358 ZUPHORBIACEJJ. [Lebedieropsis. 



11. LEBEDIEROPSIS, Mull. Arg. 



1. L. orbicularis, Mull. Arg.; Beddome cciii. ; Brandis 450. Cluytia 

 collina, lloxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 732. Vern. Garrar, gardri, Hind.; Karada, 

 Uri} r a; Korsi, wodesha, kadishen, korshe, Tel.; Wodayu 3 waddan, 

 Tam.; Garari, Mar.; Madeira, Cingh. 



A small deciduous tree. Bark J inch thick, dark brown, almost black, 

 often with a reddish tinge, rough with numerous cracks, exfoliating in 

 rectangular woody scales. Wood red, tough, moderately hard to hard, 

 close and even -grained, warps in seasoning. Heartwood dark red, small ; 

 eapwood lighter coloured. Pores small, arranged in radial lines between 

 the very fine and very numerous equidistant medullary rays. 



Bandelkhand, Satpura Range and forests southwards to the Godavari mountains 

 of South India. 



Weight, 54 to 551bs. per cubic foot. Beddome says the wood is much used in India. 

 It coppices readily and in great abundance ; it may, therefore, be specially recom- 

 mended where fuel has to be produced in tropical parts of India, but it is also recom- 

 mended as a useful wood for turning. The outer crust of the capsule is said to be 

 poisonous. 



Ibs. 



C 1175. Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces 64 



C 1252. Gumsiir, Madras 55 



C 1306. 54 



This wood resembles that of Eugenia operculata in outward appearance and in 

 structure, but differs by the absence of concentric lines. It is almost identical with 

 that of Flacourtia Ramontchi, and if it were not for the great difference in the bark 

 which in Lebedieropsis is darkcoloured, almost black and deeply fissured, and in 

 Flacourtia light coloured, smooth, with short narrow horizontal cracks, one might 

 be inclined to suspect a mistake in the specimens. The only difference that can be 

 seen under the glass is that the medullary rays in Flacourtia are slightly wavy, 

 while those of Lebedieropsis are straight. 



12. CROTON, Linn. 



A large genus of trees and shrubs, erect or straggling, with about 19 Indian species. 

 The following list has been extracted from Miiller's Monograph in DeCandolle's 

 Prodromus, Vol. xv. 2, those newly added by Beddome and Kurz being given in 

 brackets : 



SECTION I. ELUTERIA. 



C. Joufra, Roxb. ...... Eastern Bengal, Burma. 



SECTION II. EUCROTON. 



