414- CONIFERS. .-.,'HS. 



This specimen shews cracks in the wood, which are tilled with a white substance, 

 probably carbonate of lime or magnesia. It turns an orange colour with dilute sul- 

 phuric acid. 



lbn. 



E 796. Khasia Hills, 5,000 feet 45 



This last has been identified by specimens to be undoubtedly Taxus baceata. The 

 structure is identical with that of our other specimens, but the colour of the heartwood 

 is not red like the rest of the specimens, but brownish white. 



8. PODOCARPUS, L'Her. 



Three species. P. neriifolia, Don ; Brandis 541 ; Gamble 83. Vern. Gunsi, Nep. ; 

 Dingsableh, Khasia, referred by Kurz to P. bracteata, Bl., but kept separate by 

 Parlatore, is an evergreen tree of Nepal, Sikkim and the Khasia Hills, up to 3,000 feet. 

 The wood is considered to be superior and is held sacred in the Khasia Hills. 



Wood homogeneous. AVood cells large, easily visible under the lens. 

 Annual rings generally indistinct. No vertical resinous ducts. Wood 

 very durable, not resinous. 



1. P. bracteata, Bl. Nageia bracteata, Kurz ii. 500. Vern. Jinari, 

 Cachar; Thitmin (Prince of Woods), Burm. ; Welimadd, And. 



A large evergreen tree. Bark grey-brown, thin, fibrous, peeling off 

 in narrow flakes. Wood grey, moderately hard, of very uniform grain 

 and texture throughout. The annual rings are faintly marked by darker 

 lines, but the texture of the different belts of one ring is uniform. Medul- 

 lary rays extremely fine, closely packed. No vertical resinous ducts. 



Khasia Hills, Burma, and the AndamRn Islands. 



Growth slow, our specimens average 15 rings per inch of radius. Weight, accord- 

 ing to Brandis (P '. neriifolia, Thitmin, No. 94 of Burma List of 1862), 50 Ibs. per 

 cubic foot, according to Bennett 34 Ibs., our specimens give an average of 39 Ibs. 

 Bennett gives P = 588. The wood is used for oars, masts of boats, and for planking 

 It is greatly esteemed hy the Burmese. Dr. Mason says, " It is used by carpenters for 

 various purposes, and the Burmese have a superstition that the beams of balances 

 should be made of it/' Major Berdmore says it is used to avert evil by driving a peg 

 of it into a house-post or boat. + 



Ibs. 



E 1277. Cachar 38 



B 508. Andaman Islands :J7 



B 2265. (Major Ford, 1866) 39 



B 2556. (Home, 1874, No. 10) 41 



2. P. latifolia, Wall. ; Beddome t. 257. Nageia latifolia, Kurz ii. 

 500. Vern. Soplong, Khasia; Nirambali, Tinnevelly ; Tkitmin, Burin. 



A large evergreen tree, with grey aromatic wood, and structure 

 similar to that of P. bracteata. 



Tropical forests of Martaban and Tenasserim Hills ; Hills of Tinnevelly, at 3,000 

 to 5,000 feet (Beddome); Khasia Hills and Eastern Bengal (Parlatore). 



Weight, our specimen gives 33 Ibs. The wood is used lor similar purposes to 

 that of P. Iracteata. 



Ibt 

 B 569. Tonghoo, Burma 33 





E 3414 from a planted tree at Parjeelm^ is Jllofa uricntnlis, Kiull. Hark Ihin, 

 brown. jM-i-ling olT in papery flakes, and willi numerous resin-cells. \Yood moderate! v 

 hard, elose-^rained ; D0titwo6d <lark reddish-brown, I he annual rin^s marked hv 

 darker colour. .Medullary rays numerous, fine, very short. 



