296 MYHICACE^ — JUGLANDACEjE. 



PuTRANJivA, Wall. (^Endl. gen.pl. I, p. 287.) 



\. Roxburghii, Wall. {Cat.; — Royle. ill. t. 100; — Endl. ichnogr. t. 19. 

 — Nageia Putranjiva, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 766 ; — /. Orah . Cat. B. pi. p. 

 196; — Rheed. 7, t. 59.) L. b Coromandel Mountains. Ravines at 

 Nagotnah and Kandalla. Kennery jungles, Salsette. Jungles to the 

 N. and E. of Belgaum. Concans. Silhet. Assam. Oude. Common along 

 the foot of the Himalayas. Fl. minute, yellow, March and April ; fr. 

 January. Wood white, close grained, and very hard. Nuts strung 

 by parents round the necks of their children to keep them in health. 

 {Roxb.) 



* M. mexicana, Willd. Mexico. — M. xalapensis, Humb. Mexico. — M. 

 arguta, Humb. Mexico. — M. segregata, Jacq. Brazil, 



ORDER CXXIV.— JUGLANDACEiE. Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 180. 



THE WALNUT TRIBE. 



Trees, referred to 4 genera. Of these Spreng. syst. enumerates 14 species 

 from N. America ; 1 from Greece, Asia Minor and Persia ; 1 from Cau- 

 casus ; and 1 from Jamaica and St. Domingo. In the E. Indies Wall. 

 Cat. mentions 6 species : 3 of Juglans, (Nepal, &c. Taong-Dong, Tavoy. 

 one of them the common Walnut, and 3 of Engelhardtia, (Nepal, Khas- 

 sya Mountains. Penang. Singapore.) All valuable timber-trees. 

 Juglans, L. {Spreng. syst. 8, p. 762, No. 3127.) Walnut. 



1. regia, L. {Spreng. syst. 3, p. 865 ; — Lam. ill. t. 781 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 

 3, p. 631.) '^<tc<|t& Akurot. b Extends from Greece and Asia Minor, 

 over Lebanon and Persia, probably all along the Hindoo Koosh to the 

 Himalayas. Abundant in Cashmere. Sirmore. Kemaon. Nepal. Assam, 

 and the Khassya Mountains. Introduced into H. C. G. in 1795, but 

 had not fl. up to 1814. Walnuts are imported into Bengal from 

 Cashmere, the Himalayas, the Khassya Mountains, &c. 

 Engelhardtia, Leschen. 



I. Roxburghiana, Lindl. {Wall. pi. as. rar. 2, t. 199. — Juglans ptero- 

 cocca, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 631.) L. b Khassya Mountains. Kamrup 

 forests. Nepal. Tenasserim Coast, &c. Fl. minute, yellowish. In 

 H. C. G. fr. July and Aug. Wood light- coloured, used by turners. 

 Bark thick, dark brown, containing much tannin. {Roxb.) 



* Juglans baccata, L. Jamaica. — /. arguta. Wall. Taong-Dong. — Engel- 

 hardtia Colebrookiana, Lindl. ; Wall. pi. as. rar. 3, t. 208. Nepal. — 

 K. Wullichiana, Lindl. Penang. Singapore. 



