INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 503 



Ochna squarrosa L. 

 British India and Burma. 



Wood suitable for inlaying and carving. 

 Gamb. 13(5. 



THEACE^E. 



Eurya acuminata DC. Malukut janlan. 

 India to Malaya. 



Wood pale-red, grain fine, splits slightly in drying. Used for beams 

 in house building: also for charcoal. 

 Ridl. 48; Janssonius 302. 



Eurya japonica Thunb. Hisakaki. 

 India to China, Japan, and Malaya. 



Carriage building and turnery. 

 Pierre 12G; Janssonius 306. 



Gordonia excelsa Bl. Pagar anak janlan. 



British India and Malaya. 



Wood pale-red, heavy and hard. Used for houses, beams, and posts. 



Ridl. 48; Janssonius 334. 



Gordonia obtusa Wall. 

 British India. 



Wood pinkish- white to reddish-brown. Pores small, very numerous, 

 uniformly arranged between the fine, short, very numerous pith-rays, the 

 distance between which is equal to the transverse diameter of the pores. 

 Seasonal rings faintly marked by a line. Construction work. 



Gamb. 67. 



Schima noronhae Reinw. {B. crenata Korth.). Medang bekwoi. 

 British India, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines. 



Timber very close-grained, dark-red; rays very fine and obscure, not 

 close, pores exceedingly numerous, very small, containing a resinous 

 substance. The wood is heavy and bard, shining, apt to split but useful. 

 Used for house posts and rice mortars. 



Ridl. 47; Watt Diet. 6": 485; Pierre 121 ; Janssonius 327. 



Schima wallichii Choisy. 



Himalaya, Tenasserim, Farther India. 



lied, moderately hard in drying, durable. Construction work, 



Gamb. 66, tab. I, fig. 5; Nor.l. X; Watt Diet. 6 2 :486. 



Ternstroemia japonica Thunb. Makakoku. 

 Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Sumatra 



Bed, hard wood, sometimes used for furniture. 

 .Janssonius 296. 



