1NDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 539 



Maesa rugosa Clarke. 

 British India and Java. 

 Gamb. 437. 



Myrsine africana L. 



British India and South Africa. 



Wood light-brown, moderately hard. Pores extremely small, scat- 

 tered or in short radial lines, between the distant, moderately broad 

 pith-rays, which contain many resin-cells. 



Gamb. 43S; Nord. V (If. rctusa Ait.). 



SAPOTACEiE. 



The wood of the Sapotacew has a well-marked character, somewhat 

 difficult to describe accurately, but easily recognized when understood, 

 as it resembles that of no other family except Ebenacew, where the woods 

 are usually black or gray, while those of Sapotacew are usually red. Wood 

 hard, smooth, durable; hear! wood dark-colored, generally red. Pores 

 small and moderate-sized, in wavy, radial lines, which are frequently 

 oblique, the lines being more or less in echelon. Pith-rays numerous, 

 fine, equidistant, joined by fine, transverse bars or concentric lines of 

 loose texture. 



Bassia. Wood hard, smooth, durable, usually with red heartwood. 

 Pores small and moderate-sized, in short radial or oblique lines, more or 

 less in echelon. Pith-rays numerous, fine, equidistant, joined by fine 

 transverse bars. 



Bassia latifolia Roxb. 

 British India and Burma. 



Wood hard to very hard; sapwood large; heartwood reddish-brown. 

 Seasonal rings indistinct. House building, furniture and country vessels, 

 naves of wheels. 



Gamb. 447, tab. IX, fig. J,; Nord. X. 



Chrysophyllum roxburghii G. Don. "Star apple." 

 British India, Java, Sumatra and Philippines. 



Wood white, close-grained, moderately hard. Pores in small radial 

 lines bending into oblique strings. Pith-rays numerous, very fine. 

 Shingles. 



Gamb. 443; Ridl. 212; K. & V. 1:130; Lewis 309. 



Illipe. Wood soft to very hard and light to very heavy. Wood of 

 some species very durable. Reddish. At any rate the harder woods with 

 a considerable amount of saponin in the wood, lathering when wet. 



Illipe latifolia (Roxb.) Engler. (Bassia latifolia Roxb.) "Butter tree;" "ma- 

 hua tree." 



British India. 



Wood hard with red heart. 

 Watt Diet. 1:445. 



