554 



POXWOBTHY 



them, well marked on a radial section; the distance between the rays 

 greater than the transverse diameter of the pores. Charcoal. 

 Camb. 525; Ridl. 218. 



Gmelina arborea Roxb. Gnonmr teak} peddah gomraj gumaMi. 

 British India, Burma, Ceylon. 



Wood yellowish, grayish, or reddish-white, with a glossy luster, even- 

 grained, soft, light and strong, durable, docs not warp or crack. Seasonal 

 Pings marked either by a white line or by more numerous pores in the 

 > !" m - unn,L l>(,,vs Urge and moderate-sized, often subdivided, rather 

 promineni on a rertica] section; sometimes arranged in rough, more or 

 less concentric lines. Pith-rays short, moderately broad, prominent. 

 Wood easily worked and readily takes paint or varnish; it is verv durable 

 under water. Highly esteemed for planking, furniture, door-panels. 



carriages and palanquins, and for well-work, boats, toys, packing-cases 

 and all ornamental work; it is used in Burma for carving images and 



canoes. Roxburgh says it is very like teak. 



Gamb, 537-539; Ncird. IV; Watt Diet. 3:515; E.-Pr. 4«':17:i. 



Peronema canescens Jack. Soengkei -mdajoe (Sumatra); loewis-madang 



(Borneo). ■ 



Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



Wood white, light but fairly hard; rings distinct, marked witli a close 

 continuous -line of pores. Pores large, few, often partitioned. Tsed 

 for house posts and bridge building 



Van Eed. 188; Ridl. 219; K. & V. 7:214. 



^ Premna. Wood light-brown or gray, often streaked, moderately hard. 

 Pores small or moderate-sized, rather scanty, often subdivided.' Pith- 

 rays fine or moderately broad, with a silver grain of very small plans. 

 Premna integrifolia L. 

 Ceylon, British India, Burma, Philippines. 



Wood light-creamy-brown, moderately hard, even-grained. Pores mod- 

 erate-sized, sometimes subdivided, numerous. Pith-rays fine, close, fairly 

 numerous. Wood with pleasant scent, fresh and fragrant, not so aromatic 

 as sandal. 



Gamh. 535. 



Premna pyramidata Wall. 

 Burma. 



Wood very light-brown or yellowish-white, often streaked, hard, close- 

 grained, smooth. I 'ores small or moderate-sized, sometimes subdivided 

 fairly numerous. Pith-rays one to moderately broad, numerous, close.' 

 Wood seasons and polishes well and is used for weaving-shuttles. 



(Jamb. 536, 1ab. AT, fig. 5 ; Nord. IV. 



