EUGENIA 555 



Measurements made in 1910 by Mr. C. M. McCrie in sal coppice in Gorakh- 

 pur, United Provinces, showed the following growth for Eugenia and sal 

 respectively : 



Growth of Eugenia Jamholana and sal coppice, Gorakhpur. 



2. Eugenia operculata, Roxb. Vern. Pidman, Rai jdman, Hind. ; Kon 

 thdbye, Burm. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree with a short bole and spreading branches. 

 Leaves coriaceous, turning red in the cold season. Found in the sub-Himalayan 

 tract, Bihar, Orissa, Assam, Chittagong, and Burma. This is a familiar tree 

 in the sal forests of northern India, particularly on grassy savannahs and 

 blanks, where it is often the first tree to appear, and being fire-resisting and 

 frost-hardy, it establishes itself in such localities and forms a useful nurse to 

 sal, which regenerates weU under its protection. In their earlier stages, how- 

 ever, the seedlings are sensitive to frost. In northern India the fruits ripen 

 about August. The growth is slow to moderate. Sample plot measurements 

 in sal forest in the United Provinces give the following results : 



Eugenia operculata : girth increment in sample plots, United Provinces. 



A cross-section 6 ft. 3 in. in girth, in the silvicultiu:al museum at Dehra 

 Dun, has 83 rings, giving a mean annual girth increment of 0-9 in. 



The tree coppices well, and the coppice-shoots sometimes show fairly 

 rapid growth. Measurements of coppice made in 1911 in the Tikri forest, 

 Gonda, United Provinces, showed an average height of 6 ft. in two years, 

 compared with 7 ft. 7 in. for sal ; the average number of shoots per stool was 

 two as compared with 1-8 for sal. Measurements by Mr. C. M. McCrie in 1910 

 in a coppice coupe three years old in Gorakhpur, United Provinces, showed 

 an average height of 7 ft. 6 in. as against 9 ft. 7 in. for sal. Measurements in 

 1886 by Mr. A. F. Broun in the Bullawala coppice coupes, Dehra Dun, showed 

 the following growth of Eugenia operculata as compared with sal : 



Eugenia operculata : growth in coppice coupes, Bullawala, Dehra Dun. 



Mean gu;th. Mean height. 



Age. Eugenia operculata. 



years. in. 



8 8-1 



8 6-2 



9 15-2 

 10 10-5 



