552 POXWOBTHY. 



Wrightia tomentosa Roem. & Schult. 

 Iiiii isli I odia, ( 'eylon, Burma. 



Wood white or yellowish, moderately hard, even-grained. Seasonal 

 rings marked by a pale Line and occasionally more pores; pores in the 

 rest of the wood very small, in short radial groups, scanty. Pith-rays 

 very fine and extremely fine, very numerous, closely packed. Turnery 

 and wood carving. 



Gamb. 4S7 ; \\ alt Diet. 6':.'517. 



oiIht genera of Apocyvaceae which occasionally furnish pieces of fine-grained 

 wood are Oerbera, Kickaria, Oohroaia and Tabemaamontana. These usually arc of 

 hut scattered occurrence and small size. 



BORRAGINACE^J. 



No well-marked character for the family. 



Cordia. Pores of variable size, more or less joined by concentric, often 

 broken, bells of loose tissue, separated by darker belts in which the pith- 

 ravs are prominent. ('. myxa and ('. octandra have soft woods, the 

 others have hard woods much resembling good teak: durable and suitable 

 for carpent ry. 



Cordia fragrantissima Km/. 

 Burma. 



Wood moderately hard, reddish-brown with darker streaks, beautifully 



mottled, has a fragrant scent. Tores moderate-sized to large, m round- 

 ish patches, which are joined by occasional, broken, concentric lines. 

 Pith-rays rather distant, moderately broad. Small quantities have been 

 exported to London. 



Gamb. 601, toft. XI, fig. ft; NOrd. X. 



Cordia myxa L 



Egypt to tropical Australia: also frequently planted. 



Wood grayish-brown, moderately hard. Pores moderate-sized or large, 

 scanty, scattered and frequently double, or partitioned, joined by angled 

 wood cells; the alternate hands denser and closer in texture. I'ith-ravs 

 short, moderately broad, -hallow. Boat building, well-curbs, agricultural 

 implements, gunstocks, canoes. 



Gamb. 500, tab. XI, fig. I : Nttrd. X •. K. A V. 7:64 66. 



Ehretia. Wood very light-brownish or yellowish-white, moderately 

 hard, even-grained, usually rough. Pores small, in radial lines or scat- 

 tered, in some species larger in the earlier-formed wood where they mark 

 the seasonal rings. I'ith-ravs line to moderately broad, regular. 



Ehretia acuminata Br. 



British India. Burma, -lava to Australia. 



Wood very light-brown, rough, moderately hard, resembling that of 

 the ash. Pores of two kinds: those in the earlier-formed wood, large 

 ami closely packed in a line, making conspicuous seasonal rings; those 



in the rest of the wood small, scattered. I'ith-ravs short, moderately 



