480 FOXWOKTHY. 



Melia indica Brandts. 



]$rit ish India and Burma. 



Gamb. 143, tab. Ill, fig. 2; Nord. V f 1/. oMdaraoh) ; Stone 31. 



Pseudocarapa championii llemsl. 

 Ceylon. 



Wood very much like that of Amoora. 

 K.-Pr. 3 4 :297. 



Sandoricum indicum Cav. Plate XXV, fig. 42. Santol ; "wild mangosteen." 

 Indo Malayan region, Mauritius. 



Sapwood gray; heartwood red, moderately hard, close grained. Takes 

 a beautiful polish. Pores small, oval or subdivided. Pith-rays fine, 

 undulating, not prominent. Wood with a faint camphor-like odor when 

 fresh. Easily worked; suitable for the making of models. 



Gamb. 149; Watt Diet. 6 2 :458; Phil. Woods 392; Van Bed. 7:2; K. & V. 

 3:27-30; Janssonius 2:131; Becc. 574; Pierre 3S3. 



Sandoricum vidalii Men-. Boalaaantol. 

 Philippines. 



Wood harder and heavier than the preceding. Sapwood white or 

 pinkish; heartwood brownish-red. Used for general construction pur- 

 poses, small boats, roof timbers, etc. 



Gard. GO; Phil. Woods 388. 



Soymida febrifuga A. Juss. "Bastard cedar;" "redwood de Coromandftl;" 

 "Indian redwood;" "East Indian mahogany;" rohan. 

 India and Ceylon. 



Sapwood small, whitish; heartwood extremely hard and close-grained, 

 very dark, red-brown, very durable, with numerous line, concentric lines 

 of lighter color, often closely packed. Pores moderate-sized, scanty. 

 Pith-rays moderately broad, distinctly visible on a radical section as 

 dark shining plates, making, with the sections of the dark pores, a 

 very pretty .silver grain having a satiny luster. AVood somewhat cross- 

 grained, like sdl and some others, owing to the fibers in different vertical 

 layers going in different directions, so that it is difficult to plane. Very 

 hard and heavy. Fine furniture, etc., wood carving in temples. 



Watt Diet. 6 3 :318; E.-Pr. 8*:272; Game. 155. 



(Sec p. 430.) 



Sphaerosacme spectabilis Wall. (Amoora irollirliii King; .1. apeotabiU* 



Miq. ?). 



Kastern Assam and Burma. 



The reddish, hard, durable, very readily polished wood is worked up 

 into boats and furniture. 

 Gamb. 151; Watt Diet. 1:225. 



