RECORD: BOXWOODS OF COMMERCE 305 
51. Rays heterogeneous; 1-4, mostly 2-3, cells wide; 1~30 or 1—40 cells high. 
Parenchyma in tangential lines. 
a’, Wood fibers with thick gelatinous layer and yellowish granular con- 
tents; no radial arrangement; pits small, indistinct, simple. Pores in 
part filled with calcium car pit sometimes with tyloses; arranged 
singly or in radially compressed rows of 2-5; arger pores 0.04-0.05 mm 
(tang. diam.). Vessel pits comparative large with elongated aper- 
tures; segments in horizontal iation ie sata section) with 
parenchyma strands (mostly a per strand), and with low rays. 
High rays usually constricted aac at ee. of tiers ng to 5 per 
ray); oh 0.025~0.04 mm., heights in multiples of about 0.17 or 0.18 
mm. up to five; pits into vessels large, simple to Juabaeiiy bordered; 
crystals common. Growth rings limited by line of wood parench ee 
slight Meas in density. Barroa, or SAN Domincan Boxwoop 
Phyllostylon brasiliensis Cap. 
Wood fibers without gelatinous layer and without contents; eg 
to radial arrangement; pits distinctly bordered. Pores open or with 
yellowish gum contents; arranged singly or occasionally ie poe 
larger pores about 0.04 mm. (tang. di ate Vessel pits very small; seg- 
ments not in horizontal itn Rays 1-30 cells high; max. 0.03-— 
0.04mm. X 0.6 mm.; pits into eels aa half bordered, lattice-like 
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appearance; many cells with yellow contents; no crystals observe 
Growth rings due to narrow pore-less zones. KNYSNA or KAMASSI 
Boxwoop; Gonioma Kamassi E. Mey 
CHECK LIST OF THE COMMON NAMES OF THE BOXWOODS 
Buxus sempervirens: Box, boxwood, Turkish boxwood (gen- 
eral); Abassian, Anatolian, Circassian, Corsican, English, Par- 
thenian, Persian, and Turkish boxwoods (trade); buis, buis 
commun, buis beni (French); gemeine Buchsbaum, Buchsbaum- 
holz, Buchsholz (German); buxo, madeira de buxo (Portuguese) ; 
boj, madera de boj (Spanish); bosso, bosso comun, bossolo 
(Italian); boksboom, boksboomhout, busboom (Dutch); buxbom, 
buxbomstra (Swedish); boksboom buksbom (Danish); tsuge, hon- 
tsuge, asama-tsuge, benten-tsuge, kara-tsuge, detchiki (Japan); 
wong-yong, huan-yang (China); fang-guyan-gmok (Korea); 
shanda laghtine (Afghanistan); chikri (Kashmir); papri, papar, 
paprang, shamshad, shumaj (Punjab); shibsashin (Byans); box 
(Anglo Saxon); buxus (Latin); teasshur (Hebrew). 
Buxus Macowani: Cape boxwood, East London boxwood, 
African boxwood (Trade). 
Gonioma Kamassi: Kamassi boxwood, Knysna boxwood, 
East London boxwood, Cape boxwood (trade); kamassi, kamas- 
sihout (Dutch). 
