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Eui); Diptorocarpus tulcrculatus, lioxb 57 



lirowii, pretty closc-jirained mid easily worked. Decays wlicu exposed to tlie 

 weatlu-r, but for indoor purposes is wortliy of attention from its size and eheapness. 

 It would probably prove durable enough if fully seasoned first, and painted after- 

 wards, or tarred if exposed out of doors. 



Gyn-di Quercus Amhersdana, Wall 59 



Colour when fresh brownish-red, fadiiig to pale reddish-brown. "Wood hard, 

 strong and durable, but not easy to work from its crooked grain. An excellent 

 wood for coarse carpentry, and these remarks doubtless apply to more than one 

 species of Quercus in Burma. 



Gan-gor 2Ie>iua ferrea, L 69 



lied or brownish-i'od. Wood hard, strong and imperishabh^ ; close, but cross- 

 grained, and very difhrult to dress. Selected slabs would form handsome furniture, 

 and for all purposes calling for strength and durability this wood lias few superiors. 



Hraani Gardenia erythroclada, Kurz 54 



AVood very pale, but hard and close-grained. Is too small in scantling to prove 

 of use, save perhaps for the manufacture of toys. 



Hma-chouk . ... (Botanical name unknown) 51 



Brown, with rather a fine and pretty grain. It would serve for ornamental 

 furniture. 



Hnor (Ilnau) . . . Xaudea cordifoUa, Roxb 61 



Heartwood browuisli-yellow, sapwood paler and brighter, both close-grained 

 and excellent for furniture, toys, combs, and the like. The wood dresses easily, and 

 looks well when finished. 



Gamble says this tree has no heartwood. In speaking therefore above of the 

 heartwood, I mean the inner wood, which is certainly differently coloured from 

 the outer: call it heartwood or not. I cannot understand the weight of this wood 

 as given by Gamble, only one of his specimens reaching 50 lbs., whereas mine 

 weighs ()1 lbs., a picked sample it is true. The name is correctly given by Brandis 

 ' Hnau ' (Catalogue, 18G2), but mis-spelt by Kurz, Ilnan, which is unfortunately 

 copied by Gamble. 



Hpan-ga .... Terminalia tomatella, Kz (M 



Heartwood dark brown, sapwood pale yellowish. Hard, strong and durable, tho 

 sapwood of old trees being scarcely inferior to the heart. An excellent wood for 

 house carpentry and strong furniture, and procurable of great size, furniture made 

 of the dark heartwood would be scarcely inferior in look to that made of walnut. 



Hpa-la-wa . . . . ( Garcmia spcciona, Jlde Gamble) CO 



lleddish-brown, witli a rather fine grain, and probably well suited for furniture. 



Hpe-wnn .... Berrya amonUhi, lloxb 50 



Ile<ldish-brown, with a fine grain, dresses easily, and is well adapted for 

 ornamental carpentry, but usually of small scantling. Seasons very slowly, never 

 seeming thoroughly to get rid inside of a certain amount of moisture. 



llpet-than .... Spathodca stlpuhita, Wall. {Jido Brandis) . . 53 



Pale brownish-orange, pretty close-grained, dresses easily, and when polished 

 is a remarkably handsome wood, cnual to mahogany. It is admirably adapted for 

 furniture and fancy carpentry. 



Brandis was no doubt correct in his original reference of Hpet-than to Spathodca, 

 and Gamble has followed Kurz in his error of applying tho name to Ileterophragma. 

 Kurz is also in error in applying tho name Jtfalud to the same tree. I judge this 

 to be the case, as Gamble di'scribes the vroodoi Jleterop/irciffma as "yellowish-white," 

 which does not apply to ' Upet-than.' 



