356 EUPHORBIACE&. [Bisc/wflia. 



O 1374. Gonda, Oudh 



E 654. Bamunpokri, Darjeeling Terai 



E 1257. Tezpur, Assam 



E 2191. Nowgong, Assam 



E 2467. Calcutta (sapwood) . 



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 53 

 47 

 46 

 36 



9. BRIEDELIA, Willd. 



About 7 species. B. ovata, Dene ; Kurz ii. 368, is a small tree of Tenasserim and 

 the Andamans. B. Hamiltoniana, Mull. Arg., is a small tree with two varieties, one 

 found in Behar, the other on the Bombay Ghats. B. stipularis, Bl. ; Beddome cci. ; 

 Brandis 449 ; Kurz ii. 369 ; Gamble 69 (B. scandens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 736) Vern. 

 Madlatdh, underyupa, Oudh; Lilima, Nep. ; Dunkibura, Tel,; Kihur, Jcohi, 

 Ass. ; Harinhara, Beng ; Siv-ma-no-pyin, Burni., is a large climbing shrub of most 

 parts of India and Burma, with a dark heartwood ; it is used for fuel in the Sundar- 

 bans. B. dasycalyx, Kurz ii. 369, is a climber of the forests of Burma. 



Heartwood grey or olive brown, seasons well. Pores small to 

 moderate-sized. Medullary rays fine or moderately broad. 



1. B. retusa, Sprengel ; Bedclorne t. 260 ; Brandis 449 ; Kurz ii. 

 068; Gamble 69. B. crenulata, Roxb.,, and B. spinosa, Willd. ; Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 734, 735. Vern. Paihor, mark, Pb., Khaja, kassi, gauli, 

 Hind.; Lamkan4 f Ajmete; Angnera, Banswara; Asana, Mar. ; Geio, Nep. ; 

 Pengji, Lepcha ; Nanda, Rajbaushi; Katakuchi, Mecbi; Kashi, Garo ; 

 Kamkui, Chittagong; Kosi, Uriya ; JMulu-vengay, kamanji, Tarn. ; Kora- 

 mauj dudi mdddi, koramadi, duriamadi, Tel. ; Kassei, Gondi ; Karka, 

 Kurku; Gvnjan, kati ain, Mar., Bbil ; Asuna, goje, Kan. ; Adamarathu, 

 Tinnevelly; Tseichyee, Burm., Kalta kaala, Ciugb. 



A large deciduous tree, witb thorns on the bark of young stems. 

 Bark i inch thick, grey or brown, rough with longitudinal cracks and 

 exfoliating in long irregular plates. Sapwood small; heartwood 

 grey to olive brown, close-grained, seasons well, moderately hard, the 

 annual rings marked by concentric lines. Pores uniformly distributed, 

 moderate-sized, often in short radial lines. Medullary rays numerous, 

 uniform and equidistant, moderately broad, visible on a radial section as 

 rough, narrow plates ; the distance between two rays equal to, or less than, 

 the transverse diameter of the pores. This wood has a mottled grain 

 and takes a beautiful polish. 



Sub-Himalayan tract, from the Chenab eastwards, ascending to 3,600 feet, Oudh, 

 Bengal, Central and South India, Burma. 



Growth fast, our specimens shewed an average of 5-6 rings per inch of radius. 

 Weight, Skinner, No. 291, gives 601bs. ; B. Thompson, 541bs. ; Brandis, No. >. 

 Burma List, 1862, 66 Ibs. ; the uvi-ragi' of our specimens is 50 Ibs. according to Dr. 

 Warth's weighings of specimens. Skinner gives P = 892. This is, probably, Kvd's 

 B. stipularis, Vern. Kohi, Ass., weight 64 Ibs., P = 525. Wood durable, used for 

 cattle-yokes, agricultural implements, carts and building. It stands well under water. 

 The bark is used for tanning, the fruit eaten, and the leaves cut to feed cattle. 



U.S. 



T 401. Ajmere 48 



O 259. Garhwal (1868) 45 



3001. (1874) .1:1 



() 1480. Kheri, Oudh <>1 



:U7. <!or:ikhpur (1SOM) . 17 



C 1174. Ahiri Ucscrvc, < Vnlr:il Provinces ... 



