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Fine, uniform, closely packed medullary fays; pores small, in radial 

 Hues, in some species numerous faint transverse bars. 



1. M. philippinensis, Mull. Arg. ; Beddome t. 289; Brandis 414; 

 Kurz ii. 381 ; (jumble 70. RoUlera tinctoria, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 8:27. 

 Vern. Kamela y kamal, Icambal, kiiwila, Pb. ; Ruen, riuna, roli, Kumaun ; 

 Rohni, Oudh ; Reoni, Banda ; Rauni, rori, C. P. ; Piwag, tung, kishur, 

 Beng. ; Swduria, Nep. ; Pnroa, 1ukla, Lepcha; Baraibiiri, sindnrpong, 

 Mechi; Chinderpang, machngan, Garo; Gangai, puddum, Ass. ; Kumala, 

 sundragundi, Uriya; Kapli, fcavila, Tarn.; Kumkuma, vas&unlagnnda, 

 chendra,sinduri, Te). ; Koku, Gondi ; Kiu'ku,corunga-manje, saruakasari, 

 hulichellu, Kan.; Shendri, Mar.; Ponnagam, Mai,; Ilamparandella, 

 Ciugh.; Tau-thcedin, Burm. 



A small tree. Bark J inch thick, grey, inner substance red, marked 

 by irregular cracks. Wood smooth, grey to light red, bard, close-grained, 

 no heartwood. Annual rings indistinct. Pores small, uniformly distri- 

 buted, scanty, often subdivided. Medullary rays uniform, very fine, 

 very numerous, equidistant, the distance between them less than the 

 diameter of the pores. Faint indications of transverse bars. 



Sub-Hirnalayan tract from the Indus eastwards, ascending to 4,500 feet, Bengal, 

 Central and South India, Burma and the Andaman Islands. 



Weight, 481bs. per cubic foot. Wood warps and shrinks, used only for fuel. The 

 bark is used for tanning. The crimson powder which covers the ripe fruit is used for 

 dyeing silk, and as a purgative and anthelmintic. Dr. Bidie states in his Paris Exhi- 

 bition List of 1878 that he described the structure of the grains of Kamela in the 

 Madras Quarterly Journal of Medical Science. He says that they consist of a red 

 substance enclosed in a membranous sac, which is not acted on by water, though solu- 

 ble in alcohol or an alkaline solution. 



Ibs. 



P 109. Sutlej Valley, 3,000 feet . 50 



C 1178. Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces 43 



E 599. Bamunpokri, Darjeeling Terai .. . . . . 51 



E 2421. 49 



2. M. albus, Mull. Arg. ; Beddome ccviii. ; Brandis 444 ; Gamble 70 ; 

 M. tetracoccus, Kurz ii. 382, Rottlera alba and tetracocca, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 829,826. Veru. Marleya, Sylhet; Jogi mallata, Nep.; Numbvng, 

 Lepcha. 



A small evergreen tree with thin brownish grey bark. Wood soft, 

 white. Pores moderate-sized and large, often subdivided. Medullary 

 rays as in M. philippinensii. 



Sikkim, Eastern Bengal, Chittagong, Western Ghats, Mysore and Ceylon. 

 Weight, 31 Ibs. per cubic foot. Leaves covered beneath with dense white tomen- 

 tum. 



Ibs. 

 E 2422. Sivoke, Darjeeling Terai 31 



3. M. Roxburghianus, Mull. Arg.; Kurz ii. 383; Gamble 70. 

 Rottlera peltala, lloxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 828. Vern. Kamli maHala, phusri 

 mallata, Nep. ; Nitu pooteli, Beng. ; Szryiillum, Sylhet. 



A small evergreen tree. Wood white, moderately hard, close-grained. 

 Pores small, often in radial lines, uniformly distributed. Medullary 

 rays uniform, lino, very numerous, equidistant. Faint transverse bars. 



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