KITM01UJIACI .1-. \_Mallvtus. 



Sikkim, Assam, Khasia Hills, Eastern Bengal and Burma. 

 Weight, 46 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Ibs. 



E 2423. Chenga Forest, Darjeeling Terai .... .46 



4. M. muricatus, Mull. Arg. ; Beddomeccviii. ; Kurz ii. 384. Vern. 

 Ouk-mouk, Burm. 



A large evergreen shrub. Wood grey, moderately hard. Pores very 

 small, often in radial lines. Medullary rays very fine, very numerous, 

 equidistant. Numerous very fine transverse bars. 



Western Ghats and Andaman Islands. 

 Weight, 57 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Ihg. 



B 2476. Andaman Islands (Kurz, 1874) 57 



5. M. oreophilus, Miill. Arg. ; Gamble 70. Vern. Numboongkor, 

 Lepcha; Safed mallala, Nep. 



A small tree. Bark ^th inch thick, light brown, with corky lenti- 

 cels. Wood white, soft. Pores moderate-sized and large, rather scanty, 

 often subdivided or in short radial lines. Medullary rays very fine, very 

 numerous, equidistant, the distance between them less than the trans- 

 verse diameter of the pores. 



Sikkim 5,000 to 7,000 feet, Khasia Hills. 



Growth moderately fast, 5 rings per inch of radius. A common tree about Dar- 

 jeeling, chiefly in second-growth forest. 



E 3397. The Park, Darjeeling, 6,500 feet. 



15. MACARANGA, Pet. Thouars. 



A genus of about 12 species of Indian trees or shrubs. They have large often 

 peltate leaves, are fast growing, and chiefly found in old clearings, where they often 

 come up gregariously. The following list gives Dr. Miiller's species, those since 

 described by Kurz being given in brackets : 



SECTION I. MAPPA. 



M. Tartar i us, Miill. Arg. Andamans. 



M. ffummiflua, Mull. Arg Sikkim, Eastern Bengal, 



M. denticulata, Mull. Arg Sikkim, Burma. 



M. Helferi, Miill. Arg Burma, Andamans. 



M* populifolia, Miill. Arg. Andaman*. 



SECTION II. EUMACABANGA. 



M. indica, E. Wight . . . Sikkim, Khasia Hills, 



Western tJhats, Anda- 

 mans. 



M . flexuosa, R. Wight Tiniu-vrlly. 



717. IniiU'illufid , II. Wight ...... ^Y('^tl'^l (IllO-ts. 



I/. in-llata t Miill. A ix Kisti'rn (ilu'its. 



.17. iniiiulijlurd, M iill. Arg. ..... Tciiasst'rim. 



I/. <in<lin>iic(i, KHIV.) Andamans. 



. !/. niciiifji'tnmcca t Kur/.) Marlahan Hills, 1,<H(> to 



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