

Phyltanlkus.'] EUPHORBIACEJE. 



Sikkim and the Khasia Hills. 

 Weight, 42 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



ftp. 

 E 2434. Bamunpokri, Darjeeling Terai 42 



3. P. bicolor, Mull. Arg.; Brandis -15:3 ; Gamble G8. .Vern. Lati- 

 katy lakrikat, Nep. ; Kalr, telrikuir, Lepcha. 



An evergreen tree, with thin, grey bark. Wood red or reddish grey, 

 hard. Pores small and moderate-sized, uniformly distributed. Medul- 

 lary rays fine and moderately broad, numerous, very prominent on a 

 radial section, giving the wood a mottled appearance. 



Nepal, Sikkirn, and Khasia Hills, ascending to 7,000 feet. 

 Growth moderate, 8 rings per inch of radius. 

 Weight, 37 to 47 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Ibs. 



E 685. Sepoydura forest, Darjeeling, 5,500 feet .... 37 

 E 2433. Tukdah Forest, Darjeeling, 6,000 feet .... 47 



4. P. reticulatllS, Poiret; Beddome cxc.; Brandis 453; Gamble 68. 

 P. multiflorus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 664. Cicca reliculata, Kurz ii. 354. 

 Vern. Paiijule, mdkhi. Hind. ; Nella purudud-u, phulsar, Tel.; Welkyla, 

 Cingh. 



A straggling shrub. Bark brown, thin. Wood white or greyish 

 white, hard, close-grained. Pores small, scanty, more numerous in the 

 spring wood, marking thus the annual rings. Medullary rays fine, 

 numerous, wavy. 



Common in most parts of India and Burma, especially along river banks. 

 E 3362. Dhupguri, W. Diiars. 



4. PUTRANJIVA, Wall. 



1. P. Roxburgh!!, Wall.; Beddome t. 275; Brandis 451 ; Kurz ii. 

 366. Nageia Putranjiva, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 766. Vern. Pufdjan, Pb. ; 

 Jia putdyjoti, juti, putra-jiva, pa1ji,jivputrak } paligia, Hind.; Karupale, 

 Tarn.; Kadrajnvi, Tel.; Pon-galam t Mai. ; Jewan-putr, Mar. ; Toukyap, 

 Burm. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree with pendent branches. Bark dark 

 grey. Wood grey, shining, moderately hard, close-grained. Annual 

 rings marked by prominent concentric lines. Pores small to moderate- 

 sized, in radial lines, between closely packed, uniform, fine, medullary 

 rays. Very numerous, very fine transverse bars. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Chenab eastwards, Oudh, Bengal, Burma and South 

 India. 



Growth fast, 4| rings per inch of radius. Weight, 36'6 Ibs. according to Wallich ; 

 our specimens give 48 to 49 Ibs. The wood is sometimes used for tools and turning. 

 The seeds are strung in rosaries and children's necklaces. The leaves are lopped for 

 fodder. 



Ibs. 



O 1459. Bahraich, Oudh L8 



O 1477. Gonda, Oudh JO 



E 5469. Calcutta . -IS 



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