488 FOXWORTHY. 



Campnosperma zeylanicum Tliw. 

 ( Yvlon. 



A light and rather inferior wood, used Tor tea-chests. 



Lewis 309. 



Campnosperma wallichii King. Terungtang. 



Malay Peninsula. 



Wood soft, rather light silvery-gray or white, fine-grained. Pores 



rather large and numerous. Pith-rays fine and brown, obscure. Suit- 

 able for some grades of cabinet work. 

 Ridl. 111. 



Dracontomelum mangiferum Bl. Daoe, dahoe (Sumatra); race (Java). 

 Borneo, Celebes, Sumatra, -lava, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Andaman Islands. 



Wood dark-gray, moderately hard and moderately heavy; fairly durable. 



(.'aid. <!9; Van Eed. 85; K. ,V V. 4:114 117; Pierre .'574. 



Dracontomelum oumingianum Baill., known as lamio, and Dracontomelum doc 

 Merr. & Kolfe, of the Philippines, have wood which is praet ieallv indistinguishable 

 from that of D. mangiferum. 



Drimycarpus racemosus Hook. f. 

 Eastern Himalaya. 



Wood yellowish-gray, hard. Much prized for shipbuilding in India 

 (Chittagong). 



Gamb. 221; Watt Diet. 3:195. 



Gluta. Wood dark-red and more or less streaked with orange and 

 black. Pores few, often filled with resin, large, prominent on vertical 

 sections. Pith-rays very fine. Interrupted, very narrow, undulating, con- 

 centric bands. Structure of the wood in this genus much the same as 

 in Mclanorrltoca and Swintonia. 



Gluta renghas L. Renghas (M.). 

 Malay Archipelago and Peninsula. 



Wood with decidedly irritant properties. House building, boats, 

 rurniture, sheaths of weapons. 



Van Eed. 80; Ridl. 110; K. & V. 4:94-97; Wiesner 2:1017. 



(11 ii 1a tavoyana Wall, and G. travancorica Bedd. of British India and Burma 

 and (1. vclutina Bl. ((7. coarctata Hook.) of Malacca, Banka and Sumatra are 

 all said io furnish wood much like that of G. renr/has and used for structural work 

 and furniture. (',. rcliilina is said to be resistant to termites and to sea water. 



Pierre 368. 



Holigarna. Wood soft, grayish. Pores large, prominent on vertical 



section. Pith-rays very fine, short. 



Holigarna arnottiana Hook. f. 

 British India. 



Wood containing a poisonous gum. Used for house and boat building. 

 Gamb. 221. 



