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Castanea tribuloides. Cotoor and Chisee ; also Makoo Shingali, N. 
(Shingali, is the general name for oak and chestnut.) Fr. Nipal. 
Used for large mortars and pestles for grinding grain in ; becomes brown by 
steeping in water ; wood hard and heavy.— Sp. rays like English oak ; that is, 
every 5th or 6th much larger than the others. Another specimen, said to be 
of the same species, wants the large rays. 
Castanea martabanica. Nome and Zitha, B. fr. Tavoy. 
Castanea. Golsinggur, fr. Gualpara. 
Branched prickles on the cup of the fruit; leaves entire; timber excellent, 
close, hard, and tough.—Ham. 
Castanea. Nikari, fr. Gualpara. 
Oak or chestnut ; cup covered with strong prickles; leaves notched ; 5 cubits 
in girth ; timber close, hard, tough ; used for furniture and canoes.—Ham. 
Castanea. Kangta Singgur, fr. Gualpara. 
Not exceeding 3 feet in girth ; inferior in strength and toughness to the pre- 
ceding.— Ham. 
Cedrela hexandra. Toon-wood, fr. Nipal. 
Sp. the wood has a great general resemblance to Laurus; the outer layers 
have white glossy fibres, with yery distinct brown rays ; the inner layers are 
brownish red, harder and more compact ; bark with white fibres. 
Cedrela Toona. Toon or Tungd; Poma; Jeea; fr. Gualpara. 
5 cubits in girth; a close, hard, but rather brittle wood, of a brown red 
colour ; very durable, and esteemed for furniture. It has an agreeable smell. 
—Ham. The wood, under the name of Toon, is extensively used among the 
Europeans in Portugal for chairs and other furniture. 
Celastrus, fr. Nipal. 
An enormous climber.—Sp. trunk deeply channelled externally ; wood light, 
reddish brown ; tubes large and numerous ; rays deep and very distinct, but 
of the same colour as the rest of the wood; bark, outer, orange yellow ; inner, 
deep brown. 
Celastrus verticillata, fr. Nipal. 
A small tree. 
Celastrus ? fr. Nipal. 
Sp. 1°8 inch diam. ; wood rather soft, very fine-grained; tubes and rays 
very indistinct ; inner bark nearly black ; approaches in most of its characters 
to Turpinia. 
Celtis australis, fr. Bot. G. 
Celtis. Khori, P. ; Koosikma, N.; fr. Nipal. 
Cerasus. Puddom. Nipal cherry, fr. Nipal. 
Sp. 3°5 inch. diam. 14 layers: rays reddish brown, distinct ; wood rather 
soft, with some lustre. 
Cerbera Manghas. Kullooa, B. fr. Tavoy. 
From the fruit (probably the kernels) an oil is drawn with which the Bur- 
mese anoint their hair. Wood not used. 
Chacrésila. See Eleocarpus. 
Chalita. See Dillenia. 
Chamerops Martiona, Wall. Nipal palm, fr. Nipal. 
Champa, white, fr. Nipal. 
Sp. part of a plank: a free-working wood, soft and light like deal: fibre 
wavy, white, and very glossy : rays shallow and slender : layers very distinct, 
32 in 4°5 inches. Compare Michelia. 
Chabsee. See Michelia. 
Chasehoo. See Laurus. 
Chatiyan. See Alstonia. 
Cheriala. See Rhododendron. 
