312 LAUR\CKE. [Lilsaa. 



A small evergreen tree with thin grey bark. Wood yellow, moder- 

 ately hard, close-grained. Pores small, uniformly distributed. Medul- 

 lary rays short, fine and moderately broad, the distance between the rays 

 greater than the transverse diameter of the pores. 



Himalaya from Simla eastwards. 



Weight, 43 Ibs. per cubic foot. A good wood. An oil is extracted from the fruit, 

 and used for burning. 



Ibe. 

 E 2420. Hoom Linding, Darjeeling, 5,000 feet 43 



3. L. lanuginosa, Nees ; Brandis 382. Vern. Kdlban, Pb. ; Kokra, 

 Hind. 



A moderate-sized tree. Bark brown. Wood yellow, when fresh cut. 

 Pores small, arranged in radial groups and oblique lines. Medullary 

 rays short, fine, numerous. 



Outer Himalaya, from the Indus eastwards up to 6,000 feet. 

 H 2948. Sutlej Valley, 3,000 feet. 



8. DAPHNIDIUM, Nees. 



Contains about 6 species. D. bifarium, Nees ; Brandis 383, is an evergreen shrub or 

 tree of the Himalaya from Kumaun eastwards. D. venosum, Meissn., is from Bhutan. 

 D. argenteum, Kurz ii. 307, is a deciduous tree of the low and Eng forests of Pegu 

 and Martaban, said by Kurz to have a yellowish close-grained wood. These three, with 

 D. elongatum, form the section with penniveined leaves. The section, with tri-nerved 

 leaves contains, besides D. pulcTierrimum, D. melastomaceum, Nees, of Assam, the 

 Khasia Hills and Sylhet, and D. caudatum, Nees, Kurz ii. 307, an evergreen tree of 

 the Khasia Hills, Eastern Bengal and the hills of Martaban and Tenasserim above 

 4,000 feet. 



1. D. elongatlim, N ees ; Gamble 65. Verii. Paieli, pooalay, ptiusri, 

 Nep. ; Pkamlet, Lepcha. 



A large evergreen tree. Wood yellow, turning olive grey on ex- 

 posure, moderately hard, even-grained. Pores small, occasionally in 

 groups, uniformly distributed. Annual rings marked by firmer wood on 

 the outside of each ring. Medullary rays fine, uniform and equidistant ; 

 the distance between them slightly greater than the transverse diameter 

 of the pores. 



Sikkim and Bhutan Himalaya, from 6,000 to 8,000 feet, Khasia Hills. 

 (Jrowth moderate to slow, 10 to 22 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 34 to 41 Ibs. 

 per cubic foot, A very pretty wood, worthy of attention. Wood used for building, 

 chiefly planking. 



Ibs. 



E 362. Rangbul, Darjeeling, 7,000 feet 34 



E 2418. 41 



2. D. pulcherrimum, Nees; Brandis 383; Kurz ii. 306; Gamble 65. 

 Vern. Dadia, Hind.; Sisi, Nep.; Nupsor, Lepcha ; Dlncjp'mgwai, Khasia. 



A large evergreen tree with thin bark. Wood reddish white,, moder- 

 ately hard, even-grained. Structure similar to that of D. elonyatnm. 



Kuinuun, Nepal and Sikkim Himalaya between 4,000 and 9,000 feet, Khusia Hills, 

 Burma. 





