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' Uses. — Piling; wliarf construction; shipbuilding; keols of ships. 
Struciure. — Pith-rays fine and indistinct. Vessels medium size or 
large, scattered, with some indication of special gi-oupings. AVood paren- 
chyma in concentric lines. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (lOOG), 4, G4; 5d ed. (1907), 4, G7. 
LTTMT^AYAO. 
Lumabayao is unknown huianically. It comes into tlic market only 
from Mindanao. 
Soft and moderately heavy. Sp. gr. 0.5.50. 
lieddish-brown. Seasonal rings distinct. Iting [)orous. Coarse and 
straight grained. 
Uses. — General construction; bouse construction; bancas. 
Structure. — Pith-rays small. Vessels of medium size, scattered, the 
larger ones in the Inuer ])art of the riug. Vessels willi brighl-reil 
deposits. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (lOOG), 4, 04; 3d ed. (1907), 4, fi.S. 
MACAASIN. 
Eugenia spp. 
F;un. MYRTAC 
Maeaasin (T.) ; binolo (B.). 
Heavy and hard. Sp. gr. 0.705. 
Purplish brown, occasionally witli yellowish or greenish tinge. Fine 
grained. No distinct seasonal rings. 
Uses. — General construction; cabinetwork; beams; flooring; furni- 
ture; interior construction; joists; naval construction; planks; rafters; 
ship rudders; telegraph poles; posts; window sills; tool haudles; wash- 
bowls. 
Structure. — Pith-rays fine and indistinct. Vessels of medium size, 
scattered. "Wood parenchyiua in wavy, bi-okcn lines, connccfiug the 
vessels. 
Maeaasin is taken to include the wood of any of the dilTcreni sj)ecies 
of Eugenia, and it may also include wood of some olber (-losely related 
Myrtaceous plants. ' It is 4iuite likely that, as we becoiue better ac- 
qr.ainted with the members of this family, we will be able to recognize 
several distinct woods now grouped togetbei" under this jiame. 
Bidl. For. Bur. Manila (1000), 4, 57; SJd ed. (1907), 4, r»1. 
Ahem, 1. c.^(i2-G4. 
MALAPAPAYA. 
Polyscias nodosa Seem. *'*i"i- ARALIACE>E. 
(Aralia pcndula Bhinco.) 
Bias-bias, bonglin (T., V.); tucud bingit (liataan). 
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Malaya. 
Li<dit and soft. Whitish. No distinct sap and heartwood. Sea- 
sonarrinirs usually not distinct. Straigbl grnined. 
