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Dalbergia Oliveri (Tree). — A large tree yielding very handsome 

 wood. It is hard, close-grained, with white sap-wood and a dark red- 

 dish-brown heart. It is used to a considerable extent in India. 



Dalbergia spinosa (Shrub). — According to Kurz, this wood is 

 smooth, silver-white in colour, and close-grained. Occasionally the 

 colour is brownish-white. 



Dalhousiea bracteata (Shrub). — A climbing shrub occurring in 

 India, with a soft yellowish-white wood. 



Derris robusta (Tree). — According to Roxburgh, this is an exceed- 

 ingly quick-growing tree. The hard brown wood is used in India. 



Desmodium. — The genus Dcsmodium includes shrubs the wood of 

 which is used in India. The chief is D. tilisefoliuin; the wood of this 

 variety is yellowish-brown with a dark centre; it makes a good fuel. 

 The varieties D. uuibcUatiDii, D. cepJialotes, D. fidchelhan, D. con- 

 fertinn yield hard woods varying in colour from white to yellowish- 

 white and dark gre}'. 



Diplotropis guianensis (Tree). — In this tree the sap-wood is as hard 

 as the duramen ; they both show very strong interlacing fibres. The 

 wood is used for making wheel hubs, pump casings, recoil checks for 

 guns, and railway sleepers. 



The density is o"ogi ; breaking strain, 283 kilos. 



Erythrina Corallodendron (Shrub). — This species is chiefly used to 

 mark the boundaries of estates. It is a spiny shrub with a soft, spongy 

 wood bearing terrible spines and forming impenetrable hedges. It is 

 a native of the AVest Indies, and in the West Indies the wood, which is 

 white, is used in cabinet-making and is termed in French bois iVUninnr- 

 telle. 



Erythrina indica (Tree).— The carob-tree of India. It is cultivated 

 both in that country and in Burma. At certain periods of the year 

 it loses all its leaves and only retains the scarlet flowers. This tree 

 is 10 metres in height and i metre in circumference; the wood is white 

 and soft and is used by the niouchis to make statuettes and toys; it is 

 also used for making boxes, light objects, &c. 



Erythrina suberosa (Tree). — A medium-sized tree with soft, light 

 and fairly durable wood. It is used for various purposes, such as 

 making sieve frames, flooring, &c. 



Ethyrfna arborescens (Tree). — This Indian wood is more compact 

 than that of si/brrosa , and it is used for the same purposes. 



Erythrina stricta (Tree). — A tree which is nearly always found in 

 the vicinity of watercourses in Cochin China; the wood is used for the 

 same objects as that of the preceding species, but is not regarded as 

 being of the same value. 



Ferreirea spectabilis (Tree).— A resinous building wood used in 

 Brazil. 



