308 LAUKACEJ3. 



3. PHCEBE, Nees. 



Contains about 7 species. P. pallida, Nees ; Brandis 377. Vern. Eanwal, 

 Kumaun, is a small tree of the Himalaya from Kumaun eastwards and Burma. 

 P. paniculata, Nees ; Brandis 377 [P. villosa, Wight, and P. pubescens, Nees, 

 Kurz ii. 290. P. Wightii, Meissn. ; Beddoine t. 292 (probably). Laurus villosa 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 310 (probably)] Vern. Kumara, Burghers; Kapua kamctil 

 Kumaun ; Boltiffachu, Garo ; Chekio, Magh, is a tree of the Eastern Himalaya, Eastern 

 Bengal, Burma and South India, with, according to Beddoine, a good wood of a light 

 red colour. P. angustifolia, Nees, is a tree of the Khasia Hills. P. glaucescens, 

 Nees ; Gamble 64. Vern. Surul, Nep., is a tree of the Eastern Himalaya and Eastern 

 Bengal. 



1. P. lanceolata, Nees; Brandis 377; Kurz ii. 290 ; Gamble 64. 

 Laurus lanceolaria, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 309. Vern. Chan, chandra, 

 badror, shalanghi, Pb. ; Haulia, dandorla, kdwal, s^n kawal, bilphari, 

 Hind.; Dupatti, Mechi ; Nuni ajhar, Garo; Sun kanwdl, Kumaun. 



A small evergreen tree. Wood white, hard, close-grained. Annual 

 rings marked by a distinct line. Pores moderate-sized, often oval and 

 subdivided, or in short radial lines, uniformly distributed. Medullary 

 rays fine, equidistant. The wood turns brown on exposure, and varies in 

 colour in different localities. 



Outer Himalaya from the Jumna to Bhutan, ascending to 6,000 feet, Khasia Hills, 

 Sylhet, Burma and the mountains of South India. 



Growth fast, 3 to 4 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 46 to 55 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Ibs. 



H 91. Bhajji, Simla, 4,000 feet 46 



E 2415. Chunbati, Darjeeling, 2,500 feet 55 



2. P. attenuata, Nees ; Gamble 64. Vern. Dudri, Nep. ; Lepcha- 

 y Darjeeling ; Phani, Lepcha. 



A large evergreen tree. Wood grey, turning darker on exposure, 

 hard, even-grained. Annual rings marked by a distinct line. Pores 

 large and moderate-sized, uniformly distributed, frequently oval and sub- 

 divided. Medullary rays fine, equidistant. 



Sikkim and Bhutan, from 4,000 to 8,000 feet, hills of Eastern Bengal. 

 Growth moderate, 5 to 9 rings per inch of radius. "Weight, 39 to 44 Ibs. per cubic 

 foot. Much used at Darjeeling for building, for tea-boxes and other purposes. The 

 fruit is large, when ripe the size of a green walnut; it is eaten by Lepchas. (The identity 

 of this species requires further investigation ; it is a very handsome tree with long, 

 narrow leaves.) 



Ibs. 



E 363. Rangbul, Darjeeling, 7,000 feet 44 



E 2416. Chuttockpur Forest, Darjeeling, 6,000 feet ... 39 



4. MACHILUS, Rumphius. 



Contains about 9 species. M. macrantha, Nees ; Beddome t. 264. Vern. 

 Burghers ; Iruli, Kaders ; Kurma, Kan. ; Ullalu, Cingh., is a large tree of the 

 Ghats and Ceylon, with a soft, light, even-grained wood, used for building. M. rimosa, 

 Bl, M.fruticosa, Kurz, and M. tavoyana, Meissn.; Km-/ ii. 2 ( J2, arc trees of Tenus- 

 serim. M. khasyana, Meissn., is a tree ol' the Khasia Hills. 



1. M. odoratissima, Nees ; Brandis 378; Gamble 64-. M. hnlica t 

 Lour. ; Kurz ii. 291. Vern. Dalchini, mith-patto, prora, batlrur, ltddll, 

 Pb. ; Kawaldy Hind. ; Kawala, lali, jagrikat, Nep. ; P/iamk'f, Lepcha ; 

 Soorn, Ass. ; Dingpingwait, 



