700 BURMA, ITS rEOPLE AND PRODUCTIOXS. 



celebrated ' Poon'' spars being probably cut from a species of Caloplnjllum, if not 

 from tbc present tree. Good for coarse carpentry. 



Pyeng-ma .... Lagerstramia fios-reyinm, Retz 39 



Eeddisli-brown, a coarse-looking wood, but useful for house carpentry and 

 furniture, dressing easily and being not too heavy, as is so commonly the case with 

 handsomer woods. 



Pyan-an Carapa ohovata, Bl. (?) 46 



Dark red, selected planks look as well when polished as mahogany. A first-class 

 furniture wood, and good for house carpentry and general use. 



Kurz applies the name Pyn-le-6ag to both Carapa ohovata and C. Molucccnsis. 



Pyn-le-ong .... Carapa Moliiccensis, Lam 44 



Similar to the last, and an excellent substitute for mahogany, for furniture and 

 ornamental carpentry. Is intermediate in looks between mahogany and cedar. 



Pyn-le-ka-na-zo, see Ka-na-zo. 



Pyn-ga-do .... Xi/lia dulabriformis, Bth 68 



Brownish-red, hard, close-grained, strong and imperishable. For strength and 

 durability has no superior. 



Sha Acacia catechu, Willd 69 



Brownish-red, hard, strong, and im])erishable. It cbcsscs easily, and, when 

 polished, looks like mah.ogany. But that it is very fissile and apt to split, it would 

 for hardness and durability have no superior ; old stumps exposed to the weather 

 seeming to defy its influence, as though made of iron. 



Slui-hpyu. ■ White Sha.' Cicca einhlica, L 



Kurz incorrectly calls this tree Ta-sha-jwn. At all events throughout Pegu it 

 is only known as the ' White Sha.' 



The wood is said to be durable under water, and so of use in timbering the 

 sides of wells and such purposes. 



Sham-pai-ok . . . (Botanical name unknown) 42 



Eeddish-brown. A second-class wood for coarse carpentry. 



Sow-to Wali^ura robusta. Eoxb 57 



Pale yellow, rather coarse-grained, but very tough and strong. A coarse but 

 valuable timber where strength is desired, as for house carpentry, etc. I am not sure 

 however if the specific name is correctly determined. Balfour gives its vernacular 

 name as "Joe-boe" (sic), jio-bo, which is Schlcichera triJiKja! Kurz gives "Gyo-pho" 

 (jio-bo or hpyu? which I do not know). Perhaps both names may be applied to the 

 same tree, and it is called Sow-yo in Tenasserim. Mason saj's it is a Bulhergia. 



Syn-nen-thayet . . Mangifcra nyhaiioa, Eoxb 30 



Grey, coarse-grained, and fit only for coarse carpentry and rough boxes. It 

 resembles mango wood, but is not so strong. 



Syt Albizzia proccra, Bth 34 



Pale yellowish-brown, open fibrous grain, but dresses easily and takes a good 

 polish. An excellent wood for furniture, being very light and good-looking. 



Swe-dor, or Sowe-do (Botanical name unknown) 



A strong, hard wood of Tenasserim, of which I only know the name. 

 Tar-hpi CaJophijllum itwphi/Uum 35 



Pale brownish-red, soft, and easily worked. Excellent for light carpentry, and 

 resembles cedar in npiiearance. 



Te Diospi/ros Burinanlca, Kz 53 



Palo greyish-yellow, rather streaky. A strong wood for coarse carpentry, but 

 of small scantling. The name Te is applied probably to other species of Bioftpijros. 



