474 POXWOETHY. 



Citrus aurantium L. The orange; limau mania (M.). 

 British India; cultivated throughout the tropics and subtropics. 



Wood yellowish-white. Pores small, scanty, joined by white tangential 

 lines, which occasionally join, forming concentric circles. Used in 

 carving small ornaments. 



Gamb. 130j Nord. IV; also XI (C. vulgaris Risso, and C. nobilis Lour.) ; Ridl. 

 96; Van Eed. 55. 



Other species of the genus show similar structure and are similarly used. 



Feronia elephantum Correa. "Elephant" or "wood-apple;" kapittha ; bilin. 

 India, Ceylon. 



Yellowish-white, hard, structural wood. 



E.-Pr. 3 4 :193; Watt Diet. 3:327; Gamb. 131; Nord. IX. 



Flindersia amboinensis Poir. 

 Moluccas (Ceram). 



Produces a good wood for some purposes. 



Murraya exotica L. Plate XXIV, iig. 30. Camuning; kamuning i.M.). 

 British India, Burma, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, Philippine-. 



Bright-yellow, very hard and very heavy, similar to boxwood and said 

 to be a suitable substitute for it. Used for canes, kris handles and 

 carvings. 



Watt Diet. 5:288; Gamb. 125; Ridl. 96; Van Eed. 57; Janssonius 2:51. 



Murraya koenigii (L.) Spr. 

 Himalaya. Bengal, and Ceylon. 



Grayish-white, hard, durable wood; serves for agricultural purposes. 



Watt Diet, 5:288; Gamb. 126. 



Murraya paniculata -lack. Batinwood; cosmetic-bark tree. 

 British India, Burma, Java. Sumatra, New Guinea. 



The brighl yellow, firm, durable wood is used for cabinet work. 



E.-Pr. 3 4 :188. 



Other h'utacca which may possibly furnish substitutes for boxwood are ipeciea 

 «>]' Mioromelum, Limonia, Triphasia, Paramignya, Tttrttctomia, Fagara (Plate 

 XXIV, fig. 35), Mclicope, 1'elca, Lunasia, Glycosmi*. and Thoreldora. 



simarubaokj:. 



Ailanthus malabarica DC. 



British India and Ceylon. 



WOud for dishes and tea chests. 

 Lewis 307; .Tanssonius 2:81. 



Irvingia malayana Oliv. Plate XXV, fig. 37. Pauh kijang (M.). 

 Malacca. 



A hard, heavy and readily worked wood; very straight-grained. 



Pierre 203. 



Irvingia olivcri Pierre, of Cochin China, is used for the same things as the 

 above. Other genera needing investigation are Samadmu, Simarula, Quassia, 

 Eurycoma, Bruoea, Picrtuma, and Soulainra. 



