298 VERBENACE.E. [Pitex. 



56 Ibs. ; our specimens give 55 Ibs. Mendis gives P = 770. The wood is durable and 



is used for various purposes iu South India. 



Ibs. 



D 1058. South Arcot, Madras 51 



D 1063. Cuddapah 59 



B 1429. Tharrawaddi, Burma 66 



B 2550. Burma (1862) 51 



No. 10. Ceylon Collection [marked V. altissima (Caha milille}'} . 56 



4. V. alata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 72; Kurz ii. 272. V. peduncularis, 

 Wall, in DC. Prod. xi. 687. Yern. Osai, Ass.; Boruna, goda, Beng.; 

 KrawrUy Magh ; Hila auwal, Cachar ; Shelangri, Garo; Kyetyo, Burm. 



A tree. Bark thick. Wood purplish or reddish grey, heavy, hard, 

 close-grained. Annual rings distinctly marked by a white line. Pores 

 small, moderate-sized, sometimes filled with a yellowish substance. 

 Medullary rays fine, very numerous. 



Assam, Chittagong and Burma. 



Growth moderate, 6 to 8 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 60 Ibs. per cubic foot. 

 Used in Cachar for posts and beams, in the Garo Hills for sugarcane crushers. 



Ibs. 



E 784. Kamrup, Assam 



E 1393. Chittagong 60 



B 1423. Tharrawaddi, Burma 60 



5. V. leucoxylon, Linn. f. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 74; Beddome clxxi. ; 

 Brandis 370; Kurz ii. 273. V. saligna, Roxb. 1. c. 75. Vern. Coda, 

 horina } ashwal, Beng. ; Liilci, neva-ledi, Tel. ; Sengeni, karril, Kan. ; 

 Tokra, Magh; Longarbi thiras, Mar.; Htouksha, Burm. 



A very large deciduous tree. Wood grey with a satiny lustre, hard, 

 close-grained, durable. Annual rings marked by a prominent line. 

 Pores small, often oval and subdivided, numerous. Medullary rays short, 

 moderately broad and broad, marked as long shining bands on a radial 

 section. 



Chittagong, Burma, Andaman Islands and South India. 



Growth moderate to fast, 3 to 12 riugs per inch of radius, averaging 6 rings. The 

 following experiments have been made to determine the weight and transverse 

 strength : 



Weight. P. 



1831, Kyd, with Assam wood, bars 2' X 1" X l v 40 337 



1864, Brandis, Burma 3' X 1" X 1" 



21 v 1 /' v i V 

 . ,. .. * -L >* J- 



1878, Warth, with Chittagong and Burma wood (below) 

 1862, Brandis, with Burma wood, No. 84 



39 763 



39 508 



41 

 42 



The wood is used for cart-wheels, and deserves attention for furniture and other 

 purposes. The fruit is eaten by Burmese in the Andamans, and the bark and root used 

 as an astringent (Major Ford). 



Ibs. 



E 1392. Chittagong 45 



B 330. Burma (1867) 40 



B 2549. (1862) ... 40 



B 2711. Tavoy (Wullich, 1828) 36 



B 2218. Andaman Islands (1866) 44 



6. CLERODENDRON, Linn. 



Contains about 12 to 18 spocies of Indian shrubs or small trees. C. phfuHioirfts, 

 Linn.; Roxb. FJ. Ind. iii. 57; JJotUlonio clxxxiv. ; Brandis :i(J3. Vi-rn. I'mi, Hind.; 

 // v.n, (n-ni, Guz. ; Tclaki, Tel., is a tall wbite-ilowered shrub of the arid and northern 



