526 FOXWOKTIFY. 



Barringtonia speciosa Foist. Putat. 

 Malay Archipelago, 



Wood like the preceding. A number of species of this genus furnish 



wood of this grade. They are usually known by the name of putat 

 and are not of much eommercial importance. 

 K. & Y. 8:4-65 Van Eed. 131; Ridl. 17s. 



Careya arborea Roxb. 

 India. 



Wood moderately hard; sapwood whitish, large; heartwood dull-red, 

 sometimes claret-colored, very dark in old trees, even-grained. Pores 

 oval, moderate-sized to large, subdivided, wavy on vertical section. Pith- 

 rays numerous, fine, equidistant and uniform; the space between two 

 consecutive rays less than the diameter of the pores, around which they 

 bend. Across the pith-rays are numerous very line transverse bars, not; 

 easily seen except on a thin section. Durable. Agricultural implements, 

 gun-sio.ks, house-posts, planking, carts, furniture and cabinet work. 



Gamb. 364; NOrd. X; Watt Diet. 2:157. 



Planchonia valida Bl. (P. UttoniUs Van Houtte). 



Andaman Islands and the Malay Archipelago. 



Wood reddish-brown, with yellow streaks, very hard and very heavy, 

 close-grained. Pores moderate-sized and large, often subdivided, in 

 rounded and elongated patches, which are sometimes joined by narrow, 

 undulating hands of softer tissue. Pith-rays very fine, numerous, bend- 

 ing. The pores are frequently filled up by a yellow substance, and are 

 prominent on a vertical section. Seasons well and takes a fine polish. 



(land). 3(55; Watt Diet. 6':284; Van Eed. 139; K. & V. 6:24 26. 



RHIZOPHOKACE.E. 



Hard and usually heavy-wooded trees. Rhizophora, Oeriops, and 

 Bruguiera have small pores and equidistant, fine or moderately broad 

 rays. The pores are sometimes joined by interrupted concentric hands. 

 The structure of Kandclia is different. Camilla and Anisophyllea differ 

 by having two classes Of medullary rays; short \ery line rays between 



the regular broad ones. 



Pith-rays broad, of two classes. 



Wood heavy or very heavy Cantllia 



Wood only moderately heavy j (ly»ohochcs 



1 .1 nisophyllea 

 Pith-rays tine or moderate!] broad. 



Pith-rays yellow, contrasting wit h the rest of the wood - Kandelia 



Pitli rays not very different in color from the rest of the wood. 

 •Wood orange-colored ami giving a fluorescent orange-colored aqueous solution. 



Ceriops 



Wood not orange Ithizophora 



Bruguiera 



