Machilns.} LAURACE^E. 309 



A large tree. Wood grey, darkening and turning red on exposure, 

 soft to moderately hard, even-graiied. Pores- moderate-sized, often oval 

 and subdivided, their transverse diameter equal to the distance between the 

 uniformly distributed fine medullary rays. Annual rings very indistinct. 



Outer Himalaya ascending to 8,000 feet, Khasia Hills, Burma. 



Growth moderate to fast, 2 to 11, averaging 7 rings per inch of radius; a tree 

 examined by Mr. McDonell in the Park, Darjeeling, shewed 6 rings per inch. Weight 

 40 Ibs. per cubic foot. Used in Darjeeling, where it is very common, for building, 

 chiefly for native houses. In Assam it grows gregariously in large forests, which are 

 used for feeding the silkworms (Anthercea Assama) which give the " Muga" or 

 "Moonga" silk. This silk, which is chiefly produced on the Soom tree, is also pro- 

 duced on Cinnamomum obtusifolittm, Tetranthera pofyantha, glauca and monopetala, 

 Cylicodaphne nitida and Symplocos grandiflora. For an account of its pro- 

 duction see " Indian Forester," Vol. V, p. 36, an article entitled " The Muga Silk 

 Industry in the Sibsagar District, Assam," by Dr. Brandis. 



Ibs. 



H 92. The Glen, Simla, 6,000 feet 37 



H 929. Hazara, Punjab .... 39 



E 435. Kangbul Forest, Darjeeling, 7,000 feet 

 E 2414. 



E 592. Khookloong Forest, Darjeeling Terai 



E 1271. Lakhimpur, Assam .... 



5. BEILSCHMIEDIA, Nees. 



43 

 36 

 43 

 43 



Contains about 4 species. B.fagifolia, Nees ; Beddome t. 263 ; Brandis 379, is a 

 large tree of the Western Ghats with a good timber used for building. B. macro- 

 phylla, Meissn., is a tree of Mergui. B. assamica, Meissn., is a tree of Assam, and 

 B. globularia, Kurz, a tree of the hill forests of Martaban. 



1. B, Roxburghiana, Nees; Brandis 378; Kurz ii. 293; Gamble 64. 

 Jjaurns bilocularis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 311. Vern. Konhdiah, Oudh ; 

 Tar sing, Nep. ; Ranyu, Lepcha ; Tapchi, Garo ; Serai-guti, Ass. ; Shatoo- 

 beng, Burm. 



An evergreen tree. Wood white, moderately hard, even -grained ; 

 heartwood with red and green streaks. Annual rings marked by sharp 

 lines. Pores moderate-sized, scanty, oval and subdivided. Medullary 

 rays fine and very fine, numerous. 



Eastern Himalaya up to 8,OCO feet, Eastern Bengal, Burma and the Andaman 

 Islands. 



Growth moderate, 5 to 9 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 36'5 Ibs. per cubic 

 foot. Wood used in Assam for boats ; in Darjeeling for building, tea-boxes and other 

 purposes. 



Ibs. 



E 1258. Tezpnr, Assam 36 



E 1264. 39 



E 700. Chuttockpur Forest, Darjeeling, 6,000 feet ... 35 

 E 2419. Rangbiil 7,000 ... 36 



These two last have less numerous pores. 



6. TETRANTHERA, Jacq. 



About 26 species are described in the " Prodromus " as occurring in India and Bur- 

 ma. T. amara, Nees ; Kurz ii. 299 ; Gamble 65, Vern. Likh paieli, Nep. ; Safed- 

 nyolc, Lepcha, is an evergreen tree of the Eastern Himalaya, Burma and the Andamans, 

 with a pale brown wood. T. polyantha, Wall. ; Kurz ii. 301 ; Gamble 45. Vern. 

 Siltimbcr, Nep. ; Terhilsok, Lepcha; Adakuri, edenkuri, mezenkuri, Ass., is a small 

 tree of the Eastern Himalaya, Assam and the Khasia Hills, generally of old cultivated 



