332 URTICACEJ:. 



thereby giving the wood an elegant mottled appearance. Medullary 

 rays short, moderately broad; the distance between the rays being equal 

 to the transverse diameter of the pores. 



Ceylon. 



Weight, Adrian Mendis' two experiments made in 1855 with bars 2 feet X 1 inch 

 X 1 inch gave : No. 2, weight 51 Ibs., P = 712; No. 21, weight 40 Ibs., P = 528. 

 The specimens, now again weighed, give 4O and 49 Ibs. respectively. Wood used for 

 canoes and furniture. The seeds are roasted and eaten by the Cinghalese. 



Ibs. 



No. 2. Ceylon Collection marked A. pulescem . . . .51 



No. 21. . 40 



9. ANTIARIS, Lesch. 



1. A. toxicaria, Lesch.; Kurz ii. 462. A. innoxia, Bl.; Beddome t. 

 307; Braudis 427. A. saccidora, Dalz. The Upas Tree. Vern. AW, 

 netavilj Tarn. ; Jaziigri, karwat, jaguri, Kan. ; Jasund, Bombay ; Araya- 

 angely, Mai. ; Riti* Cingh. ; Myah-seik, Burm. 



A gigantic evergreen tree attaining a height of 250 feet, with thick 

 grey bark. Wood white, soft, even-grained. Annual rings faintly 

 marked. Pores large and moderate-sized, often subdivided. Medullary 

 rays moderately broad, undulating, uniform and equidistant ; the distance 

 between two rays generally equal to the transverse diameter of the pores, 

 which are prominent on a vertical section. 



Evergreen forests of Burma, the Western Ghats and Ceylon. 

 Growth fast, 4 to 6 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 25 Ibs. per cubic foot. 

 Beddome says it is the largest tree in the forests of the western coast, and that it reaches 

 250 feet in height, with an enormous girth. It exudes a white poisonous resin used 

 for poisoning arrows. The inner bark gives a good fibre which makes strong cordage ; 

 it is also stripped off whole from a branch or young tree to form sacks which are used 

 to carry rice. 



Ibs. 

 B 813. Rangoon Division, Burma . 25 



Nos. E 408 from the Sundarbans, E 1294 from Cachar, and W 729 from South 

 Kanaru resemble this in structure. 



10. FICUS, Linn. 



A large genus containing more than 80 Indian species. They are trees or shrubs 

 often climbing, but more often epiphytic, and f some species are of enormous size. J!^. 

 tomentosa, Willd. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 550; Beddome ccxxiii. ; Brandis 414. Verii. 

 Petta-mari, Tel, is a large tree of Banda, Behar, Central and Southern India. F. 

 Wlghtiana, Wall. ; Beddome ccxxii. ; Brandis 414, is a large tree of Southern India. F. 

 mysorensis, Roth.; Brandis 414 ; Kurz ii. 440 ; Gamble 73. Vern. Sunkong, Lepcha ; 

 Goni, Kan. is a large epiphytic tree of Sikkim, Martaban, Mysore and the Western 

 Ghats. F. laccifera, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 545; Beddome ccxxiii. ; Kurz ii. 441 ; Gamble 

 74. Vern. Yokdung, Lepcha; Prab, phegran, Giro; Bur, Ass. ; JS'i/otinqhat, Burma, is 

 a large epiphytic tree of the North-East Himalaya, Kastorn Bengal, Burma, Nmth India 

 and the Andamans, giving India-rubber, but move sparingly and of not such good quality 

 as that of F. elastica. F. oltusifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 540 ; Kur/ ii. I l:$ ; i Jumble 74. 

 Vern. Krapchi, Mechi ; Nyuung-kyap, Burm. ; Date, Mngh, is a small-leaved epiphytic 

 tree of Northern and Kastrrn Bm^al :u;d Burma, also \ i.-ldin^ a moderately <,'tHxl variety 

 of caoutchouc. F. trilolm, Ham.; Hrandis -123 ( /<'. hii-nnla. /'. lih'ta. lluxb. M Ind. iii. 

 528-531. F- /{'.u-fmiy/iii, Miq. ; (Jamble 7- r >) Vi-rn. /)itntfr<r, khnrn dioni'r, IH-IIJJ. ; 

 Kasreto, Nep. ; Gyasay, Lepchu ; M/tow, 'man, Ass., is a handsome small tree of 



