IXDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 493 



Arytera littoral is Bl. Kulu layo hi tarn (M.). 



Malay Peninsula and Archipelago to the Philippines. 



Wood pale, reddish-white, moderately heavy and hard, rings fairly 

 distinct and remote; pores numerous; small rays obscure. Used in house 

 building. 



Ridl. 100; K. & V. 9:216-220. 



Dittelasma rarak Hook. f. [Sapindua rarak DC.) Lerek (Jav.). 

 Malacca, Cochin China, Philippines. 



Hard and heavy, durable. Used for house building. 

 Van Eed. 77; K. & V. 9:150-152. 



Dodonaea viscosa L. Plate XXV, fig. 48. Bandera. 



In all tropical lands. 



Sapwood white; heartwood dark brown, extremely hard and very 

 heavy, called "lignum-vitae" in Australia. Used for turnery, wood 

 carving, walking sticks. 



Ridl. 100; Camh. 202; K. & V. 9:227 230; Van Eed. 78. 



Ellatostachys verrucosa Radlk. 



Java, Timor, Celebes, Philippines. 



Moderately hard and moderately heavy. 



K. & V. 9:212-215. 



Erioglossum rubiginosum Bl. {E. elide Bl.). Mertajamj kelaL layu (M.). 



Malay Peninsula and Archipelago to Australia. 



Wood reddish-white to chocolate-brown, grain line hard, does not 

 split in drying. 



E.-Pr. 3 r :300; Ridl. 104; Van Eed. 78; Gamb. 192; K. & V. 9:154-157- 



Euphoria cinerea Radlk. Plate XXVI, fig. 49. 

 Philippines. 



Dark-red, hard and heavy, durable. A very choice structural wood, 

 much like some of the wood of species of Nephelium. 

 Phil. Woods 371. 



Ganophyllum falcatum PL 

 Philippines, Java, New Guinea, Australia. 



Excellent wood for matches and match boxes. 



Van Eed. 78; K. & V. 9:231-2:U. 



Guioa pubescens Radlk. Sugisugi; Nilan (M.). 



Malay Peninsula. 



Wood heavy and hard, light-brown, pores small, not numerous, rays 

 fairly fine, concentric lines rather distant and broad, undulating. Brittle, 

 used in building. 



Ridl. 100; K. & V. 9:210. 



