556 POXWORTHY. 



.meat. The durability is probably due to the large amount of oil con- 

 tained in the wood. This oil is used medicinally, as a substitute for 

 linseed oil and as a varnish." (Gamb. 520-531.) 



Nord. IV (sapwood only); Watt Dirt. 6 4 : 1-14; llidl. 220; Winton 229; 

 Wiesner 2:1003-1005; K. & V. 7:105-172; Van Eed. 189-194; Blits 4S-50; Phil. 

 Woods 394; Stone 170; Stevenson 209-274; HollzapfTel 107. 



The teak is probably the best known of all tropical woods. It has a 

 wider range of usefulness than any other and has become the standard 

 for estimating the value of other woods from the rest of the world. Other 

 woods surpass it for special purposes, but for general utility there is 

 none to equal it. Moreover, the way in which it adapts itself to cultiva- 

 tion on comparatively poor soil makes it certain that it can maintain a 

 place in the world's markets indetinitely. 



Tectona hamiltoniana Wall. 

 Burma. 



A hard and very heavy wood, which is light-brown, close-g rained, with 

 an irregular dark-brown heartwood. Tores small, often subdivided, rather 

 scanty. Tith-rays fine, the distance between them equal to the trans- 

 verse diameter of the pores. Seasonal rings marked by a continuous 

 white line with somewhat larger pores. Harder and heavier than teak. 



Gamb. 534. 



Vitex. Wood gray, brown or olive-brown, moderately hard to very 

 hard. Tores small or moderate-sized. Tith-rays fine to moderately broad. 



Vitex aherniana Merr. Plate XXX, fig. 103. Sasalit. 

 Philippines. 



Very hard and heavy to very heavy. Dark-brownish-yellow. Very 

 durable; house posts, etc. 

 Phil. Woods 392; Gard. 07. 



Vitex altissima L. f. Myrole; mibella. 

 British India and Ceylon. 



Wood gray with a tinge of olive-brown, hard, close-grained, polishes 

 well. Seasonal rings distinctly marked by a belt of firmer wood on the 

 outer edge. Tores small, scanty. Tith-rays fine, numerous, wavy, very 

 heavy. Structural work and carts. 



Gamb. 540; Watt Diet. 6*: 247. 



Vitex littoralis Dene, ^itex timoriensis Walp.) Plate XXX, fig. 104. 

 Molave. 



Philippines, Timor. 



Wood hard and heavy; pale-yellow; fine and usually straight-grained. 

 Seasonal rings present, diffuse-porous. Slightly acid odor. Bitter taste. 

 Turning greenish-yellow whcii treated with an alkaline solution. Stain- 

 ing water a greenish-yellow color. Often said to be the finest Philippine 

 wood. Much valued for house and ship building. Classed in the third 

 line of Lloyd's Kegister. Some of its uses in the Thilippines are: 



