INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 551 



fine, wavy, concentric lines at unequal distances. Used for floats, black- 

 boards, tool handles, scabbards, coffins, etc. 



Gamb. 483, tab. X, fig. 5; Becc. 580; Nord. X; Ridl. 216; Phil. Woods 382; 

 Watt Diet, 1 :199; Van Eed. 174; K. & V. 1 : 117-120; Wiesner 2:1022; Lewis 309. 



Dyera. Wood white, very soft and very light, with large pores, which 

 are rather few in number. Pith-rays close; numerous, fine, irregular 



transverse lines of wood parenchyma, 



Dyera costulata Hook. f. Jelutong. 

 Malay Peninsula. 



Used for making clogs, and also for planking, boxes, models, the 



cheaper grade of Chinese coffins, etc. 



Ridl. 215. 



Dyera lowii Hook. f. Plate XXX, fig. 99. Jelutong, djeloetoeng, djiuluton. 

 Borneo. 



Much the same uses as the preceding. Both of these species furnish 

 wood which closely resembles that of Alstonia scholaris. 



Van Eed. 170; Bargagli-Petrucci 84; Becc. 580. 



Holarrhena antidysenterica Wall. Kurchi bark; conessi bark. 

 British India and Burma. 



Wood white, soft, even-grained. Seasonal rings marked by a faint 

 line. Pores small, numerous, grouped in radial lines. Pith-rays fine, 

 very numerous. Cellular tissue loose. Wood carving. 



(iamb. 484; Nord. VII; Watt Diet. 4:258. 



Wrightia. Wood white, moderately hard. Pores small, scanty, in 

 shod radial lines. Pith-rays very fine, numerous. 



Wrightia javanica DC. Bintaos; mentaos, djalitri. 

 Java, British India. 



Used for wood carving and ornament. 

 Van Eed. 177; K. & V. 1:112-114. 



Wrightia laniti (Blanco) Merr. Plate XXX, fig. 100. Lanete. 

 Philippines. 



This wood is not to be distinguished from the last. It is the best 

 Philippine wood for carving; and it is used in the carving of sacred 

 images, light construction, bolo scabbards, canes, cooking utensils, chair-, 

 musical instruments, shoes, trunks, turning, wardrobes, window-sills. 



Phil. Woods 385. 



Wrightia tinctoria R. Br. 

 British India and Burma. 



Wood ivory-white, moderately hard, even-grained. Pores scanty, very 

 small, in short radial lines. Pith-rays extremely fine, numerous. Wood 

 carving. 



Gamb. 486; Watt Diet. 6 4 :317. 



