318 E LM AG N Ea; . 



it u s . 



2. E. umbellata, Thunberg; Braudis 390. Vern. Ghiwdin, ghain, 

 Jcankolij bammewa, Pb. 



A thorny, deciduous shrub, with silvery grey leaves. Bark grey. 

 Wood white, hard, even-grained, warps in seasoning. Annual rings dis- 

 tinctly marked by a narrow continuous belt of moderate-sized pores; 

 in the rest of the wood the pores are very small and uniformly distri- 

 buted, but occasionally intermediate bauds of larger pores are found. 

 Medullary rays short, tine and broad. 



Himalaya, from near the Indus to Bhutan, between 3,000 and 10,000 feet. 

 Growth moderate, 10 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 45 ibs. per cubic foot. 

 The fruit is eaten. 



)bs. 

 H 71. Mashobra, Simla, 7,000 feet ....... 45 



ORDER LXXXIX. PROTEACEJE. 



A large Order of plants, cbiefly Australian and South African, containing only one 

 Indian genus, Helicia. Many of the species are cultivated on account of the beauty 

 of their flowers or foliage ; such are the species of HaJcea, Banksia and G-reri/f< a, 

 the best known of which is G-revillea robusta, the ' Silk Oak,' a large tree of New South 

 Wales, which has become quite established in gardens in Bengal and South India. It 

 grows well in Calcutta, where a fine avenue of it may be seen at the Botanic Gardens. 



Pores in concentric bands. Medullary rays very broad and pro- 

 minent. 



1. HELICIA, Lour. 



Contains about 7 Indian species. H. Cochin- Chinensis, Lour.; Kurz ii. 311; 

 Gamble 66, is an evergreen tree of the hills of Sikkim, Assam, and Martabau in Burma. 

 If. excelsa, Bl. ; Kurz ii. 312 (Rhopala excelsa; Roxb. PI. Ind. i. 362), is a largo 

 tree of Chittagong and Tenasserim. H. nilagirica, Beddome clxxviii., is a shrub of 

 the western slopes of the Nilgiris at an elevation of 3,000 to 4,000 feet. H. pyrro- 

 botrya, Kurz ii. 312, is a tree of the Martaban Hills. H. salicifulia, Presl. ; Kurx ii. 

 312, is a tree of Tenasserim ; and H. attenuata, Bl. (Rhopala moluccana, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. i. 364), a tree of the Khasia Hills. 



1. H. robusta, Wall. ; Beddome t. 301; Kurz ii. 311; Gamble 66. 

 Vern. Joweea, Sylhet ; Tegala mugu, Kan.; Doukt/abeng, Burm. 



A small evergreen tree. Bark grey, i inch thick. Wood pinkish 

 grey, moderately hard. Pores small, in numerous, narrow concentric 

 bands of softer tissue, interrupted by the broad and very broad medullary 

 rays, which are prominent on a radial section. 



Hills of Bengal, Burma, and Southern India. 



Weight, 44 Ibs. per cubic foot. Has very pretty flowers. 



ll.s. 



E 2409. Sumbong, Darjeeling, 2,000 feet II 



flrevillea robusta has a rough bark, li-lOths inch thick. Wood hard.li^ht ivddish 

 brown, sapwood greyish white. Pon-s moderate si/ed, scanty, in concentric pat,-: 

 \vhite tissue. These concentric patches are interrupted by the medullary rays and 

 bend outward where they meet the rays, so that the concent rie hands have a \\avy 

 outline. Medullary rays 'hroad and very broad, very prominent on a radial section, 

 shewing a beautiful silver grain. The heart wood seems dnrahle. hut the sapwood d< 

 It would he a hiuulsouic furniture wood. (0 &.';;{. hviharanpur.) 



