Teirantkera.'] LAURACE^J. 311 



an unpleasant odour when fresh cut. Pores small, uniformly distributed. 

 Medullary rays fine, numerous. Annual rings marked by a faint line. 



Himalaya, from Sirmur (Wallich) eastwards, common in the Sikhim Hills from 

 6,000 to 8,000 feet, South India and Burma. 

 E 3374. Darjeeling, 6,000 ft. 



4. T. angustifolia, Wall. T. saligna, Nees. Vern. Risapaing y 

 Beug. ; Shealbuk, Magh. 



A large shrub. Bark brown, thin. Wood soft, light brown or 

 nearly white. Pores moderate-sized, uniformly distributed. 



Medullary rays short, fine to moderately broad. 



River banks in Chittagong, where it forms the most characteristic vegetation. 

 It has long, narrow, willow-like leaves. In Dr. Schlich's list of 1874 it is marked 

 Homonoya, and indeed in leaves and in habit it resembles H. riparia. 

 E 3283. Kinkheong Valley, Chittagong Hill Tracts. 



E 717 (34 Ibs.) from Chittagong, a light olive-coloured wood sent under the name 

 of " Hooria, " is not an Excacaria (see Roxb., Fl. Ind. iii. 692), but rather resembles 

 Tetranthera. Wood soft. Pores moderate-sized, uniformly distributed. Medullary 

 rays short, broad. 



7. LITS^EA, Juss. 



Contains, according to Meissner, about 8 species, but most of these have been 

 latterly joined under one species, viz., L. zeylanica. 



Wood soft or moderately hard. Pores small, often in groups. 

 Medullary rays fine, equidistant. 



1. L. zeylanica, Nees ; Beddome t. 94 ; Brandis 382. L. foliosa, 

 Nees. L. umbrosa, Nees. L. scroliculata, Nees in DC. Prodr. xv. Vern. 

 Chimdi) shalanglu, rauli, chilotu, charkha, kaderu, narki, thirmal, zopru, 

 Pb. ; Kanwal, titbora, sara, jhatela, chirara, chirchira, Hiud. ; Belori, 

 Burghers; Dawal kurundu, Cingh. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree. Wood reddish white, with darker 

 heartwood, moderately hard. Annual rings distinctly marked by a stra- 

 tum of firmer wood on the outside of each ring, where the pores are 

 often arranged in oblique lines. Pores small, uniformly distributed. 

 Medullary rays fine, numerous. 



North-West Himalaya, between 2,000 and 8,000 feet, Eastern Bengal, Burma and 

 South India. 



Growth slow, 13 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 36 to 38lbs. per cubic foot. 

 The wood is used for house- building in South India. An oil is extracted from the fruit 

 which is used for burning. 



ibs. 



H 63. Nagkanda, Simla, 8,000 feet 36 



H 3055. Mahasu, Simla, 7,000 feet 38 



No. 20 of Adrian Mendis' Ceylon Collection (51 Ibs.) marked L. zeylanica, of Cey- 

 lon, has a shining wood with the same structure, but more close-grained than that 

 of the tree of the North- West Himalaya. 



2. L. consimilis, Nees; Gamble 65. L. zeylanica, Nees; Brandis 

 38 (part). Vern. Chirira, chir chira, Kuinaun ; Pooteli, Nep. 



