INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 523 



TIIYMELAEACE^E. 



Aquilaria agallocha Roxb. Kayu-garu (M.) . 

 British India and Malaya. 



Wood white, soft and light, even-grained, scented when fresh cut. In 



the interior of old trees are sometimes found irregular masses of harder 

 and darker-colored wood, with a honey-like scent, which constitute the 

 "eaglewood" of commerce. Pores small and moderate-sized, in short 

 radial lines. Pith-rays fine, numerous; the distance between two con- 

 secutive rays less than the transverse diameter of the pores. Numerous 

 short transverse bands of pores and intercellular ducts filled with a 

 brownish substance. A valuable incense wood. (See p. 427.) 



Gamb. 579. 



Aquilaria malacce'nsis Lain., and other species also furnish eaglevoood. 



LYTHRACE^:. 



Wood grayish or reddish-brown, moderately hard. Pores of various 

 sizes, joined by narrow bands of wood parenchyma. Pith-rays fine, 

 numerous, uniform, usually bent around the pores. 



Lagerstroemia floribunda -Tack. 

 Tropical Asia. 



Wood light-fawn-colored with the rings usually very distinct and 

 large, sometimes rather close, rays fine and close, rather obscure, pores 

 of medium size in lines along the rings, the rings being marked out by 

 lines of large pores. 



Ridl. 170. 



Lagerstroemia hexaptera Miq. Bungah mahiknt. 

 Malay Peninsula. 

 Ridl. 179. 



Lagerstroemia parviflora Roxb. 



Tropical Asia. 



Wood very hard, gray or grayish-brown, often almost red, darker- 

 colored near the center, hard. No seasonal rings. Pores moderate- 

 sized and large, often subdivided, surrounded singly or in patches by 

 pale rings, which are joined by fine narrow, irregular, wavy, interrupted 

 and anastomosing bands of wood parenchyma. Pith-rays fine, very nu- 

 merous, inconspicuous. TTsed for house posts, beams and rafters, frames 

 for doors and windows, pieces for agricultural implements, carts and 

 boats. 



Gamb. 371; Nord. X; Watt Diet. 4:584. 



