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(3.) the Malay Peninsula, with the intervening (2.) Andaman 
Islands ; (4.) Sumatra; (5.) Java; (6.) Borneo; (7.) the Mo- 
luccas ; (8.) New Guinea; (9.) the Philippines, and, as we have 
already seen, to some extent South China ; and (10.) Ceylon. Dip- 
terocarpacee, or wood-oil trees, Apocynaceee, Ficus, and other rubber- 
yielding trees, and pitcher-plants (Wepenthes) are characteristic. 
Teak (Zectona grandis, L.; nat. order, Verbenacec) flourishes in 
the heavy rainfall of Southern India, the Malay Peninsula, Java, 
and Sumatra, its northern limit being about 25° N.; whilst the 
other chief trees of this area belong to the orders J'erebinthacee, 
Sapindacee, Meliacee, Clusiacee, Camelliacee, Leguminose, Sapo- 
tacee, and Lauracee. The Indian timbers in the following 
alphabetical list are mainly those of the celebrated “ Index 
collection.” 
Abies Smithiana, Forbes. Himalayan spruee. 
A, Webbiana, Lindl. Himalayan silver fir. 
Acacia arabica, Willd. ‘‘ Babal,” ‘‘ gum arabic ” (Leguminosee), reaching 50 
to 60 feet in height and 3 to 4 feet in diameter, and forming a hard, durable 
wood for wheels, presses, tool-handles, etc. Its bark is used in dyeing and 
tanning, and its gum is “ gum arabic.” 
A. Catechu, Willd. ‘‘ Khair.” ‘‘ Catechu,” or ‘‘ cutch,” or ‘‘terra japo- 
nica,” of which 3000 tons were imported in 1877, is obtained from the heart- 
wood. 
A. ferruginea, DC. ‘‘ Khair.” 
A. leucophlea, Willd. 
Acer cesium, Willd. (Acerinee.) ‘‘ Trekhan.” 
A. Campbelli, Hook. fil. & Thom. 
A. levigatum, Willd. 
A. pictum, Thunb. 
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius, Wight. (Leqguminose.) ‘‘ Mandania.” 
Adina cordifolia, Hook. fil. & Thom. (=Nawclea cordifolia, Roxb.). 
‘“‘Haldu.” (Rubiacee.) A hard wood used in Burmah for making combs. 
Adenanthera pavonina, L. ‘‘ Redwood,” ‘‘red sandal-wood,” “ Rakta- 
chandan.” (ZLeguminose.) The hard red heart-wood is used in building and 
cabinet-work and as a red dye, and the red seeds for ornaments. 
Aigle Marmelos, Correa. ‘‘ Bael” fruit. (Aurantiacee.) 
Aesculus indica, Colebrooke. (Sapindacew.) ‘‘ Bankhor.” 
Afzlia bijuga, A. Gray. ‘‘Shoondul” or ‘*Pynkado,” a small ever- 
green with red-brown, hard, heart-wood; used in building and for clubs. 
(Leguminose. ) 
Ailantus excelsa, DC. (Simarubee.) ‘* Maha rukh.” 
Alangium Lamarckii, Thwaites. (Cornacee.) ‘ Akola.” 
Albizzia amara, Boivin. (Leguminose.) ‘‘Lallei.” 
A. Julibrissin, Durazz. ‘‘ Pink siris.” Heart-wood, almost black, used 
for furniture. 
