-340 URTICAC. [Fiats. 



C 1138. Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces 



C 839. Bairagarh Reserve, Berar 25 



C 2796. Melghat, Berar 



E 643. Bamunpokri, Darjeeling Terai 25 



13. F. Roxburgh!!, Wall. ; Brandis 422; Kurz ii. 460. F. macro- 

 plnjlla, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 556 ; Gamble 75. Vern. Vrbul, urmul, bar- 

 barn, tusi, trimbal, tirmal, trimal, tirmi, tiamle, Pb. ; Trimmal, timal t 

 timla, Hind. ; Kasrekan, Nep. ; Kundoung, Lepcha; Demur, Beng. ; Sapai, 

 Magh ; Sin-tha-hpan, Burm. 



A moderate-sized tree with grey warty bark. Wood reddish grey, 

 moderately hard. Pores moderate-sized and large, often subdivided, 

 joined by broad bands of soft tissue, alternating with darker bands of 

 firmer texture, and of the same width, in which a few pores are found 

 scattered. Medullary rays fine to broad, short, very prominent on .a 

 radial section, giving the wood a handsome mottled appearance. 



Outer Himalaya from the Indus eastward, ascending to 6,000 feet, Sylhet, Chitta- 

 gong, and Burma. 



Weight, 34 Ibs. The fruit is eaten and is good. The leaves are used for fodder. 



Ibs. 

 H 606. Chital Forest, Kangra 34 



P 149 from Sainj, near Simla, 4,000 feet, Vern. Dudela (Ficus glomerata), resem- 

 bles this species most. Weight, 34 Ibs. 



14. F. regia, Miq. ; Kurz ii. 459; Gamble 76. Veru. Neverra, 

 Nep. 



An evergreen tree with grey bark. Wood soft, spongy. Pores scanty, 

 moderate-sized. Narrow bands of soft tissue alternating with broader 

 bands of firm texture. Medullary rays short, moderately broad, very 

 prominent on a radial section, giving the wood a mottled appearance. 



North-East Himalaya and Burma. 



Ibs. 



E 689. Sepoydura Forest, Darjeeling, 5,500 feet 29 



15. F. hispida, Linn. f. ; Beddome ccxxiv. ; Brandis 423; Kurz ii. 

 460; Gamble 76. F. opposilifolia, Roxb. PL Ind. iii. 561. F.dfemona; 

 Kb'nig ; Roxb. Ic. 562. Vern. Daduri, degar, nimbal, Pb. ; Kagsha, gobla, 

 totmila, kat gularia, konea dumbar, Hind. ; &hedu mera, Punch Mehals ; 

 Kharwa, Nep. ; Ta/csot, Lepcha ; Dnmar, kako-dumar, Beng. ; Poksha, 

 Mechi ; Khoskadumar, Ass. ; Shakab, Garo ; Boda-mamadi, bummarri, 

 bamdrij Tel. ; Katumer, bomair, Gondi ; Koreh, Kurku ; Maiu-lok, Magh ; 

 Kadot, Burm. 



A moderate-sized tree. Bark -J- inch thick, grey, peeling oil' in 

 irregular flakes, with slight horizontal ribs encircling the tree. AVood 

 soft, dirty grey, no heartwood, no annual rings. Pores scanty, 

 moderate-sized, often oval and subdivided. The pores are mostly con- 

 tained in regular concentric bands of soft tissue, which alu-rnaio with 

 firmer bands of equal width and darker colour. Medullary rays moder- 

 ately broad and fine, prominent as long narrow bands on a radial section. 



Outer Himalaya fnmi tin 1 (Miniah eastwards, ascending to ',3oOO I'ci't, In-n^al, C\-u- 

 lial and South India, Jiunua and tin 1 Andaman Islands. 



