538 FOXWORTHY. 



Marlea ebenacea C. B. Clarke. Lidah kerbau putih. 

 Straits Settlements. 



Wood liiinl. strong, and durable, yellow with ;i rod heart. 



Ridl. 180. 



Marlea nobilis C. B. Clarke. Sutubal. 



Straits Settlements. 



Hard and durable; structural work. 

 Ridl. 180. 



Mastixia arborea C. B. Clarke. 

 British India and Ceylon. 



Wood greenish-gray, soft. Pores small, numerous, evenly distributed. 

 Pith-rays tine and very fine, numerous and short. Seasonal rings indis- 

 tinct. 



Gamb. 391. 



M rBSINACELE. 



Wood compact, close-grained. Pores very small or extremely small, 

 often in groups or in radial or oblique lines. Pith-rays distant, fine to 

 broad, more often broad. Resin-ducts frequent, sometimes among the 

 wood cells, sometimes in the rays. 



Aegiceras corniculatum (L.) Blanco {Aegicenu majua Gsertn.}. Tinduc- 

 tinducan (Phil.); truntum (M.). 



A constituent of the mangrove swamp, Ceylon to the Philippine! and Australia. 



Wood reddish or dark-brown, often streaked with yellow, moderately 

 hit rd, even-grained. Pores very small, scanty, uniformly distributed. 

 Pith-rays moderately broad to broad, short, scanty, dark, yellow in spots. 

 Very oily; used in structural work and for firewood. 



Camb. 442; Ridl. 212; Van Eed. 161; K. & V. 5:276-278. 



Aegiceras floridum Roem. & Schult. Plate XXIX, fig. 02. 

 Philippines, Amboina, New Guinea. 



Very much like the preceding. 



Ardisia. Wood moderately hard. Pores small, usually in radial lines. 

 Pith-rays broad. 



Ardisia paniculata Roxb. 

 British India. 



Wood pinkish-white, moderately hard. Pores small, in radial lines. 

 Pith-rays short, broad, wavy. 



Camb. 441. 



Maesa. Wood light-brown, soft. Pores small, scanty, sometimes in 

 short radial lines, often filled with resin. Pith-rays usually fine, numer- 

 ous. 



Maesa indica (Roxb.) Wall. 

 British India and Ceylon. 



Brownish-white wood, used for posts. 



Gamb. 438; K. & V. 5:222-224. 



