442 FOXWORTHY. 



TAXACE.K 



Taxus baccata L. 



Himalayas, upper Burma, China, Japan, the Philippines, etc. Forms of this 

 species are found in the high mountains throughout the tropics of the East. 



Wood hard, heavy (gp. gr. 0.74-0.94), close and even-grained, smooth. 

 Sapwood white; heartwood orange-red, Light-red, or while. Seasonal 

 rings marked by a conspicuous line. Pith-rays very numerous, regular 

 and long. Osed for hows, carrying poles, and native furniture. 



Stevenson 136-139; Gamb. 101; Niird. I., Mech. Eigensch. d. Ilolzer 542; 

 Stone 245; Iloltzaprl'el 110. 



Podocarpus neriifolia Don. 



British India, Burma, the Philippines, Borneo, Java, Sumatra; a mountain 

 tree of very wide distribution. 



Wood light-yellow or yellowish-gray : homogenous, even-grained, soft 

 to moderately hard and moderately heavy. Seasonal rings distinct though 

 faint. Pith-rays very fine, numerous. No resin duets, but scattered 

 cells with resin prominent on thin section. Used in general carpentry 

 and is excellent to work, but would probably not resist white ants; also 

 employed for oars, spars, masts, and to make tea-boxes. Seasons well 

 and does not warp or shrink. 



Gamb, 702, tab. XT/, fig. S; Niird. V. and X. (7*. braoteata Bl.), 

 Numerous other species of Podocarpus occur in the Malay region, but they are 

 usually extremely local and on high mountains. So far as known their wood 

 resembles thai just described. Australian species of Podooarpua are often known 

 as "yellowwood" because of the color of the wood. 



PINACE^J. 



Agathis alba (Lam.) [A. dammara Rich.) Plate XXII. fig. 1. Almadga 



(Phil.) ; dammar (M.). 



Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



Wood soft and light, even-grained, easily worked, white, not very 

 durable. Dsed for planks and temporary construction. 



Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) bond. Deodar; Himalayan cedar. 

 Himalayan region. 



Wood moderately hard, light to moderately heavy, strong-Scented, oily; 

 sapwood white; heartwood light yellowish-brown. Seasonal rings dis- 

 tinctly marked by tin 1 darker autumn wood. Pith-rays line, unequal and 

 irregular, fairly numerous, not ^op. Resin-ducts none, the oil contained 

 in wood-cells in the heartwood. Railway sleepers, bridge work, build- 

 ing; rather brittle to work and does not lake paiid or varnish well. Has 

 Strong odor. Contains a good deal of oil. which prevents it from becom- 

 ing water-logged, very durable. Resists wet, also white ants, and ap- 

 parently dots not Buffer much from dry rot. 



Gamb. 710-714 tab. VI 7, jig. ', • Niird. XI. 



