THE TECHNOLOGIST. [June 1, 1864. 



484 THE TIMBER TREES OF CEYLON. 



to an elevation of 1,000 feet. Timber much resembles Calamander 

 wood. 



D. Gardner!, Thw. " Kadumberia," S. — Saffragam and Kornegalle 

 districts, and less commonly near Kandy. Timber valuable for building 

 and cabinet work. 



D. ovalifolia, Wight. — Jaffna, Central Province, at Hewahette and 

 below Happootella, at an elevation of 2,000 to 4,000 feet. 



D. Candolleana, Wight. " HoniaBdirya," S. — Saffragam and Hinidoon 

 Corle. 



D. hirsuta, Linn. fil. — Saffragam and Galle districts. Confounded by 

 Moon with the real Calamander-wood tree. 



D. Moonii, D. acuta, and D. attenuate, are three new species by 

 Thwaites, found in Caltura and Pasdoon Corle, to the timber of which 

 no quality is assigned. 



Mala buxifolia, Persoon. " Kahula-baraliya," S. — Iron-wood of the 

 Tamils. Wood dark-coloured, remarkably hard, and durable. It is 

 employed for such uses, when its size will admit, as require the most 

 durable heavy wood. 



AQUIFOLIACEiE. 



Ilex Wightiana, Wall. "Andung Waenna," S. — A common tree 

 near Colombo, and up to an elevation of 4,000 feet, also, on the Neil- 

 gherries. In Colombo, the tree does not exceed eight to ten inches in 

 diameter ; but Dr. Wight measured one on the Neilgherries which was 

 eighteen feet in circumference six feet from the ground, or six feet in 

 diameter. The wood is of a light colour, used for roofs and common 

 purposes. The fibre is remarkable for being of a deep purple colour. 



Stmploce^e. 



Symplocos spicata, Roxb. — A common tree from the coast, up to 

 7,000 feet. Timber used for common house-b uil dings. There are fifteen 

 other species of this genus in Thwaites' enumeration, most of them new; 

 and it is probable that several of them produce serviceable timber. 



Oleace^e. 



Oka dioica, Roxb. — A native of Silhet and Chittagong, where it 

 grows to be a pretty large tree, produces timber which is reckoned ex- 

 cellent, and is applied to many uses by the natives ; but our two Ceylon 

 species are rather too small to produce valuable timber. 



Ligustrum robustum, Blume. — Central Province, up to an elevation 

 of 5,000 feet ; common in the Happootella district. In Silhet it grows 

 to be a very large tree, and furnishes the natives with very hard, durable 

 wood. Bits of its bark are put into the toddy of the Caryota wrens in 

 Ceylon, to make it ferment. 



Chionantlius zeylanica, Willd. "Gerioeta," S. — A common, small tree 

 near the coast ; wood used for ordinary house-work. 



