( liv ) 



hi 



397 



398 



399 



400 



401 



Bemarks. 



Xylia dolabrifonnis, Bth. 



Fl. Sylv. Madr. t. 186. 



P in kd to. 



Acacia Farnesiana, Willd. 



Fl. Sylv. Madr. t. 52. 



Nii long k amg. 



!> 



90 100 



50-0 + 9-12(^^'*^''P*-T 

 Z 3000'). SS = 00. Si 8. All leaf, 

 shedding forests, chiefly in upper mixed 

 forests. 1. 

 Wood brown to dark-brown, heavy, fibrous 

 but close-grained, very hard, strong and 

 durable, but not easy to work. O' = 

 60 66 pd. " The iron wood of Pegu." 

 The sap-wood soon attacked by white 

 ants, but the heai't-wood said to be as 

 durable as teak. Recommended for 

 spars, crooks of ships, railway sleepers, 

 handles of chisels, gauges. Used for 

 ploughs, house-posts, bridge-posts, boat 

 anchors, in the construction of carts and 

 for other purposes. Exudes a red resin. 



E 



20 25 



(A* Pr' 



CaS. 



P' T 



8 10+1 li 



10000. SS = 00. Ca S. Cult. only. 

 Wood very hard and tough, much used in 

 India for ship-knees, tent-pegs and simi- 

 lar purposes. A delicious perfume is 

 distilled from the flowers. Exudes a 

 considerable quantity of a sort of white 

 gum-arabic. 



Acacia leucophloca, Willd. 



Fl. Sylv. Madr. t. 48. 



Td noung. 



Acacia Suma {Mimosa-Boxb.) 



A. Catechu Bth., and Bedd. Fl. Sylv, 

 Madr. t. 49 ?, not Willd. 



Acacia Catechu, Willd. {not Bth.) 



A. Sundra, Roxb. ; Fl. Sylv. Madr. t. 50. 



5]DSO(S 

 Sha pn. 



The brown wooded one (A. Sundra ?) : 



Hho Qi. (Sha-ni) S. K. 

 The white wooded one : 



Hh'o wa. (Sha-wa) S. K. 



L? 



50 60 



8 25 + 4 6 



SS = Ca S. Dry forests. 1. 



(A Pr' 1000 ). 



PP 30-40 



D' 



j^3^^^^:^,(APr'-P3zlOOO/). 



SS = Ca S., All. Dry forests and rare 

 in lower mixed and savannah forests. 



Sap-wood yellowish white, varying in bulk 

 according to age from 3 and more inches 

 to 1 inch thickness, rather heavy, fibrous 

 but close-grained ; the heart- wood simi- 

 lar, but dark-brown very strong and du- 

 rable ; takes a fiue polish. Q '= 56 70. 

 Employed for posts and uprights of 

 houses, for spear and sword-handles, 

 bows, &c. There are several varieties ac- 

 cording to Dr. Brandis differing in shade, 

 specific weight and yield of cutoh. The 

 wood is considered more durable than 

 teak, and is not attacked by xylophages. 

 Recommended for railway sleepers. 

 Kutch or catechu (terra japonica of com- 

 merce) is extracted from the wood in 

 large quantities. Exudes a blackish resin. 



