40 DIPTEROCARPEJE. [ Ilopea. 



fora, Beddome xxvii., in part) is a large tree of Tinnevelly. H. Wiffhtiana, Wall. ; 

 Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 309 ; Beddome t. 96. Vern. Kalbow, kiralboglii, Kan. ; Kong, 

 Tinnevelly, is a large tree of the Western Ghats often forming coppice woods and 

 yielding a good timber. H. glalra, W. and A. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 309 (H. Wightiana, 

 Beddorne t. 96, in part), is a tree of South India ; and H. racophloea, Dyer (Hopea sp., 

 Beddome xxvii) is a tree of the Wynaad with hard, heavy, durable timber. H. ollu)ir/i- 

 folia, Dyer ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 309 ; Kurz i. 121, and H. Griffithii, Kurz i. 122 ; 

 Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 310, are trees of Tenasserim. 



Heartwood yellowish brown, hard, smooth, even-grained ; seasons 

 well. 



1. H. odorata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 609; Hook. PL Ind. i. 308; 

 Kurz i. 120. H. eglandulosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 611. Vern. Thing an, 

 Burm.; Rimda, And. 



A large evergreen tree. Bark \ inch thick, dark, with deep longi- 

 tudinal furrows. Wood yellow or yellowish brown, hard, close and even- 

 grained. Pores moderate-sized and large, less numerous than in sal. 

 Medullary rays short, moderately broad, with a few intermediate fine 

 rays, very prominent, joined by numerous white transverse lines. The 

 rays are visible on a radial section as long straight bands, giving the 

 wood a beautifully mottled appearance. 



Eastern moist zone. Scattered in evergreen forests of British Burma and the 

 Andaman Islands. 



The weight and transverse strength have been determined by the following 

 experiments : 



Weight, Value of P. 



Baker in 1829, 4 experiments with Tavoy wood 7' x 2" x 2" gave 51 Ibs. 839 



Skinner in 1862, No. 80, ... ... Burma 45 706 



Bennett in 1872, No. 5, Andaman 58 737 



Wallich Martaban , 39 



Brandis in 1862, No. 14, Burma 46 



Bmythies in 1878, 8 and Andaman wood 50 f , 



Very durable, e,ff., the specimens brought by Wallich from Tavoy in 1828, which, 

 though now 50 years old, are perfectly sound and good. Boats made of it are said 

 to last 20 years. It is the chief timber tree of Southern Tenasserim. It is used for 

 house-building and canoes ; also considered good for solid cart wheels. It gives a 

 yellow resin, which, according to Major Protheroe, is used by the Andainanese, mixed 

 with beeswax and red ochre, to make a wax used to fasten their spear and arrow- 

 heads. 



2. H. parviflora, Beddome t. 7. Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 308. Vern. Kind 

 toyhi, lirfjUj Kan.; Iruboyam, Malabar. 



A large tree. Wood brown, hard and close-grained. Pores small and 

 moderate-sized, numerous. Medullary rays moderately broad, prominent, 

 generally bent where they touch the poros, uniform ami equidistant, 



W.-^li-ni moist /.our. Malubur mul South Kauara, up to 3,500 ft. 

 Weight, 02 to 63 Ibs. 



