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XXIX. LYTHRACEAE 



Mr. A. F. Broun recorded the following measurements made in 1886 in 

 coppice coupes at BuUawala, Dehra Dun : 



Lagersiroemia parviflora : rate of growth of coppice, Bullawala, 



Dehra Dun. 



Mean height. Mean girth. 



Lager stroemia Lager stroemia 



parviflora. Sal. parviflora. Sal. 



ft. in. ft. in. in. 



19 1-1 13 1-9 6-2 



15 4-2 16 2-5 6-4 



18 60 11 10-6 6-0 



Age. 

 years 



8 



8 

 10 



in. 

 7a 

 8-3 

 5-9 



The results of measurements made by Mr. C. M. McCrie in 1910 in coppice 

 coupes in the Gorakhpur district. United Provinces, are shown as follows : 



Lagerstroemia parviflora : rate of growth of coi)i)ice, Gorakhpur. 



Mean height. 



Lagerstroemia 

 Age. parviflora. Sal. 



years. ft. ft. 



2 6-8 3-0 



4 9-8 7-0 



6 12-3 10-3 



8 14-5 130 



10 16-4 15-3 



12 180 17-5 



14 19-4 ' 19-2- 



16 20-5 20-9 



2. Lagerstroemia Flos-Reglnae, Betz. Syn. L. spieciosa, Pers. Vern. 

 Jarul, Beng. ; Ajhar, Ass. ; Taman., bondara, Mar. ; Hole-dasal, chaUa, Kan. ; 

 Ptimarathu, Tam. ; Manimarathu, Mai. ; Pyinrna, Burm. ; Eikmive, U. Burm. 



A large deciduous tree with a rounded crown and large handsome mauve 

 flowers. Bark smooth, grey or yellowish grey, exfoliating in fairly thin irregular 

 flakes. Wood light red, hard, durable, used for construction, boat-building, 

 canoes, carts, and other purposes. This is one of the most important timber 

 trees of Burma and Assam. 



DiSTRiBLTTiON Ais'D HABITAT. Assam, Bengal, Chittagong, western and 

 southern India from North Kanara and the southern Konkan southwards 

 through Malabar to Travancore, Chota Nagpur (not very common, and of 

 small size). Common throughout Burma, but not in the dry zone ; Ceylon, 

 in the moist low country. In the sub-Himalayan tract the tree is not con- 

 sidered to be indigenous west of Bengal, but it is certainly plentiful, though 

 of comparatively small size, along the banks and within some little distance 

 of certain streams in forest lands in the Gorakhpur district. United Provinces, 

 and if not indigenous it has at all events run wild. It is planted for ornament 

 in many parts of India. 



The tree is typically found along the banks of rivers and streams and on 

 low-lying swampy ground. It is not, however, always confined to such places, 

 for in Burma it is often scattered in the moister tyjjes of lower mixed deciduous 

 forest on alluvial ground and sometimes in evergreen forest : in the upper 

 mixed forests it is usually confined to the banks of streams and to alluvial 

 flats in their neighbourhood. Its growth is best on rich deep alluvial loam : 

 on badly-drained swampy ground it is usually small and crooked. 



