J] KI THOKBI AC -K.I.. 357 



Ibs. 



C 84a Tiiiirngrnrli Reserve, Berar 63 



C 2765. Melgh.-U, IW;>r 45 



E 645. Sepoydura, Darjeeling, 5,000 feet 53 



10 611). Btununpokri, Darjeeling Terai ...... 56 



K 2428. 46 



B 3074. Burma (1862) 46 



B 1431. Tlmrniwaddy Division, Burma 66 



No. 43. Ceylon Collection 44 



No. 68. 38 



2. B, montana, Willd. ; Roxb. Fl. Tnd. iii. 735; Beddome ccii. ; 

 Brandis 450; Gamble 70. Vern. Kargnalia, khaja, geia, kusi, Hind.; 

 Geio, Nep. ; Kais/io, APS. ; Patenga, Tel. 



A moderate-sized deciduous tree. Wood grey, beautifully mottled ; 

 annual ring's distinctly marked by darker and firmer wood on the 

 outside of each ring 1 . Pores small and moderate-sized, often in radial 

 lines; the transverse diameter of the pores being generally less than the 

 distance between the fine and uniformly distributed medullary rays, 

 which are prominent on a radial section. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Jhelam eastwards, ascending to 4,000 feet, Oudh, 

 Bengal. 



Growth fast, 4 rings per inch of radius. "Weight, 46 to 59 Ibs. per cubic foot, 

 but the heavier specimen was perhaps not sufficiently seasoned. Wood veiy similar 

 to that of B. retusa and might be used for the same purposes. The leaves are lopped 

 for cattle fodder. 



Ibs. 



O 1375. Gonda, Oudh 59 



C 199. Mandla, Central Provinces (1870) 46 



3. B. tomentosa, Bl. ; Kurz ii. 367 ; Gamble 70. B. lanceafolia, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind, iii. 737. Vern. Sibri, Nep.; Mantel, Lepcha ; Sirai, 

 mindri, Beng. 



A small evergreen tree. Wood light olive brown, hard, close-grained. 

 Pores small, often subdivided, enclosed in rounded patches of soft tissue, 

 which are generally arranged in oblique, undulating lines ; the transverse 

 diameter is greater than the distance between the very fine, very numerous, 

 uniform and equidistant medullary rays. 



North-East Himalaya, ascending to 2,000 feet, Eastern Bengal and Burma. 

 Weight, 64 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Ibs. 



E 1397. Chittagong 64 



10. CLEISTANTHUS, Hook. f. 



About 7 s|K'<ies. O. patulus, Mull. Arg., C. malabaricus, Miill. Arg., and 

 C. stipularis, Miill. Arg., are small trees of South India. C. oblongifoliu*, Miill. Arg., 

 and C. chartaceus, Miill. Arg., trees of Eastern Bengal, the first extending northwards 

 to Sikkim. C. stenophyllus, Kurz, and C. myrianthus, Kurz, are trees of Burma and 

 the Andaman Islands. 



1. C. myrianthus, Kurz ii. 370. Vern. Mo-man-lfia, Burm. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree. Wood moderately hard, reddish 

 grey. Pores small, numerous, often subdivided. Medullary rays fine, 

 very numerous, closely packed. 



Tropical forests of Burma and the Andaman Islands. 



Ibs. 



B 2474. Andaman* (Kurz, 1866) 41 



