NO. 53. — 1902.] TREES AND FLOWERING PLANTS. 209 



The wood is dark gray, hard, frequently mottled with a 

 resinous substance, rather heavy, about 50 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Suitable for flooring boards and furniture. Is used for boat- 

 making. 



Affords a medicinal bark. 



VERBEHAGEJE. 



This very valuable Order of plants is represented in this 

 Island by thirteen Genera: Lantana, Lippia, Bouchea, Stachy- 

 tarpheta, Priva, Callicarpa, Premna, Gmelina, Vitex, 

 Clerodendron, Glossocarya, Symphorema, and Avicennia. 



It seems superfluous to add that Teak (Tectona grandis), 

 that king of all tropical building woods, is a member of this 

 Order. It was introduced into Ceylon probably in the time 

 of the Dutch, and has been cultivated in various parts of the 

 Island up to 2,000 feet altitude, but nowhere is it wild 

 in Ceylon. Our Teak weighs from 42 to 50 lb. per cubic 

 foot, as compared with the following : — 



Travancore Teak 

 Malabar Teak 

 Moulmein Teak 

 Mysore Teak 

 Pegu Teak 

 North Kanara Teak 

 South Kanara Teak 



42 lb. 



37 lb. to 45 lb. 



42 lb. to 50 lb. 



43 lb. 

 46 lb. 

 39 lb. 

 46 lb. 



213. — Premna serratifolia. 

 Midi, S. 15 e ; Erumaimulli, T. ot^swio (Lpev^sv. 

 Trim. Cey. Flor., vol. III., p. 352. 



A small shrubby tree, with yellowish-brown thin bark and 

 bushy heads. Leaves opposite, about three inches long, 

 broad, oval, acute at base, often rounded, smooth, slightly 

 serrate in upper half of the leaf, rather foetid in odour 

 when bruised. Flowers yellowish-green, in dense flat-topped 

 panicles. Fruits small. 



