342 URTiCACEa:. [Ulmus. 



A shrub or small tree. Bark brown, surface whitish, between deep, 

 dark-coloured, longitudinal, regular furrows, running diagonally into each 

 other. Wood grey with darker streaks, hard, otherwise the structure is 

 the same as that of U. Wallichiana. 



Kulu and Hazara. 



Growth, our specimens shewed a slightly faster rate than those of U. Wallichiana. 

 No. H 123 gave 16 and H 918, 9 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 34 to 37 Ibs. per 

 cubic foot. Wood not used, but considered better than that of U. Wallichiana; our 

 specimens, however, do not shew this superiority. 



Ibs. 



H 123. Manali, Kulu, 7,000 feet 37 



H 918. Hazara, 7,000 feet 34 



H 3164. Dungagalli, Hazara, 7,000 feet 



3. U. lancifolia, Koxb. Fl.Ind.ii. 66; Kurzii. 473; Gamble 72. 

 Vern. Lapi, Nep. ; Thalai, Burm. 



A large tree. Bark brown, thick. Wood light red, hard. Pores 

 small, usually surrounded by white tissue and joined by white concentric 

 lines which are sometimes broken. Medullary rays fine to moderately 

 broad, the distance between them about equal to the transverse diameter 

 of the pores. 



North-East Himalaya from Sikkim to Assam, Chittagong and Burma. 



E 3343. Singtam, Darjeeling, 1,500 feet. 



4. U. integrifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 68; Beddome t. 310; 

 Brandis 431; Kurz ii. 473. Holoptelea integrifolia, Planch.; DC. 

 Prodr. xvii. 164; Wi^ht Ic., t. 1968. Vern. Papri, khulen, arjdn, 

 rajdin, kachdm, Pb. ; Papar, kavju, Kumaun ; Papri, dhamna, kunj, 

 karanji, chilbil,chilmil,kumba, kunja ndli, kandru, begana, Hind. ; Chilla 

 Banda ; Karinji, Gondi ; Karavjel, Kurku ; Aya, Tarn.; Nawli, navili, 

 nali, pedda-nowli-eragu, Tel. ; Wawali, Mar. ; Ras bija, Kan. ; Thapsi, 

 Mysore, Coorg; Kalddri, Hassan; Dadarhirilla, Ciugh.; Myoukseit, 

 Burm. 



A large deciduous tree. Bark J inch thick, whitish grey, exfoliat- 

 ing in long, irregular flakes, soft, with an offensive smell when fresh, 

 like the leaves and branchlets. Wood light yellowish grey, moderately 

 hard, no heartwood. Annual rings indistinct. Pores small, uniformly 

 distributed, joined by very fine and often faint lines of soft texture, 

 frequently filled with a snow-white substance, marked on a vertical section. 

 Medullary rays fine, undulating, uniform, equidistant, visible on a radial 

 section; the distance between the rays equal to the transverse diameter of 

 the pores. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Beas eastwards, Central and South India, Burma. 

 Growth moderately fast, averaging 6 rings per inch of radius, some specimens 

 shewing as little as 2 rings. Weight, 39 Ibs. per cubic foot. The wood is used for 

 building, carts, and carving. The leaves are lopped for cattle fodder. An oil is ex- 

 tracted from the seed in the Melghat. 



Ibs. 



P 445. Ajmere -Ii' 



O 264. Garhwal (1868) 46 



O 3002. (1874) II 



O 392. Oudh 34 



C 1148. Aliiri Reserve, Central Provinces 37 



C 1181. :<7 



B 1416. Tharrawaddi, Burma 



B 1419. II 



