Andrachne.'] EUPHORBIACE^J. 349 



Very fine, or extremely fine, and closely packed medullary rays. 

 Pores small or very small, often in radial lines. 



The genera Phyllanthus and Briedelia differ by having their medullary 

 rays broader and further apart. 



The genera Securinega, Andracline y Buxns and Sarcococca have very 

 small or extremely small pores, and fine to extremely fine medullary rays. 



Croton and Ch&tocarpus have extremely fine and closely packed 

 medullary rays, but the wood is marked by wavy concentric lines, which 

 are wanting in other genera of Euphorbiaceae. 



Givotia has scanty pores and short distant medullary rays. 



Of these genera only Lebidierupsis and Bischojfia have a distinct 

 heartwood, gome of the others have darker coloured wood near the centre. 



1. ANDRACHNE, Linn. 



Two shrubs. A. telephioides, Linn.; Branch's 457, is a small undershrub of the 

 Punjab Salt Kange. 



1. A. COrdifolia, Mull. Arg. ; Brandis 456. Vern. Kurkni, giirguli, 

 Jhelam ; Bersu, Chenab ; Barotri, maddre, Ravi ; Miitkar, chirmutti, 

 pin, Beas; Tsdtin, Sutlej. 



A small shrub. Wood white, moderately hard, close-grained. Pores 

 very small and extremely small, larger and more numerous in the inner 

 belt of the annual rings. Medullary rays extremely fine, very numerous. 



North-West Himalaya, from the Indus to Nepal, ascending to 8,000 feet. 

 Weight, 45 Ibs. 



Ibs. 

 H 2945. Jander, Sutlej Valley, 3,500 feet 45 



2. ANTIDESMA, Burm. 



About 14 species. A. refractum, Mull. Arg., is a small tree of Sikkirn, at about 

 2,000 feet. A. nigricans, Tul.. and A. simile, Mull Arg., are small trees of Sylhet and 

 A. oblongatum, Mull. Arg., of the Khasia Hills. A. martabanicum, Presl., and 

 A. molle, Mull. Arg. (A.velutinosum,>\. ; Kurz ii. 359) are small trees of Tonasserim. 

 A. velutinum, Tul. ; Kurz ii. 359. Vern. Kin-pa-lin, Burm., is a small evergreen tree 

 of river banks in Burma ; and A. fruticulosum, Kurz ii. 359, of tidal forests in Pegu. 

 A. lanceolatum, Tul. ; Beddome cci., is a small tree of the Nilgiri Hills. 



Wood hard, smooth, apt to split and warp. Pores small, numerous. 

 Medullary rays of two classes, very fine, and moderately broad. 



1. A. Ghsesembilla, Gaertn.; Beddome cc. ; Brandis 446; Kurz ii. 

 358. A. pubescens, Willd., and A. paniculatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 

 769, 770. Vern. Khudi jamb y limtod, Beng. ; Umtod, Hazaribagh ; 

 Pulsur, polari, jana-pa-laseru, pollai, Tel.; Jondri, Mar.; Byaittut, 

 Burm. ; Boo-ambllla, Cingh. 



A small deciduous tree, with grey or pale brown bark, inch thick, 

 with a few deciduous scales. Wood red, with darker coloured heartwood, 

 smooth, hard, close and even grained. Annual rings indistinctly marked 

 by concentric lines. Pores small and moderate-sized, uniformly distri- 

 buted. Medullary rays of two sizes, few moderately broad rays with 

 numerous fine rays between them, prominent on a radial section. 



Nepal, Oudh, Bengal, Burma, Chanda district and South India. 

 Weight, ID Ibs. per cubic loot. The leaves an- raU-u in Bengal. 



