Prcmna.'] VERBENACE^I. 295 



4. P. integrifolia, Linn. ; Brandis 366 ; Gamble 60. P. serrati- 

 folia, Linn.; lloxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 77; Beddome clxxii.; Kurz ii. 262. 



Vern. Bakarcha, Garliwal ; Ganniarl, Oudh; Bkut-bhiravi t Beug. ; 

 Gineri, Nep. ; Munnay, Tarn,; Qhebu-nelli, pinna-nelli, Tel.; Chamari, 

 Mar.; Appel, Mai. 



A small deciduous tree, the stem and branches often armed with stout 

 woody spines. Wood white with purple streaks, moderately hard, close- 

 Drained; structure similar to that of P. latifolia, from which it is 

 probably not specifically distinct. 



Oudh, Northern Bengal, South India, Ceylon, Tenasseriin, and the Andaman Islands. 

 Wright 3~) Ibs. per cubic foot. The wood is used for lire wood, the leaves for feed- 

 ing cattle. The fresh felled wood exudes a green coloured sap. 



Ibs. 



O 3082. Gonda, Oudh ^ 35 



3092. Kheri, 



5. P. mucronata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 80; Brandis 366 ; Gamble 61, 

 Vern. Bankhar, yidn, Pb. ; Bakar, bakareha, basota, agniuti, tumari, 

 jhatela, Hind. ; Agniu, Kumaun. 



A small tree with grey bark. Wood moderately hard, light purple, 

 structure the same as that of P. integrifolia. 



Sub- Himalayan tract from the Chenab eastwards. Wood a good fuel, used to 

 obtain fire by friction. 

 O 3091. Kheri, Oudh. 



4. GMELINA, Linn. 



Contains 3 species. G. asiatica, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 87 ; Beddome clxxii. ; 

 Brandis 365 ; Kurz ii. 265. Vern. Gumudu, Tel., is a large branching shrub or 

 small tree of swamp forests in South India, Burma and Ceylon. G. Hystrix, Schult ; 

 Kurz ii. 265, is a large scandent shrub of Tenasserini. 



1. G. arborea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 84; Beddome t. 253; Brandis 364; 

 Kurz ii. 264; Gamble 61. Vern. Gumhdr, khammara, kambhar, kumdr, 

 gambari, sewan, shew an, Hind. ; Gumdr, gumbar, Beng. ; Gambari, 

 Nep., Uriya; Gomari, Ass. ; Numbor, Lepcha ; Gumai, Cachar; Bolko- 

 (jak, Garo; Gumadi, cummi, Tarn.; Gumar-tek, peddagomru, tagumuda, 

 gumudu, Tel. ; Sheivney, kuli, Kan. ; Shewan, Mar. ; Chimman, sag, Bhil ; 

 Kumbulu, Mai. ; Kurse, Gondi ; Kdssamar, Kurku ; At-demtnata, Cingh. ; 

 Kamani, Magh; Yamaney, Burm. 



A moderate-sized or large deciduous tree. Bark \ inch thick, 

 smooth, white or whitish grey. Wood yellowish, greyish or reddish 

 white, with a glossy lustre, close and even-grained, soft, light and strong, 

 durable, does not warp or crack. Annual rings marked either by a 

 white line or by more numerous pores in the spring wood. Pores large 

 and moderate-sized, often subdivided, rather prominent on a vertical 

 section. Medullary rays short, moderately broad, prominent, visible on 

 a radial section as irregular horizontal bands, giving the wood a mottled 

 appearance. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the- Cheuab eastwards and throughout India, Burma 

 and the Andaman Islands. 



Growth fast, our specimens shew about -1 rings per inch of radius ; a small round 

 in the Bengal Forest .Museum shews 10 rings for a mean diameter of lO.j- inches or 

 rather less than 2 rings per inch of radius ; another shewed 27 rings with a diameter 



