

 extremely handsome tree with masses of dark crimson flowers, which appear in August 

 and make the tree very conspicuous in its habitat on the summit of Mount Tonglo. 



Ib9. 



E 2393. Tonglo, Darjeeling, 10,000 feet 35 



2. FAGB^EA, Thunb. 



Contains about 6 species. .F. coromandelina, Wight ; Beddome t. 244. Vern. 

 Gi)nnnt,a, Kan., io a small handsome flowered tree of the Eastern Ghats of South 

 India. F. auricularia, Jack, and F. carnosa, Jack ; Kurz ii. 204, are large shrubs of 

 Tenasserim. 



1. F. fragrans, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 461 ; Kurz ii. 205. Vern. Anan, 

 Barm. 



An evergreen tree. Wood hard, brown, close-grained, beautifully 

 mottled. Pores of two classes, large ones scanty, often subdivided, 

 small ones in narrow, wavy, concentric bands, which alternate with broader 

 bands of firm and dark-coloured tissue in which the numerous fine medul- 

 lary rays are distinctly visible. The large pores (vessels or intercellular 

 ducts) are prominent on a vertical section. 



Burma. 



Wright, according to Baker, 70 Ibs.; Wallich, 52'5 Ibs.; Simpson, 57 Ibs.; Major 

 Seaton 60 Ibs.; our speciments vary from 53 to 65 Ibs. Baker's four experiments 

 with Tavoy wood, with bars 7' X 2" X 2 V gave P = 553; Simpson's gave 387, but 

 the wood was a bad specimen. The wood is very durable, and is not liable to the 

 attacks of ''Teredo. " It is one of the most important of the reserved trees of Burma, 



