354 EUPHORBIACKJS. [Secnrinega. 



5. SECURINEGA, Juss. 



Three species. 8. grisea, Miill. Arg., is a shrub of the Khasia Hills. 



1. S. obovata, Miill. Arg. ; Beddome cxcvii. ; Brandis 455 ; Gamble 

 68. Phyllanthiis retusus and virosus, Uoxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 657, 659. Cicca 

 obovata, Kurz ii. 354. Vern. Dalme, dhdni, bakarcha, ghari, givala, 

 darim, Hind. ; Iktibi, Lepcha ; Ukieng, thaka, Mechi ; Kodarsi, Mar. ; 

 Korchi, Gondi ; Yae-chinya, Burm. 



A small tree. Bark rusty or reddish brown. Wood reddish yellow, 

 close-grained. Annual rings marked by a white line. Pores small, numer- 

 ous, uniformly distributed. Medullary rays fine, the distance between 

 the rays greater than the transverse diameter of the pores. 



Suliinan Range, Sub-Himalayan tract and Outer Himalaya ascending to 5,000 

 feet, Eastern Bengal, Central and South India and Burma. 



Growth slow, 14 to 16 rings per inch of radius. Weight, 52 Ibs. per cubic foot. 

 Wood durable, used for agricultural implements. Bark astringent, used to intoxicate 

 fish. 



Ibs. 



H 2941. Jander, Sutlej Valley, 3,000 feet . ...... 52 



P. 3247. Ajmere 



2. S. Leucopyrus, Mull. Arg. ; Beddome cxcvii.; Brandis 456; 

 Gamble 68. Phyllanthus Leucopyrus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 658. Cicca 

 Leucopyrus, Kurz ii. 353. Vern. Pera pastawane, Afg. ; Kakun, ritJiei, 

 girth an, gargas, lhatJii> bata, vanuthi, girk, Pb. ; Hartho, ainllia, North- 

 Western Provinces ; Kir an, Sind ; Challa mauta, sale mania, Central 

 Provinces; Achal, Nep. 



A large shrub or small tree. Bark smooth, reddish brown, with few 

 vertical cracks. Wood pink, hard, close-grained. Pores small, often 

 subdivided or in short radial lines, numerous, uniformly distributed. 

 Medullary rays very fine and fine, numerous, bent where they touch the 

 pores. 



Outer Himalaya, ascending to 5,000 feet, throughout India and Burma. 

 Wood only used as fuel. 



B 3319. Pankabari, Darjeeling, 2,000 feet. 

 E 3282. Sitapahar Reserve, Chittagong. 



6. BACCAUREA, Lour. 



Miiller describes 6 species : S. ajffinis, Miill. Arg. and S. parviflora t Miill. Arg. ; 

 Kurz ii. 357, from South Tenasserim ; B. propinqua, Miill. Arg., from Syihet; 

 B. courtallensis, Miill. Arg., zxAB.jlaccida, Miill. Arg., from South India. 



1. B. sapida, Mull. Arg. ; Beddome t. 280 ; Kurz ii. 356 ; Gamble 69. 

 Pierardia sapida, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 254. Vern. Lutco, Hind.; Kala 

 bogoti, Nep. ; Sumbling, Lepcha ; Latecku, Ass. ; Koli kuki, Kan. ; 

 Kanaizu, Magh ; Kanazo, Burm. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree, with thin grey corky bark. Wood 

 greyish brown, soft, liable to split badly. Pores small, in short radial lines. 

 Medullary rays moderately broad to broad, the distance between the ra\ s 

 being from one to three times the transverse diameter of the pores. \Y<-uil 

 cells very large, arranged in transverse; lines which have the appearance 

 of innumerable short line bars across the rays. 



