536 POXWOBTHY. 



Pith-rays few, moderately broad to broad, with many eery fine between 



them. Beams for house building and plow handles. 



Van Bed. 139; Gamb. 365; N6rd. IV (Jfyrtiw irinm-ia Sin.). VII [Mjfrtut 

 tnelastomoidea P. If.) ; Ridl. 174. 



Tristania. Wood hard to very hard and heavy to very heavy : durable. 

 Reddish or dark-reddish; close-grained. Pores small; pith-rays small. 

 \\ ood parenchyma Bcanty. 



Tristania burmannica Griff. 

 Bril i^h [ndia and Malaya. 

 Gamb. 354. 



Tristania decorticata Merr. ftfalabayabas. 



Philippines, Sarawak. 



Wood hard and heavy, fine-grained; dark-reddish-brown; used for tool 



handles. 



Tristania merguensis Griff. 

 straits Settlements. 

 Ridl. 175. 



Tristania obovata Benn. Palawan, prawan. 



Banka, Sumatra, Borneo. 



Very fine firewood. Used for the tin and gold mines. 

 Van Eed. 140; Bargagli-Petrucci 78, tab. A I . 



Tristania whitiana Griff. 

 Singapore. 

 Ridl. 176. 



Various species of Tristania are known in Borneo by the name of Plaican and 

 the wood is used for firewood ; Becc. 578, 586. 



Xanthostemon verdugonianus Xavts. Plate XXIX, fig. 90. Mancono 

 (Phil.) 



Philippines; Surigao, Leyte, Palawan, Camarines. 



Very hard and very heavy. Probably the hardesi ami heaviest of 

 Philippine woods. Exceedingly durable. A possible substitute for lig- 

 num -vitce. 



Phil. Wood! 388; Hutchinson, For. Bur. (Philip.) Bull. 9 (1908). 



MELASTOMATACE.2E. 



Wood heavy, hard, fine-grained. Usually light-colored. Pores and 

 pith-rays fine to very fine. 



Astronia papetaria Blume. 

 Malay Archipelago. 



Good structural wood. 

 Van Eed. 144. 



Melastoma malabathricum L. Sendukduk. 

 British India. Burma, and Ceylon. 



Gamb. S68j Ridl. 178. 



