268 LOGANIACB^. 



especially in Tavoy ; and is used for house-building, bridge and wharf piles, boat- 

 anchors and other purposes. 



Ibs. 



B 289. Burma (1867) 53 



B 550. Martaban 65 



B 3073. Burma (1862) 57 



2. F. racemosa, Jack ; Kurz ii. 205. Vern. Thit-hpaloo, Burin. 



A. moderate-sized evergreen tree. Wood moderately hard, greasy to 

 the touch and with a scent like that of India-rubber. Pores of two sizes : 

 moderate -sized pores scattered, often oval and subdivided, and extremely 

 small pores in narrow, wavy, concentric bands, alternating with broader 

 bands of firmer tissue, in which the fine, numerous medullary rays are 

 distinctly visible. 



Andaman Islands. 



Weight, 50 Ibs. per cubic foot. Major Ford says it is strong and durable, that the 

 wood is used for house-posts, and the root bark as a cure for fever. 



B 1990. Andamans (Kurz, 1866) 52 



B 2294. (Ford, 1866) 48 



3. E 1450. (56 Ibs) brought by Dr. Griffith from the Mishmi Hills in 1836, has 

 the structure of Fagrcea. It is probably F. olovata, Wall. ; Beddoine clxiv ; Kurz ii. 

 205 ; Gamble 56. Vern. SunaMari, Nep. ; Longsoma, Magh ; Nvoungkyap, Buniiau 

 evergreen tree, often scandent or stem clasping, found in the forests of Northern 

 and Kastern Bengal, Chittagong and Burma. 



3. STRYCHNOS, Linn. 



Contains 6 to 8 species of Indian trees or climbing shrubs. S. Wallichiana, 

 Steud. ; Kurz ii. 167, is an evergreen tree of the forests of the Pegu Yomah. 8. cinna- 

 momifolia, Thw. and S. colubrina, Linn. ; Beddoine clxiii are gigantic climbers of the 

 Western Ghats, while S. laurina, Wall, and S. acuminata, Wall. ; Kurz ii. 166, are 

 large evergreen climbers of Tenasserim, the latter also occurring on the coasts of South 

 Andaman. 



1. S. potatornm, Linn. fil. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 576; Beddome clxiii; 

 Brandis o!7 ; Kurz ii. 167. The Clearing Nut Tree. Vero. Nirmali, nd 

 mat, Hind.; Kotaku, Uriya ; Ustumri, Gondi ; Teltancottai, tettian y Tain.;. 

 Chilla, indupa, induga, katakamu,jndapa, Tel.; Nirmali, chillinj, Mar.; 

 Ustumri , Gondi; Tettam-parel, Mai. ; Chillu, Kan.; Ingini, Ciugh. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree. Bark -j^th inch thick, greyish brown 

 and sometimes almost black, with numerous small angular, exfoliating 

 scales. Wood white when fresh cut, turning yellowish grey on exposure, 

 hard, close-grained, seasons well. No heart wood, no annual rings. 

 Pores of two classes : large pores scanty, very small pores numerous, 

 arranged in irregularly ramified patches, which are extremely variable in 

 shape, giving the wood a remarkably fantastic pattern on a cross section. 

 These patches are joined by white concentric lines which may possibly be 

 annual rings. Medullary rays white, fine and moderately broad, numerous, 

 sharply defined in the darker tissue. The large pores, which are promi- 

 nent on a radial section, are filled with a white shining substance and aiv 

 often ramified. They are probably not vessels, but large intercellular 

 ducts. 



