<lretvia,'\ 



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filirab. Bark white, fissured, corky. Wood hard, yellow, close-graiuod- 

 Fruit edible. 



7. G. salvifolia, Hcync in Roth. Nov. Sp. 239 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 386. 

 Brandis For. Fl. 4;l Bihul, Siiid ; Ulpi, K, 



N. W. Himalaya from the J hoi am to Nepal, W. Peninsula, dry forests 

 near Badami, Bijiipar District. Sind and the Pnnjab, S. India and the 

 C. Provinces. Fl. hot season, Fr. Sept-Oct. This species is perhaps 

 not distinct from excelsa, Vahl. A small tree. Bark hard, dark 

 coloured, fissured but not scaly, reddish layers within. Wood yellow- 

 brown, hard, close-grained. The branches make excellent walking sticks. 



8. G. orbiculata, Rottl. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. Berol. 1803, 205 ; Fl. 

 Br. I. 1. 386. 



Western Peninsula, Konkan and Malabar. I am unacquainted with 

 this species. 



9. G. tilisefoiia, VahL Symb. 1, 35 ; Fl. Br. L 1. 386 ] Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 26 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 37; Brandis For. Fl. 41. Dadsal, butale, 

 K. ; Bhamani, M. ; Dhobmanaf Guz. 



Snb-Himalayan region from the Jamna to Nepal, ascending to 4000 ft, 

 G, & S. India, Burma and Ceylon; throughout the deciduous forests 

 of the Bombay Presidency ^ common in N^ Kanara, where it attains a 

 large size. Fl. March-May. Fr. R. S. Wood reddish brown, compact, 

 elastic, smooth. Annual rings distinct. Pores round, in rings of white 

 tissue. Medullary rays broad and fine. Easily worked and durable. 

 Useful for agricultural implements, shafts of carriages, &c. The Kanara 

 wood weighs 50 lbs. to the cubic foot and the value of P, was found to be 

 (550. Logs of ^-1 ton were obtainable in some of the N. Kanara 

 forests. Fruit edible. Inner bark yields cordage. 



10. G. aslatica, L. ; W. & A. Prod. 1. 79 ; Fl. Br. T. 1. 586 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 26; Brandis For, Fl. 40 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 37. Dhamin 

 phalsa, H, 



Generally cultivated in India, said to be indigenous in the forests of 

 the Poena districts ; also in Oudh and Ceylon. G, vestita, Wall., is made 

 a variety of G. asiatica, by M. T. Masters in the Fl. Br. I. Sir D. Brandis 

 keeps them provisionally distinct in his For. FL G, vestita, Wall, is 

 found in the tropical Himalaya, from Garwal to Sikkim ; also in Pegu. 

 Specimens from Garwal collected by Mr, Gamble appear to me to be 

 distinct from those sent from Poena. Bark rough, grey. Wood yellow- 

 ish white, hard and close-grained. Fruit edible. Bark used for rope 

 making. Fl. Feb. -Mar. Fr. May-June, 



11. G. pilosa, Lam, Diet. IIL 43 ; Fl. Br. L L 388 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 26 ; Brandis For. FL 39, Kirkali, K. 



C. & S, India, from Guzerat to Behar. Throughout the drier districts 

 of the Bombay Presidency, abundant in the deciduous forests near 

 Badami, Bij^pur. A climber with smooth black bark and flattened 

 angular branches, used for making baskets. FL May-July Fr. Sept.- 

 Oct. 



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