590 



XXVIII. MYRTACEAE 



edge ; (2) below Cluny Hall ; (3) some fine specimens at Snowdon Hall lining 

 the Kotagiri road above the Snowdon ponds; (4) Sim's Park, compartment 1, 



above Forest Lodge. Measurements at Snowdon 

 Hall gave girths of 8 ft., 9 ft. 6-i in., 10 ft. 7 in., 

 and 13 ft. 4 in. ; also girth 9 ft., height 124 ft. 

 6 in., girth 10 ft. 01 in., height 128 ft. 6 in. It 

 was tried without success about 1874-6 at Saugor, 

 Central Provinces, and recently on the plains of 

 northern India. It has been tried since 1909 in 

 the Simla hills, and so far has done M^ell at 

 elevations of 4,000-7,000 ft. In Burma it has 

 proved successful at low^ elevations. 



74. Eucalyptus virgata, Sieb. Syn. E, stricta, 

 Sieb. ; E. obtusifolia, DC. 



A large shrub, usually with very narrow 

 leaves. New South Wales, ascending to high 

 elevations in the mountains. Has been tried 

 mthout success on the plains of northern India. 



3. BARRINGTONIA, Forst. 



Species 1. B. aculoMgula, Gaertn. ; 2. B. 

 racemosa, Bl. 



1. Barringtonia acutangula, Gaertn. Vern. 

 Injar, neora, Hind. ; Hijal, Beng. ; Tivar, piwar, 

 Mar. ; Kanapa, Tel. ; Kyi, kyeni, Burm. 



A moderate-sized evergreen tree with dark 

 rough bark, obovate leaves clustered at the ends 

 of the branches, and long pendulous racemes of 

 flowers with bright red stamens. The wood is 

 used for boat-building, cabinet-making, and other 

 purposes ; the bark is rich in tannin, and is used 

 to intoxicate fish. The tree is fairly common in 

 many parts of India and Burma, in the sub- 

 Himalayan tract from the Ganges eastwards, 

 Bengal, Chota Nagpur, the Indian Peninsula, and 

 Burma; also in Ceylon, the Malay Archipelago, 

 and northern AustraUa. It is always found along 

 the banks of streams, round the edges of swamps 

 and in similar moist places. It is a familiar tree 

 in the swamps of the sub-Himalayan tract, and is 

 Fig. 222. Barringtonia acut- ^^^^ common near the coast, though not found in 

 angula. Seedling x |. mangrove swamps. 

 a, swollen hypocotyl ; b, cross- The leaves fall and the new leaves appear 



section of hypocotyl. from February to April ; the flowers appear chiefly 



from March to May, and the fruits ripen in July- 

 August. The fruits are oblong, quadrangular, 1 in. or more in length, and about 

 \ in. in diameter. The seed is exalbuminous and solitary, and the embryo thick 



