riiiLirriNE woods. 885 
Heavy and very hard. Sp. gr. 0.758 to 0.909. 
Distinct sap- and heart-M-ood. Sapwood wliitisli oi' light yellow ; lieart- 
wood dark reddish-brown. Grain Sitraight. Seasonal rings distinct. 
Diffuse porous. 
Uses. — General high-class construction ; posts of houses ; sleepers ; 
electric-light poles; furniture; cahinetniaking; paving blocks; bcnins; 
bridge- construction; doors; joists; keels; ))illars; rafters; sleepers; sleiu- 
posts; window frames; railroad tics. 
Structure, — Pith-rays small but distinct. A^essels of medium si/e, 
scattered. "Wood pai'enchyma clustered about (he vessels. Vessels fre- 
quently containing sulphur-colored deposits. 
Bull. For. Bur. Mafiila (190r)), 4, .55-0; '^d ed. (1907), 4, 59. Abeni. 
I. c, 54-57. 
LANETE. 
Wrightia laniti (Blanco) 'Mmi: Vnm. APOCYNAC 
(Anaascr lanili Blanco. Wriyhtia ovata A. ])C..) 
Alanote (T.) ; bantolinao (B.) ; tangbas, tiguig (V.). 
Philippines. 
Moderately heavy and modoratelv hard. 
Seasonal rings present or absent. Diffuse j)orf)us. Fine an<l cross 
grained. White or pale yellowisli. Xo distiiict sap and lieartwood. 
Disagreeable odor when fresh. 
Uses. — Carving and light construction; bolo scabbards; boxes; canes; 
cooking utensils; chairs; decoration; furniture; house construction; 
musical instruments; shoes; trunks; turning; wardrobes; window sills 
in native houses; the most-used wood for wood carving. 
Structure. — Pith-rays small and sliort. Vessels small, in short, radial 
rows. • 
Ahern^ 1. c, pp. 57-59. 
LANOTAN. 
Bombycidendron campylosiphon (Tez.) Waib, Fain. MALVACE^. 
{Thespesia campylosiphon Rolfe. Hibiscus ffrewiaefolins (Hassk.) Miq. Hi- 
biscus vtdfdianus Xavps. Hibiscus campylosiphon Tc/. ) 
Philippines. 
Moderately heavy to heavy, and moderately hard. Sp. gr, 0.732. 
Seasonal rings distinct. DiHuse ijorous- Sap- and heart-wood very 
distinct. Sapwood light yelloAv or white; beartwood purple. Straiglit 
grained. 
^^■e^.-^C^abinetmaking; carriage building, shafts; llooring; ordinary 
construction; ordinary furniture; planks; plankin;r for ships; sliipbuild- 
ing; telegraph poles; sides of guitars and mandolins. 
Structure. — Pith-rays medium size, distinct. A'essels medium size or 
small, scattered. Tangential section showing fine, parallel, transverse 
markings as in narra and teluto. Fig. 27 shows these in longitudinal 
section. 
Ahern, 1. c., pp. 59-60. 
