250 EBENACE*:. \_Diospyros. 



mass of ebony occupying the centre of the tree is large and very 

 irregular in outline, and frequently encloses interrupted concentric belts 

 of light-coloured wood. Pores small and very small, often oval and 

 subdivided, between the very fine and extremely numerous, uniform 

 and equidistant, wavy, medullary rays. Numerous, very fine transverse 

 bars across the rays. 



Andaman Islands. 



Weight of the ebony 80 Ibs. per cubic foot ; tbe specimens partly ebony, partly 

 grey wood, give 57 to 62 Ibs. Brandis in his Memo, of August 25th, 1874, gives 

 70 Ibs. The wood is used for cabinet work and should be better known, as a substitute 

 for the Ceylon Calamauder wood, which it resembles in appearance. It is said byMajor 

 Ford to be used in the Andamans for handles and sheaths of blades, and for furniture. 

 Home's surveys gave 224 trees or 1 tree per acre ; so it is pretty common. 



Ibs. 



B 2203. Andaman Islands (1866) 57 



B 2498. (Home, 1874, No. 15) .... 80 

 B 521. 62 



3. D. ehretioides, Wall.; Kurz ii. 129. Vern. OuJc-chingza, Burm. 

 A large tree with dark-grey bark. Wood dark grey, with darker 



streaks, moderately hard, even -grained. Pores moderate-sized, scanty, 

 often oval and subdivided. Medullary rays fine, numerous. Numerous 

 fine, wavy, concentric lines across the rays. 



Burma. 



Weight, according to Brandis' List of 1862, No. 73, 41 Ibs. ; our specimens give 

 53 Ibs. The wood is used for house-posts. 



Ibs. 



B 1422. Tharrawaddi, Burma 54 



B 2542. Burma (1862) 52 



4. D. OOCarpa, Thw. Enum. 180. Vern. Radoembaireya, Cingh. 

 Wood purplish brown, with black streaks, moderately hard. Pores 



moderate-sized. Medullary rays very fine, very numerous. Numerous 

 fine, wavy, concentric lines. 



Concan, Mysore and Ceylon. 



A handsome wood. Weight, 45 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Ibs. 

 No. 40. Ceylon Collection (marked Diospyros sp.) . . . .45 



5. D. quaesita, Thwaites Euum. 179; Beddome cxlv. ; Braudis 296. 

 Calamander Wood. Vern. Kaloomidereya, Cingh. 



A large tree. Wood hard, consisting of irregular alternate layers of 

 black ebony and greyish brown wood. Pores scanty, moderate-sized, 

 in short radial lines. Medullary rays fine, numerous, equidistant, 

 traversed by innumerable wavy concentric lines. 



Ceylon. 



Weight, according to Adrian Mendis' List, 57 Ibs. per cubic foot ; Skinner, No. 62, 

 60 Ibs. ; our ^.crimc-n gives 63 Ibs. Skinner gives P = 751. 



The most valuable ornamental wood in Ceylon ; it is now scarce, but is much iu 

 demand. 



Ibs. 



D 2923. S. India or Ceylon 53 



No. 12. Ceylon t'oll.vtion (D. Iti'mnta) 57 



