248 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



Morrel (Eucalyptus macrocdrpa Hook. : Order Myrtdcece). 

 West Australia. Very hard. Used for spokes, shafts, and 

 furniture. 



Morung Sal. See Sal. 



Moutouchi (Pterocdrpus Draco L. = Moutduchi suberdsa Aubl. : 

 Order Legumindsce). Guiana. Introduced into India in 1812. 

 S.G. 1018875. R 255 kilos. With long streaks of pale violet, 

 light brown and white, easily sawn or worked. 



Mountain Ash. See Rowan and Ash, Mountain. 



Mulato-wood. See Bois Mulatre. 



Mulberry (Mdrus alba L. : Order Mordcece). Said to be a native 

 of China introduced into Europe in the 15th century. French 

 "Murier." Germ. "Maulbeerbaum." Span. "Moral." Height 

 20 30 ft. ; diara. 1 2 ft. Sap wood narrow, yellowish-white ; 

 heart yellowish-brown, becoming reddish, like old Mahogany, 

 on exposure, heavy, hard, lustrous, difficult to split; vessels in 

 the spring wood very large forming a very broad and distinct 

 pore-circle, most of them open, but a few filled with a white 

 secretion ; those in the autumn wood regularly distributed, very 

 minute ; pith-rays fine but very distinct. A durable wood, 

 similar to that of the Black Locust (BoUnid). Used chiefly in 

 veneers and inlaying. 



Mulberry, Indian (i) M. indica L., a native of the Himalayas, 

 India, China and Japan, has a wood very similar to that of M. 

 alba, used for tea-boxes and furniture, (ii) more generally used 

 of Morinda citrifdlia L. [See Canary-wood.] 



Mulberry, Native. See Holly, Smooth. 



Mulberry, Red (Mdrus rubra L.). Eastern United States. 

 Height 60 70 ft.; diam. 3 4 ft. S.G. 589. W 36*76. 

 R 775 kilos. Sapwood very narrow, whitish ; heart, orange- 

 yellow, of moderate weight and hardness, tough, coarse-grained, 

 strong, taking a satiny polish, and very durable in contact with 

 the soil. Largely used for fence-posts and cooperage, and to 

 some extent for agricultural implements and in boat-building. 



Mulga (Acacia aneura F. v. M. : Order Legumindsce). Australia. 

 "Myall." Height 2030 ft.; diam. 912 in. Dark brown, 



