1 88 THE USES OF PLANTS. 



terebrans, is largely used in our dockyards for keels, 

 beams, etc., as also is 



Mora excelsa, Benth., MORA, which reaches a height 

 of 150 feet, yielding timber twelve to twenty inches 

 square and thirty-five feet long. Its wood is a hand- 

 some chestnut-brown, beautifully figured. 



Eucalyptus resinifera, Sm., and no doubt other 

 species of this magnificent Australian genus, have been 

 imported as IRONWOOD, a deep-red, straight-grained, 

 very hard and heavy wood, useful for the same pur- 

 poses as the two last-mentioned species. 



Among numerous proposed teak substitutes we can 

 only mention the TEWART (Eucalyptus goniocalyx, F. 

 von Muell.) of West Australia ; the CHOW or MENK- 

 ABANG PENANG (Casuarina equisetifolia, L. fil.) and 

 MlRABOO (Afzelia palembamca, Baker) of Borneo ; 

 the MERANTI (Hopea Meranti) and BINTANGORE or 

 POON (Calophyllum Inophyllum, L.) of the Straits 

 Settlements ; the PYNKADO (Xylia dolabriformis, 

 Benth.), THINGAN (Hopea odorata, Roxb.), NAN-TA- 

 ROOP (Altingia excelsa, Noronha), and PADOUK 

 (Pterocarpus indicus, Willd.) of Burmah ; the JARUL 

 (Lagerstrcemia Flosregincz, Retz.), CHAMPA (Michelia 

 Champaca, L.), and SlSSOO (Dalbergia Sissoo, Roxb.) 

 of India ; and the ANGELIQUE or ANGELIN, (Andira 

 inermis, Kunth.) of Guiana. 



Since 1851, though for furniture purposes American 

 WALNUT, ASH, MAPLE, TULIP-TREE or WHITEWOOD, 

 and the beautiful REDWOOD of California (Sequoia 

 semper vir ens, Endl.), have been largely used, atten- 

 tion has been mainly attracted for ship-building pur- 

 poses by the SABICU (Lysiloma Sabicu, Benth.) of 



