206 BOTANY. 



TOON WOOD. 



Lieut. Nuthall, as quoted by Captain Munro, men- 

 tions toon as one of the woods of Arracan, under the 

 name of " thit-ka-do." We hare, however, the authori- 

 ty of Wallich for saying that thit-ka-do is a species of 

 sterculia, a genus that produces no valuable timber. 

 Still, as it is possible that there may be only a mistake in 

 the name while the thing itself exists, the remark is 

 worth putting on record. 

 Cedrela Toona. 

 c:'Soc.c£jgii 



ACACIA. 



Sirissa acacia is found on the Irrawaddy, and may exist 

 in these Provinces. It is a large tree, and its wood is 

 "dark coloured, and very hard." The fragrant acacia is 

 indigenous in the Provinces, and is said to yield " a hard 

 and strong timber." The largest timber tree belonging 

 to the genus with which lam acquainted, is a common 

 forest tree, and from the character of the genus would no 

 doubt furnish valuable timber. 

 Acacia Sirissa. 



" odoratissima. 



" st'pulata. 



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DALBERGIA. 



There is a large timber tree found throughout the Pro- 

 vinces, sometimes wrought into canoes, which I think is 

 a species of dalbergia, but 1 have never seen it in flower. 

 It is the tree of which, according to Burman geography. 

 there is an immense specimen growing on the Great East- 

 ern Island. 



Dalbergia ? 



CHISEL-HANDLE TREE. 



A common forest tree produces a hard, fine-grain- 

 ed wood which the Karens call the egg tree, and the 

 Burmese the chisel-handle tree, its wood being much 

 used for chisel handles. I have not seen the flower, 



