326 URTICACE*;. \_7illebrunea. 



A shrub or small tree with a rough, dark grey bark. Wood brown 

 moderately hard. Pores small. Medullary rays fine aud broad, equi- 

 distant, the distance between the rays equal to the transverse diameter of 

 the pores. 



Himalaya, from Simla eastwards, Sikkim, Bhutan and Assam, ascending to 5,000 

 feet. 



The fibre is used for ropes. 



H 3130. Simla, 5,000 feet. 



4. DEBREGEASIA, Gaudichaud. 



1. D. bicolor, Wedd. ; Braudis 405. Urtica bicolor, Roxb. Fl. Ind., 

 iii. 589. Vern. Kharwala, sliakaiy Afg. ; Chainchar, chain jli, amrer, 

 sanddri, Jhelum ; Sansant,, suss, Chenab ; Siaru, talsiari, Ravi ; Pincho, 

 jprin, Sutlej ; Ta*hi*ri } Kumaun. 



A large shrub. Bark thin, grey. Wood soft, grey. Pores small and 

 moderate-sized, uniformly distributed. Medullary rays moderately 

 broad, uniform and equidistant. 



Salt Range, North- West Himalaya, ascending to 5,000 feet. 

 Growth fast, 3 to 4 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 27 Ibs. per cubic foot. The 

 fibre is made into twine and ropes. 



Ibs. 



H 88. Bhajji, Simla, 4,000 feet 27 



2. D. longifolia, Wedd.; Brandis405; Gamble 77. Morocarpus 



Bl.; Beddome ccxxvi.; Kurz ii. 428. Vern. Tashiari, Nep. ; 

 Kamhyem, Lepcha; Capsee, Kan.; Pwot-chau-beng, Burm. 



A small tree. Bark thin, greyish -brown, rough. Heartwood 

 reddish brown, hard ; sapwood white. Pores moderate-sized, scanty ; 

 annual rings marked by a line of closer pores. Medullary rays moder- 

 ately broad, uniform, the distance between them equal to, or greater 

 than, the transverse diameter of the pores. 



North-East Himalaya up to 7,000 feet, Khasia Hills, South India and Burma. 

 Common on old cultivations. 



Growth fast, 4 rings per inch of radius. The fibre of the bark is occasionally 

 used for ropes and to make fishing nets. 



E 3328. Darjeeling, 6,500 feet. 



3. D. leucophylla, Wedd. Morocarpus Wallichianus, Miq. ; Kurz 

 ii. 428. Vern. Puruni, Nep. ; Seneu, Lepcha. 



A small tree, erect or epiphytic. Bark brown fibrous, peeling off 

 in small vertical papery flakes. Annual rings distinctly marked by a 

 white line. Pores large, scanty, medullary rays fine to moderately broad, 

 often bent where they touch the pores. 



North- East Himalaya up to 7,000 feet, Khasia Hills and down to the upper 

 forests of the Pegu Yoina. 



Growth moderate, 5 rings per inch of radius. A very pretty plant with round 

 leaves of the purest white beneath. Fibre used sometimes for cordage. 



E 3329. Darjeeling, 6,000 feet. 



5. STREBLUS, Loureiro. 



1. S. asper, Lour. ; Beddome ccxxi. ; Brandis 410; Kurz 1C. 1; 

 (Jumble 73. Trvp/iis aspera, Ketz; Iloxb. Fl. Lid. iii. 7(51. Vern. 



