LAUKACI 318 



Growth moderate, 4 to 12 rings per incli of radius. A round in the Bengal Forest 

 Museum shews 5 rings prr inch of radius. Weight, 33 to 40 Ibs. per cubic foot. 

 Wood used for building, cattle yokes and occasionally ten-boxes. The leaves are aromatic. 



DM. 



E 368. Rangbiil, Darjeeling, 7,000 feet 33 



E 2417. 40 



3. D. nov. sp. Vern. Sittimbehr, Nep. 



A small evergreen tree. Wood grey, moderately hard. Annual 

 rings marked by firmer tissue on the outside of each ring. Pores small, 

 uniformly distributed. Medullary rays fine, uniform. 



Higher Darjeeling Hills, above 9,000 feet. 



Growth slow, 18 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 42 Ibs. 



Ibs. 

 E 384. Tonglo, Darjeeling, 10,000 feet 42 



Sassafras officinale, Nees, No. 2962, from North America, is the " Sassafras " 

 wood, which is there largely used in medicine and as a dye. The wood is soft, porous, 

 highly scented, preserving its odour a long time. Pores large to small. Medullary 

 rays moderately broad, undulating ; the transverse diameter of the pores being greater 

 than the distance between the rays. 



Nectandra Soditsi, Rob. Schomb., No. 2961, from Demerara, weighing, our speci- 

 men, 68 Ibs., according to Laslett 72 Ibs. (specific gravity = T15) per cubic foot, is the 

 " Greenheart, " largely used in shipbuilding. The wood is dark brown, very hard and 

 heavy, with the centre almost black. Peres moderate-sized, often filled with yellow 

 resin. Medullary rays fine, uniform, equidistant, the distance between the rays being 

 equal to the transverse diameter of the pores. According to Laslett P = 1,000. 



Persea Nan-muk, Oliv., No. 3259, received from Japan by the kindness of Mr. 

 G. Takeda, is the " Nan-muh " tree of which the expensive coffins used in China by 

 persons of wealth and quality are made. The wood is soft to moderately hard, with 

 a pleasant aromatic scent when fresh cut, even-grained, of a dark olive-brown 

 colour, shining with a beautiful lustre. Pores small to moderate-sized, uniformly 

 distributed, often subdivided, distinctly visible on a longitudinal section. Medullary 

 rays fine, uniform and equidistant. Annual rings marked by a band of darker coloured 

 autumn wood. 



Weight, 34 to 35 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Nos. E 1290. Vern. Eumbail, 31 Ibs., and E 1292. Vern. Raun dolu, 32 Ibs., from 

 Cachar, have the structure of Lauracece. The pores are larger than in Beilschmiedia, 

 which they otherwise most resemble. 



ORDER LXXXVL MYBJSTICACEJE. 



1. MYRISTICA, Linn. 



Contains about 12 to 14 species of Indian trees. Five species are found in 

 Northern and Eastern Bengal, four in Burma, six in Bombay and South India, and four 



