Morns."] URTICACE/T:. 329 



line and sometimes by a continuous string of pores. Pores uniformly 

 distributed, moderate-sized to large, often oval and subdivided, each pore 

 in a narrow ring 1 of soft tissue, prominent oil a vertical section. Medul- 

 lary rays fine and moderately broad; the distance between the rays 

 generally equal to, or larger than, the transverse diameter of the pores. 

 Medullary rays prominent ou a radial section, giving the wood a markedly 

 mottled appearance. 



Valleys of the Outer Eastern HimRlaya, from Sikldra to Assam. 



Growth moderate, averaging 7 rings per inch of radius. Weight, our specimens 

 average 45'6 Ibs. per cubic foot. It often reaches a very large si/e ; trees of over 

 100 feet in height are not uncommon in the valleys of the Teesta and Great Rangit. The 

 wood is used in Assam for boat oars and furniture ; it does not seern to have been 

 much used for tea-boxes, but would be extremely suitable. It resembles that of 

 M. 6-errata, and would be good for planking, furniture and cabinet-work. 



Ibs. 



E 706. Great Raugit Valley, Darjeeling, 3,500 feet . 42 





E 3376. 1,000 



E 656. Bamunpokri, Darjeeling 



E 2306. Eastern Duars, Assam . 



E 2196. Nowgong, Assam . 



E 2305. Kami-tip, 



44 

 48 

 47 

 42 



No. 2965 is the " Fustic " Madura tinctoria, D. Don, from the West Indies, 

 Central and South America, whose wood is used for dyeing different shades of yellow, 

 brown and green. The wood is orange-yellow, hard. Poies moderate-sized to large, 

 often subdivided and filled with resin. The medullary rays are fine, prominent, 

 uniform, wavy, the distance between the rays being less than the transverse diameter 

 of the pores. Weight of our specimen, 53 Ibs. per cubic foot. M. aurantiaca, Nuttall, 

 is the " Osage Orange " of North America. 



8. ARTOCARPUS, Linn. 



About 8 Indian species. A. calophylla, Kurz, A. riifescens, Miq., A. Gomez- 

 iana, Wall., and A. rigida, Bl. (A. echinata, Roxb, Fl. Ind. iii. 527), are all trees 

 described in Kurz ii. 431 to 433 from Tenasserim. The last species has a light white 

 wood and gives a kind of Caoutchouc. A. incisa, Linn. ; Beddonie ccxx. ; Brandis 426, is 

 the " Bread Fruit " Tree of the South Sea Islands ; it is cultivated in Southern India, 

 Ceylon and Burma, and there bears fruit ; but does not stand the cold season in 

 Bengal. 



The wood of the species of Artocarpus here described is very uniform 

 in character. Heartwood moderately hard to hard, sometimes yellow, 

 seasons well, weighs between 30 and 50 Ibs. Pores moderate-sized to 

 large, often in circular light-coloured rings of softer tissue, prominent on 

 a longitudinal section. Medullary rays fine to moderately broad, very 

 distinct, the distance between the rays generally about equal to the 

 transverse diameter of the pores. 



1. A. integrifolia, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 522; Beddome ccxix. ; 

 Brandis 425; Kurz ii. 432; Gamble 73. r lhe Jack Tree. Vern. Kan- 

 thai, kathal, Hind., Beng. ; Panasa t Uriya, Tel.; P hands. Mar. ; Pilla, 

 Tarn.; Halsu, heb-hdsu, halxiua, Kan.; Teprong, Garo; Peingnai, 

 Burin. ; Cos, Cingh. 



A large tree. Bark thick, blackish, deeply cracked. Heartwood 

 yellow or rich yellowish brown, darkening on exposure, compact, even- 

 grained, moderately hard, seasons well and takes a fine polish. 

 Pores often oval and subdivided, moderate-sized to large, in irregular 

 patches of soft tissue, which are often arranged in short oblique lines or 



