INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 497 



GONY8TYLACE-E. 



(Plate XXVI, fig. 52.) 



Wood hard and heavy, sometimes with a distinct odor when cut. Sap- 

 wood white or yellowish: heart wood dark-brownish-yellow to almost 

 black. Seasonal rings not present, Pores small or medium-sized, scat- 

 tered, often with apparently crystalline contents. Pith -rays small, nu- 

 merous, bending out around the vessels. Wood parenchyma present in 

 irregular, broken, concentric lines. 



Gonystylus bancanus (Miq.) Gilg (O. nnquelianus T. & B.). Kayu gam 



(M.). 



Java, Sumatra, Banca, Philippines. 



The dark heartwood seems not to be of constant occurrence. Wherever 

 the dark heart does occur, it is said to furnish a useful incense wood 

 and to be useful for small chests. The other species of the genus are 

 credited witli having the same qualities. Other species of the genus are 

 found in the Malay Peninsula, in Sumatra. Borneo and other portions 

 of the Malay region. 



E. Gilg in Engl. & Prantl Nachtr. 232; Teysm. & Binn. in Bot. Zeit. (1802) 

 265; K. i: V. 9:48-51; Boorsnia in Bull. Dept, Agr. Ned. Ind. 7 (1907) 0-13; 

 Bargagli-Petrucci 46, lah. IX; Becc. 582. 



(See p. 428.) 



TILIACEyE. 



Berrya ammonilla Roxb. Plate XXVI, fig. 53. Halmalille; trincomali. 

 British India, Ceylon, Malay Archipelago. 



Smooth yellow wood with dark-red heart. Heavy, very hard ami 

 durable. Distinct parallel transverse lines in longitudinal section. On 

 account of its toughness and elasticity, much prized for house and boat 

 building, agricultural implements, etc. A possible substitute for satin- 

 wood. 



Watt Diet. 1:448; Sender 074; (iamb. 107; K. & V. 5:400-409; Van Bed. 40; 

 Bargagli-Petrucci 4G, tab. IX; Stone 10-18; Becc. 573; JanssoniUB 1 :491. 



Brownlowia elata Roxb. 

 India and Borneo. 



Soft, reddish-gray. Fine irregular bars between pith-rays, not joining 

 into concentric rings. 

 Gamb. 100. 



Brownlowia tabularis Pierre. 

 Cochin ( Ihina. 



"One of the best redwoods known." Structural work, shipbuilding, 

 furniture. 

 Pierre 132. 



