694 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE AND PRODUCTIONS. 



in strength and endurance ; would suit, lio'wcTer, for various uses where it would 

 not be exposed to the weather. 



Kurz describes the wood as " brown, close-grained, rather soft." Gamble calls 

 it "hard." 



Byu-ben .... DiUenia pulclterrima , Kz 66 



Wood pale reddish-brown, tine-grained, but rather coarse-looking, reputed to 

 be strong, but not much used. It splits more easily than any wood I know, and 

 is therefore of value as a firewood and for faggots. For sleepers, however, it would 

 have to be hooped at the ends to prevent splitting. 



Bwc-zyn .... Bauliinea variegaia 42 



Wood a very pale brown, rather coarse, but easy to work. Would probably 

 prove a fair second-class wood whci-e protected from exposure. 



Blia-mor Tctraniliera grandis, Wall 52 



Wood a pale yellow, rather close and straight-grnined. A good second-class wood. 



In his 1862 catalogue Branilis did not know the tree yielding this wood. In 

 his Forest Flora, Kurz (who, it must be remembered, was a botanist as well as 

 more forest officer) identifies the wood as belonging to Tetranthera ; yet Gamble (or 

 I)r. Brandis, who really dictated the words, I presume) refers the wood to Anotiatea;. 

 Kow this I consider as hardly justifiable. The wood before Gamble may have 

 belonged to the Aitonace<e as is suggested, but as he describes it as "olive grej" " 

 (page 11) it is very nnlikely that it is Blia-mor at all, for Bha-mor is a yellowish 

 wood comparable with box. At all events, before so completely ignoring the 

 testimony of Kurz, the authority should at least have been given, on which the 

 Anonaceous (?) wood, forwarded in 1 867 fiom Burma, was identified as Bha-mor 

 (Baman) by Gamble, in so summary a fashion. 



Bon-me-za .... Albizzia stipiilata, Boiv 28 



Colour a lively lirown, grain coarse and open, but a thoroughly good wood for 

 light carpentry jnirposes, with much of the look of walnut, only much lighter. 



Byn-gil JNtnu'lea rofundifolia, Eoxb 37 



Wood a very pale yellowish-brown, rather close and easy to work. A good 

 sccoud-class wood. Gamble gi\es -17 lbs. as the weight of the wood, but this I regard 

 as ei'roneous for the seasoned wood. 



Chin-yok GariKja pinnafa, Roxb 45 



Pale reddish-brown. A coarse wood, not much esteemed. 



Chonn-douk . . . Payandia multijuga 25 



Yellowish-brown, straight-grained and not unlike teak in appearance. Works 

 easily and seems a good second-class wood for light iudoor work. 



The wood described by Gamble (Brandis) from the Audamans seems totally 

 different from the Pegu tree, the wood of which is certainly not "orange-brown." 

 As a single specimen only is quoted, I consider it not improbable that the Andaman 

 wood may have been wi'ongiy identified. Cltoundouh in Pegu is certainly not a " fiue 

 wood," as Gamble (Brandis) describes it. 



Che-ben Semecarpus jjandaratus, Kz 



Wood worthless. 



Che-thc, see Thayet-thyt-si. 



Dwfi-ni Eriohma CandoJIci, Wall 42 



Wood pale orange-red, rather coarse, and a fail' second-class wood for liglit 

 carpentry. 



Eng-jyn Poit/icmc Sinmenxis, Miq. ....... 55 



Colour liglit brown, grain close and straight, wood strong and lasting. A first- 

 class w'ood, surpassed by few for general purposes. 



