282 VERBEN.V [Callicarjia. 



Lantana alba, Miller ; Brandis 369 ; Kurz ii. 253 (L. dulia, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii 

 89) is a shrub of the Punjab, Sind, the North -West Sub-Himalayan tract up to 

 3,000 feet, the Dekkan and South India. 



Holmskioldia sanguinea, Retz ; Brandis 370 ; Kurz ii. 256 ; Gamble 62. (Haslingia 

 coccinea, Konig ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 65.) Vern. Kub-tolia, Kumaun ; Sarputtia, Nep. ; 

 Sivettachim, Lepcha, is a large straggling shrub with showy scarlet flowers in a scarlet 

 membranous calyx, common in the outer Himalaya from the Sutlej to Assam up to 

 3,000 feet, and in the Prome district of Burma. 



Glossocarya mollis, Wall. ; Kurz ii. 257, is a shrub of Tenasserim. Hyme- 

 nopyramis brackiatts, Wall. ; Kurz ii. 258, is an evergreen climber of the Prome 

 forests. 



Symphorema contains 2 climbers of South India : S. polyandrum, Wight, from 

 near Madras, and 8. involucratum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 262; Kurz ii. 254. Vern. 

 SurudUy Tel. ; Nicaysat, Burm., of the forests of the Coromandel Coast and 

 Burma. Sphenodesma contains 5 species, among which S. Wallichiana, Schauer 

 (Symphorema pentandrum, Kurz ii. 255) is a climber of Eastern Bengal and Tenas- 

 serim ; and S. unguiculata, Schauer (Symphorema unguiculatum, Kurz ii. 255.) 

 Vern. Ka-nway, Burm., is a climber of Burma and the Andaman Islands. Congea 

 tomentosa, Roxb. ; Kurz ii. 256. Vern. Tha-ma-Tca-nway, Burm., is a large climbing 

 shrub of South India, Chittagong and Burma, with beautiful pink, lilac or white 

 bracted flowers. 



With the exception of teak, the trees of this Order have DO dark- 

 coloured heartwood. The annual rings are generally well marked. 

 The pores are small or moderate- sized, rarely large. Medullary rays 

 generally fine and equidistant. The wood of Avicennia is anomalous. 



1. CALLICARPA, Linn. 



Contains about 7 species. C. macrophylla, Vahl. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 393 (also 

 C. incana, Roxb.) Brandis 368 ; Kurz ii. 274. Vera. Pattharman, Id-pattra, baunu, 

 Jhelum ; Sumdli, Chenab ; Denthar, druss, Ravi ; Day a, shiwali, Kumaun ; Mathara, 

 mattranja, Beng., is a tall shrub of Northern India, found as far north as Hazara, 

 and up to 6,000 feet. C. lanata, Linn. ; Beddome clxxiii ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 391, 

 is a tree of the hills of Western and South India. C. rubella, Ldl. ; Kurz ii. 274; 

 Gamble 60. Vera. Sugroomoolc, Lepcha, is a small tree of the North- East Himalaya 

 and the hills of Martaban. C. longifolia, Lamk. ; Kurz ii. 275, is a shrub of Eastern 

 Bengal and Burma. 



1. C. arborea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 390; Brandis 368; Kurz ii. 274; 

 Gamble 60. Vern. Ghiwala, dera, shiwali, Kumaun ; II or mala t Beug. ; 

 Goehlo, Nep.; Kodo, kozo, Mechi; Sung-a, Lepcha; Doika, Rajban- 

 shi; Khoja, Ass.; Makanchi, Gro; Turmong, Magh ; J)oung-sap-pya, 

 Burm. 



A moderate-sized tree with brownish, rough grey bark. Wood grey, 

 moderately hard, even-grained, Annual rings visible. Pores small to 

 large, oval and often elongated, subdivided into numerous compartments, 

 often in radial lines. Medullary rays broad, short, with numerous fine 

 rays between them, well marked on a radial section ; the distance 

 between the rays greater than the transverse diameter of the pores. 



Kumaun, Oudh, Eastern Bengal and Burma; chiefly in second -growth forest. 

 Growth fast, 5 rings per inch of radius. Weight, o ur specimens give 32 to 35 Ita. 

 per cubic foot; Kyd gives only 22 to 25, but there was probably some mistake. 

 The wood is not used except for charcoal. 



Ibs. 



E 597. Khookloong Forest, Darieeling Terai .... 32 

 E 2397 *) 

 E 2398 j Camun Pkri, Darjeeling Terai 35 



