270 BORAGIM [Cor ilia. 



1. CORDIA, Linn. 



Contains 13 Indian species. C. Wallichii, G. Don; Beddome t. 24,5. Vern. 

 Chandle, Kan., is a tree of the Western Ghats, Mysore and Bombay, with woolly leaves. 

 C.grandis, Roxb. ; Kurz ii. 208 ; Gamble 57 ; Roxb. PI. Ind. i. 593. Vern. Asari, Nep. ; 

 Thanat, Burm. ; is an evergreen tree of Northern and Eastern Bengal and Chittagong. 

 C. octandra, DC. ; Beddome clxvi. (C. serrata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 591.) Vern. Gadgondori, 

 Hind., is a small tree of Travancore. C. monoica, Roxb. PL Ind. i. 592 ; Beddome 

 clxvi. Vern. JPida, Hind. ; Panugeri, Tel., is a small poor-looking tree of the barren 

 parts of the Circar forests. C. polygama, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 594 ; Beddome clxvi. ; 

 Kurz ii 207. Vern. Bottukuru, patcha, Tel., is a small tree of the mountains on the 

 Corornandel Coast and the Eng forests of Martaban. C. Perottetii, DC. ; and C. 

 fulvosa, Wight, are small trees of the Western Ghats. The above are white-flowered 

 species. C. subcordata, Lamk. ; Kurz ii. 209 (C. campanulata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 

 593) is a handsome large shrub of the Andainans and Tenasserim, with red flowers, 

 often cultivated. C. speciosa, Willd., and C. tectonifolia, Wall., are small trees with 

 handsome scarlet flowers, cultivated in gardens, but introduced from the West Indies. 



Numerous concentric lines of soft tissue, which sometimes are inter- 

 rupted, but generally with the medullary rays divide the wood into 

 oblongs or squares. Medullary rays prominent on a radial section. 



1. C. Myxa, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 590 ; Beddome clxv. ; Brandis 

 336; Kurz ii. 208; Gamble 57. Vern. Lasora, bhokar, gondi, Hind.; 

 Laswara, Pb. ; Lesuri, giduri, Sind; Borla, baurala, Kumauu; Bohari, 

 buhal } Beng. ; Boeri, Nep. ; Nimat, Lepcha ; Dolakari, Mechi ; Gondi, 

 Uriya; Vidi,verasu, Tarn.; Pedda boku, virgi, nakkera, ir&i, iriki, Tel. ; 

 Semar, goden, gondan, Mar. ; C/iotte, Kaa. ; Selte, Gondi ; Silu, Kurku ; 

 Lasseri, Baigas; Lolii, Cingh. ; Chaine, Magh ; Thanat } toung thanat, 

 Burm. 



A moderate-sized deciduous tree. Bark i to f inch thick, grey or 

 brown, rough with shallow longitudinal wrinkles and furrows. Wood 

 grey, moderately hard. Pores of two sizes, a few moderate-sized or large, 

 uniformly scattered and frequentl} 7 double, the rest very small in narrow 

 continuous concentric belts of soft tissue. Medullary rays alternately 

 fine and broad, the rays with the white concentric lines dividing the 

 wood into marked squares or oblong compartments. Medullary rays 

 prominent on a radial section as rough horizontal plates, having a 

 mottled appearance. 



Salt Range, Sub-Himalayan tract from the Chenab to Assam ascending to 

 5,000 feet, Khasia Hills, Bengal, Burma, Central and South India. 



Growth moderately fast, 3 to 9 rings per inch of radius (Brandis) ; our specimens 

 do not shew the rings well, with the exception of two, which give 1 to 2 rings per inch, 

 which must be called very fast. The weight is very variable. Brandis in Burma List 

 of 1862, No. 82, gives 33 Ibs. per cubic foot; our specimens vary from 23 to 421bs., but 

 the average is 33 Ibs. Brandis in For. Fl., p. 337, says 33 to 49 Ibs. The wood, in spite 

 of its noftness, is fairly strong, and seasons well, but is readily al tacked by insects. It 

 is used for boat-building, well-curbs, gun-stocks and agricultural implements, in P>rno-al 

 for canoes. It might be tried for tea-boxes. It is an excellent fuel. The bark is 

 ni:nl- into ropes and the lihre is used for caulking boats. The leaves are nsed as plates 

 and in Pegu to cover Burmese cheroots. The fruit (Sclestaii} is eaten, it is \vry 

 mucilajrinons and is nst-d in native medicine. The viscid pulp is used as birdlime. 

 The kernel is eaten and is used for marking linen, but the mark is fugacious. 



Ibs. 



O 250. Garhwal (1808) PJ 



O 1:570. (Jon.la, Oudh 38 



C IH'.K Aliiri Reserve, Central 1'roviiuv* ;?7 



K r.|-J Kak'i Forest, Darj-rlin- T.-rai 



