496 FOX WORTHY. 



EHAMNAOE^J. 



Hovena dulcis Thunb. Kemponashi. 

 China, Japan, Himalaya. 



Furniture and musical instruments. 



Gamb. 187; Nonl. VII. 



Zizyphus. Wood reddish, moderately hard or hard: no tieartwood. 

 Pores small to moderate-sized, often subdivided and fringed with wood 

 parenchyma between numerous tine or very fine pith-rays. 



Zizyphus jujuba Lam. "Indian jujube;" "Chinese date." 

 China, India. Australia, tropical Africa; much cultivated. 



Durable structural and furniture wood. 



Gamb. 181, tab. IV, fig. 3; N5rd. IX; Wail Dirt. 6<:370; Van Eed. 75. 



Zizyphus vulgaris Lam. "Acajou d'Afrique." 



Orient to Bengal, China, and Japan; cultivated in southern Europe. 



Similar to the preceding; cabinel work. 

 Gamb. 182; N8rd. II; Watt Diet. 6 4 :373. 



Zizyphus xylopyrus Willd. 



India and Ceylon. 



Carriage building, agricultural implements, charcoal. 



Gamb. 183; Watt Diet. 6 4 :374. 



Zizyphus zonulatus Blanco (Z. arborai Merr.1. Plate XXVI, fifr. 51. 

 Balacat. 



Philippines. 



Wood very pale-reddish or whitish : sapwood quickly eaten by hectics; 

 hca it wood very durable. 

 Phil. Woods 374; Card. 00. 



ELAEOCARPACE2E. 



Elaeocarpus lancaefolius Roxb. 

 Tropical Asia. 



Bright-brown, soft wood, for tea chests. 

 Watt Diet. 3:20(1. 



Muntingia calabura L. "Calabure;" "hois rainier;" "boia de soie." 

 Mexico to the Amazon River; widely cultivated. 



Wood very soft and light, not durable. 

 Wiesner 2:107. 



Echinocarpus dasycarpus Bentb. 

 British India. 



Wood grayish-brown, soft. Used for planks and beams where not 

 exposed to changes of weather. 

 Camb. 113; Nord. X. 



