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FOX WORTHY. 



Hemicyclia sepiaria W. & A. 

 British India and Ceylon. 



Wood white with a grayish-brown heartwood, very close and even- 

 grained, resembling boxwood. Recommended as a possible substitute 



for boxwood. 

 Gamb. <S05. 



Lasiococca symphylliaefolia Hook. f. 

 Britisli India. 



Wood yellowish-white, hard, smooth, close-grained. Recommended for 

 trial as a substitute for boxwood. 



(iamb. 822. 



Mischodon zeylanicus Tliw. 

 Coy! on. 



Wood pink or pinkish-white, moderately hard, close- and even-grained. 



Used for building and said to be durable in water. 

 Gamb. C07. 



Phyllanthus emblica L. Amlabaum; mirobckUnenbaum. 



Mascarenes. Kast Indies, Sunda Islands, China, .Japan, also cultivated. 



Wood tvi}. hard, close-grained, warps and splits in seasoning; no 

 heartwood. Carrying poles, agricultural implements, building ;m ,i \\ n . 

 niture; durable under water. 



Gamb. 599, tab. Mil, fig. 8; NOrd. X; Watt Diet. B*:22] ; Van Eed. 227. 



Several other specie- of PhglUmtkn furnish small amounts of wood resembling 

 the preoeding. 



Putranjiva roxburghii Wall. 

 British India, Burma, and Ceylon. 



Wood gray, moderately hard, close-grained. A structural wood, also 

 used in turning. 



Gamb. 804; N5rA X: Van Bed. 228; Watt Diet. 6 J :372. 

 Sapium sebiferum Roxb. 



China, Japan, East Indies, cultivated in the tropics everywhere. 

 Wood white, moderately hard. Furniture and toys. 

 G&mb. (125; Nurd. VIII; Watt Diet. 6 : :472. 

 Trewia nudiflora L. 



British India, Burma and Ceylon, to the Sunda Islands. 

 Wood white, soft, not durable. ITsed for native drums and agricul- 

 tural implements. 



Gamb. <il7; Watt Diet. 4:70-. Van Eed. 228. 



iutxacej:. 



The most uniform in grain of any known wood, planing almost equally 

 well in any direction. Very hard and very heavy (sp. gr. 0.99-0.86). 

 The best qualities of boxwood are the best known for wood engraving, 

 drawing instruments, etc. The sawdust is very free from gritty matter, 

 and on that account it is much used for cleaning jewelry. Numerous 



