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heartwood. Pores moderate-sized, often in short radial lines. Medullary 

 rays fine, uniform, equidistant, crossed by alternate narrow wavy bands 

 of light and dark-coloured, tissue. Weighs about 40 lbs. to the eub. ft. 



2. B. malabarica, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 321 ^ Fl. Br. I. 2. 277 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 82 ; Brandis For. Fl. l59 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 92. Amli, 

 Vern. ; Shadloo, K. 



Western and Central Himalayas to Burma and generally throughout 

 tropical India. Throughout the moist forests oftheKonkan and North 

 Kanara, common. Fl. Oct.-Kov. Fr. Apl -May. Wood light reddish- 

 brown with a small dark-brown heartwood, moderately hard. Similar in 

 structure to that of B» racemosa. Weighs about 45 lbs. to the cub. ft. 



3. B. Lawii, Benth. MSS. Fl. Br. 1. 277. B. foveolot a, Dalz, in Jour. 

 Linn. Soc. 13. p. 188. Buswanpad, K. ; KancMn, M. 



Throughout the moist forests of the Konkan and North Kanara, common. 

 This large, dioecious tree has sweetly scented white flowers. Pods 1 foot 

 long, twisted, turgid, madder-brown coloured, tomentose, Fl. Oct. -Nov. 

 Fr. ripe Jany. Male and female flowers on separate stems. This I have 

 also found to be usually the case in B. malaharica^ in North Kanara. Bark 

 smooth. Wood pinkish- white, soft, moderately heavy. Pores large, 

 simple or divided. The wavy concentric bands are nearly continuous and 

 broader than the pores. Med. rays very fine, numerous. Weighs about 

 42 lbs. to the cub. ft. Not used in North Kanara. 



4. B. diphylla, Hamilt. in Symes It. Avens. t. 24 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 278. 



Konkan, Stocks. 



5. B. Vahlii, W. & A. Prod. 297; Fl. Br. T. 2. 279 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 83 ; Brandis For. Fl. 161. GhambuU, chamhily M. AH along 

 the Lower Himalayas from the Chenab eastwards. Northern and Central 

 India, Assam and Behar. In the moist forests of the Konkan ghats. A 

 gigantic climber, Fl.Apl. Fr. ripe next ApL Wood porous, in broad 

 broken concentric layers, alternating with red juicy bark-like tissue. 

 Yields a useful and strong fibre. 



6. B. purpurea, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 330; Fl. Br. I. 2. 284 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv, 92; Brandis For. Fl. 160; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 30. 



Bewa-lmnchun, ragtahanchun, atmatti, Vern. 



Sub-Himalayan tract from the Ravi eastwards, ascending to 5000 

 feet. Bengal, Burma, Central and Southern India. Cultivated through- 

 out the presidency, also wild in the dry forests of the Deccan and Konkan. 

 Fl. Sept. -Nov. Fr. Jan. -April. Wood light-brown, hard with an irregu- 

 larly shaped harder and darker coloured heartwood ; not much used. 



7. B. variegata, Linn. ; DO. Prod. IL 514; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 92; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 160; Fl. Br. L 2. 284; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 



SO. Kanaraj, kovidara, hanchan, Vern. Sub-Himalajan tract from the 

 Indus eastwards and throughout the forests of India and Burma. 

 Cultivated throughout the presidency, often as a road-side tree. Fl. Feb.- 

 April. Fr. Nov. Wood grey, moderately hard, with an irregular darkex* 

 heartwood. 



