BOHAOIM [C'ofi/ia. 



A small tree. Bark grey or brownish grey, with deep longitudinal 

 furrows. Wood grey, compact, hard. Pores small, often subdivided. 

 Medullary rays fine and moderate- sized. Numerous fine bands of softer 

 tissue which on a transverse section divide the wood between the 

 medullary rays into small squares. 



Dry zones of North-West and South India. 



Growth moderate, 10 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 42 to 52 Ibs. per cubic 

 foot (Brandts) ; our specimen gives 46 Ibs. Used for fuel, in Sind for building, and in 

 Cutch for agricultural implements. The bark when wounded gives a gum, and the 

 liber is made into ropes. The pulp of the fruit is eaten. 



Ibs. 

 P 449. Ajmere . .... 46 



2. EHRETIA, Linn. 



Species about 8. E. serrata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 596 ; Brandis 339 ; Kurz ii. 210 ; 

 Gamble 57. Vern. Pursan, kalthaun, Pb. ; Puny an, punjlawdi, panden, Tcoda, 

 Icurkuna, arjun, Hind. ; Narra, Garhwal ; Shaursi, Kumaun ; Rend, Kurku ; Ridi, 

 Baigas ; Nalshuna, chillay, Nep. ; Bual, Ass. ; Kala-aja, Beng., is a tree of the Sub- 

 Himalayan tract from the Indus to Bhutan ascending to 5,000 feet, Eastern Bengal, 

 and Chittagong. Brandis says " the wood is light brown, with white specks, fairly 

 even and compact, soft, not heavy, easily worked, made into scabbards, sword-hilts, 

 gun-stocks, and employed for building and agricultural implements." Aikin in Wallich's 

 List of 1831 gives 3'3 rings per inch of radius for the rate of growth. Kyd gives for 

 the weight, 37 Ibs. per cubic foot, and P = 530. The fruit is eaten. E. aspera, Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. i. 598 ; Beddome clxvi. Vern. Telia juvi, Tel., is a small bushy tree of dry 

 barren places in South India ;i as is also E. buxifolia, Roxb. FL Ind. i. 598 ; Beddome 

 clxvi. Vern. Bapana-buri, Tel. E. ovalifolia, Wight ; Beddome clxvi., is a small 

 tree of Coimbatore, Madura and Tinnevelly up to 2,000 feet, and E. Wightiana, 

 Wall. ; Beddome clxvi., a small tree of the Tinnevelly Ghats. 



1. E. Isevis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 597; Beddome t. 246 ; Brandis 340 ; 

 Kurz ii. 210. Vern. Chamrur, koda, darar, datranga, Hind. ; Tamdo/i, 

 Banda ; Mosonea, Uriya ; Dotti, disti, gilchi, Gondi ; Datranga, Mar. ; 

 Paldatam, redda pul-mera, sereyad, Tel.; Kappura, Kan. 



A moderate-sized tree. Bark J inch thick, grey. Wood greyish 

 white, hard. Annual rings indistinctly marked. Pores small, grouped 

 in small clusters or radial lines. Medullary rays fine, short, numerous, 

 distinctly visible on a radial section. 



Suliman Range, Punjab, Sub-Himalayan tract, Oudh, Bengal, Burma and the 

 Andaman Islands, Central and South India. 



Growth moderate, 6 to 8 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 33 to 38 Ibs. per cubic 

 foot. Wood tough, durable, used for agricultural implements and building. The 

 fruit is eaten, as is also the inner bark in times of famine. 



11)8. 



O 257. Garhwal (1868) 3:1 



1155. Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces 3S 



2. E. obtusifolia, Hochstetter; Brandis 340. 



A small shrub. Bark grey, thin. Wood resembling in structure 

 that of .E. loevis* 



Salt Range in the Punjab, Sind and Rajputana. 

 P 3245. Ajmere. 



3. E. Wallichiana, Hook. f. and Th.; Gamble 57. Vern. Bocri, 

 duwari, Nep. ; Kulet, Lcpclia. 



A large tree, sometimes gregarious. Wood irroy, moderately hard. 

 Annual rings marked by light-coloured belts. Pores small and moderate- 



