500 FOXWORTIIY. 



Cullenia excelsa Wight. 



British [ndia, Andaman [glands, Ceylon. 



Tea-chests. 



Qamh, 92 j Lewis 308. 



Durio zibethinus DC. Durian. 



Southern and eastern Asia. Malay Archipelago. 



Wood pale-reddish-brown, soft. Tores large, scanty, often subdivided. 

 Pith-rays moderately broad, numerous, giving a well-marked silver grain. 

 Temporary construction work. 



K. a V. 2:132-134; (iamb. 92; Becc. 572 ; Van Eed. 34; Ridl. 48; Janssonius 

 1:404; Bargagli-Petrucd 49, tab. V. 



Several oilier species of this genus in Borneo and Sumatra are also used 

 to some extent. 



Neesia altissima 151. 

 ,1a va. 



Brown, beaut i fully marked, very soft wood, used for small cabinet 

 work. Termite-proof. 



K. & V. 2:129-131; Van Eed. 37; Janssonius 1:408. 



STEECULIACEiE. 



Wood very soft to very bard; very lighl to very heavy. Pores rather 

 scanty, often large. Pith-rays rather numerous, usually of medium size. 

 Concentric bands of wood parenchyma in some species. 



Eriolaena candollei Wall. 

 Western India. 



Brick-red, orange-yellow and brown striped: moderately hard, shining. 

 Cart building, gunstoeks, paddles, etc. 

 (iamb. 103; Niird. IX; Watt Diet. 3:265. 

 Oilier species are used locally in India and Cochin China. 



Heritiera. Wood very heavy and very bard : dark-reddish-brown beart- 

 and white sapwood. Pith-rays of medium size. Wood parenchyma in 

 very fine, irregular, concentric lines. 



Heritiera I ittoralis Dry. Totonai; dungon-late (Phil.) j dungon (M.) : nindri 

 (Bang.). 



East Africa, Indo Malayan region, Australia; a very widely distributed species. 



Boat building, posts, piles, bouse building, palisades, etc. 



Watt Diet. 4:224; Camb. OS; Phil. Woods 383; Ridl. 51; Van Eed. 39; 

 K. & V. 2:170-174; Pierre 203; Janssonini 440; Bargagli-Petrucci 62, tab. XI; 

 Becc. 573. 



Heritiera minor Lam. (//. fomes Ham.). "Plank tree" ion account of the 

 plank like prop roots); snndri (Bene;.). 



Ganges Delta, southern India. Burma. Borneo. 



Brown durable wood, considered to be the toughest in India. Boat, 

 house, and bridge building; also used as firewood, and furnishes the 

 best charcoal for gunpowder. 



B.-PT. 3":!V9; Watt Diet, 4:223; Gamb. 97; N5rd. XI. 



