546 FOXWOKTHY. 



(2) Heart wood regularly streaked black and brown or gray: kurzii. quaeaitd, 

 oocarpa, thicaitcsii, gardneri, insignia, oppositifolia, undulata. 



(3) Ileartwood very small, merely black streaks in the brownish-gray or gray 

 wood: embryopteris, foliolosa, sylvatica, ehrctioides, microphylla, humilis, ov<tli- 

 folia, kaki, tupru. 



(4) Heartwood none, wood red, white, gray, or yellowish: martabanica, mon- 

 tana, toposia, foliolosa, lotus, chloroxylon , oppositifolia, oandolleana, vilngirica, 

 critmenaia, pyrrhocarpa. 



Ceylon ebonies.- — The ebonies, perhaps, reach their highest development 

 on the Island of Ceylon. Thev have been carefully studied and II. 

 Wright's "The Genus Diospyros in Ceylon; its Morphology, Anatomy 

 and Taxonomy" * is much the most complete work of its sort. 



Diospyros ebenum Konig. 11am (M.) ; ebbenhout; ebony. 

 Ceylon, south India, Sumatra, Malacca, the Moluccas, Celebes. 



This is the best-known ebony tree. There is very little of it cut in 

 India, the trees not being very common, and being found only here and 

 there and of small size; but in Ceylon it is one of the chief woods, the 

 average sales being 300 tons yearly. When the wood of this species is 

 evenly black, it is sold as ebony; when it is at all streaked, it is sold as 

 "bastard" ebony. Used for turning, cabinet work, piano keys, rulers, 

 walking sticks, brushes and general furniture, in Europe; and in China, 

 for chopsticks, pipes and carved stands. 



Wright 14G-151; Van Eed. 168. 



The following are a few of the best-known commercial ebonies. 



Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb. 

 British India and Ceylon. 



This produces most of the ebony that comes from British India. It 

 is rare in Ceylon. 



Gamb. 461, tab. IX, fig. C> ; Nord. IX; Stone 154, pi X, fig. 85; Wright 174-178. 



Diospyros quaesita Thw. Calamander or Coromandel wood. 

 Ceylon. 



lied, hazel-brown or chocolate-brown, with handsome black stripes. 

 This very beautiful wood is found only in Ceylon and seems not to be 

 plentiful there, but it has set a widely recognized standard of beauty. It 

 is used for a great many different kinds of ornaments. 



Wright 166-171; Boulger 178. 



/>. kurzii of the Andaman Islands, is said to furnish wood very much like 

 calamander in ornamental value. D. o<>\'tirp<i and D. affmis of Ceylon arc also 

 said to approach calamander in ornamental value, but they have a much larger 

 proportion of the useless sapwood. The camagon, Diospyros discolor Willd.. of 

 the Philippines (Phil. Woods 380), is not to be distinguished in appearance from 

 (Salamander. It is more plentiful and is at least as good a wood. 



4 Ann Roy. Bot. Gard. Peradeniya 2 (1904-05) 1-204. 



