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parenchyma, separating broader bands of firm texture, in which the 

 fine and numerous pith-rays are distinctly visible. 



Gamb. 470 : N6rd. XI. 



Salvadora oleoides Dene. 

 British India, Afghanistan. 



Wood light-red, moderately hard, with a small, irregular, purple 

 heartwood. Pores large and small, oval, often subdivided, surrounded 

 l>v irregular patches of wood parenchyma, which are joined into wavy, 

 irregular, zigzag, concentric bands; scanty, hut much more numerous and 



prominent than in S. persica, prominent on a vertical s,rtion. Pith-rays 

 fine, numerous, distinct, at unequal distances. Structural work, agri- 

 cultural implements, Persian wheels and the knee timbers of boats. 

 Gamb. 477. tab. Y. fuj. ', ; Xord. X: Watt Diet. 6 :44S. 



LOGANIACE^. 



Fagraea. Plate XXIX, fig. 96. Wood hard, close-grained, gray or 

 light-brown. Pores large, Bcanty, often subdivided. Pith-rays fine, verj 



numerous. Concentric pale hands numerous: in these there may be 

 (extremely fine) pores. 



Fagraea fastigiata HI. Malebera; malbira. 



Malay Peninsula, Java. 



Wood of a dirty yellowish color with very close narrow rays, and 

 scattered pores partitioned. It has a. great reputation for resisting 

 water, and if the trunks are used with the hark on. resist the teredo, so 

 that it is a, very valuable timber for wharfs and piles. 



Ridl. 217; K. & V. 9:80. 



Fagraea fragrans Roxb. Amui (Burm.) ; tembusu (M.); "kings-wood;" 

 Ua joe rail jali : orung I Phil, ) . 



British India. Burma, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



Wood light-brown, hard, close-grained. Pores (or intercellular ducts) 

 large, very scanty, often subdivided and filled with a white substance. 

 Numerous pale concentric hands alternating with hands of firmer tissue 

 in which the fine numerous pith-rays are distinctly visible. Numerous 

 very fine, parallel transverse lines in longitudinal section. One of the 

 most important woods of the Malay Peninsula. One of the besl woods 

 for piling. House building, boat anchors, etc. Very durable, untouched 

 by white ants anil fungus and lasts a long time in the ground. 



Gamb. 4!)(>; Wiesner 2:1015: Ridl. 216; Watt Diet. 5:S12; Van Bed. 17!); 

 K. & V. 9: st;. 



