314 MYRISTICACEJE. 



in the Andamans. M. moschafa, Willd. ; Roxb. PI. Ind. iii. 843. Vem. Jaiphal 

 (nutmeg), jati, jauntari (mace), is the tree whose fruit gives the spices known as 

 " nutmeg " and " mace," the former is the hard albumen and the latter the aril of the 

 seed. The tree is cultivated in many parts of India, in Ceylon and in the Malay 

 Archipelago. M. elliptica, Wall. ; Kurz ii. 282, is an evergreen tree of the Andamans. 

 M. laurifolia, Hook f. and Th., is a common large tree of the Western Ghats and 

 Ceylon. M. Farquhariana, Wall. ; Beddome t. 270. Vern. Pindi, Kan., is a common 

 tree of the evergreen forests of Kanara. M glabra, BL, is a tree of Sylhet. M. amyg- 

 dalina, Wall. ; Kurz ii. 283. Vem. Toungsaga, Burm., is an evergreen tree of Burma 

 and the Andaman Islands. M. longifolia, Wall. ; Kurz ii. 283 ; Gamble 67. (M. lini- 

 folia, Roxb. PI. Ind. iii. 847) Vern. Gurmungban, Magh ; Zadeip-hpo, Burm., is an ever- 

 green tree of Northern and Eastern Bengal and Burma. M. erratica, Hook. f. and 

 Th., and M. gibbosa, Hook. f. and Th., are trees of the Khasia Hills. M. attenuata. 

 Wall. ; Beddome clxxvi., is a tall tree of the Concan Ghats of Bombay. M. corticosa 

 Hook. f. and Th. ; Beddome t. 271 ; Kurz ii. 284 ; Gamble 68 (M. angustifolia, Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 847), is an evergreen tree of the forests of Northern and Eastern Bengal, 

 Burma, South India and the Andaman Islands. M. magnified, Beddome t. 268, 

 Vern. Ramanadike, Kan., is a very large tree of Travancore. 



1. M. malabarica, Lamk. ; Beddome t. 269. Vern. Kdnagi, Kan., 

 Pindi-kai (seeds). 



A small evergreen tree. Wood reddish grey, moderately hai 

 Annual rings (?) marked by concentric lines. Pores moderate-sized, 

 oval, not numerous, uniformly distributed. Medullary rays fine, not 

 prominent. 



South Kanara and Malabar. 



Weight, 32 Ibs. per cubic foot. Wood used for building. The seeds give an oil 

 which is used for burning and as an ointment for sores. 



Ibs. 



W 736. South Kanara 39 



2. M. Irya, Gaertn. ; Beddome clxxvi. ; Kurz ii. 282. Vern. Maloh, 

 Burm.; Mutwindd, chooglum, And. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree. Wood dark olive grey, Lard, close- 

 grained. Annual rin^s marked by distinct lines. Pores moderate 

 sized and large, oval and subdivided, uniformly distributed. Medullan 

 rays numerous, very fine, wavy, bent outwards where they touch tl 

 pores, prominent on a radial section ; the distance between the rays smaller 

 than the transverse diameter of the pores. 



Burma, Andaman Islands and Ceylon. 



Weight, 52 Ibs. per cubic foot. A handsome wood and worthy of attention ; 

 seasons well and takes a good polish. 



Ibs. 

 B 509. Andaman Islands ... 52 



ORDER LXXXVII. THYMELACE^E. 



Contains 6 Indian genera belonging to 2 tribes, viz., 



Tribe I. Thymelese Dapline, Edgeworthia, Wi 



stromia, Lasiosiphon 

 Linostoma. 

 II. Aquilarinea; Aquilar'm. 



EJfjcworthia Gardiia-i, Mcissn. ; Brandis 386; Gamble 67. Vern. 

 an/Hi, Nrp., is a lurge shrub of Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan, from 4,000 to 7,000 feet 

 with ;t white, thick, fibrous bark. Wood givy, light, soft with little lustro. It 

 is the chiii species used iu the manufacture oi' the .Nepal paper, and it gives the whitest 



