292 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



or 180 ft. ; diam. 4 5 ft., sometimes 60 ft. to the lowest 

 branch. S.G. 490428. Yielding timber 2060 ft. long, 

 squaring 1 2J ft., white, light, soft, straight and even in 

 grain, tough, easily worked, not durable when exposed or in 

 contact with soil, liable to become worm-eaten. Used in house- 

 building and occasionally for canoes, but better adapted for 

 indoor use or for paper-pulp. 



Pine, Yellow. See Pine, White, Bull, Grey, and Short- 

 leaf. 



Piney Tree. See Poon. 



Piney Varnish (VaUria indica L. : Order Dipterocarpdcece). 

 Southern India and Ceylon. Known also as " Indian Copal " 

 or "White Dammar." Canarese "Dupa maram." Tamil "Piney- 

 maram." Sink. "Hal." Height 3060 ft.; diam. 2 5 ft. 

 W 26. Sapwood reddish- white ; heart grey, tough, moderately 

 hard, porous, said to be termite-proof. Used on the West Coast 

 of India for boat and house-building and masts, and in Ceylon 

 for coffins, packing-cases, etc. It yields a fine copal or gum 

 anime, used in Ceylon as incense, the finest specimens being 

 sold as amber. Of allied species V. acumindta Hayne, of Ceylon 

 is used for tea-chests. 



Pink Ivory, Zulu "Mnini" (Order Legumindsce). A beauti- 

 ful, but as yet undetermined, wood, of an Acacia-like tree of 

 moderate dimensions, growing in kloofs in south-western Natal, 

 with yellowish broad sapwood and rose-pink heart, compact, fine- 

 grained, moderately heavy and hard, and with indistinct rings. 



Plane, Eastern, or Oriental (Pltitanus orientdlis L. : Order 

 Platandcece). Kashmir to Greece. French ." Platane de POrient." 

 Germ. " Morgenlandischer Platanus." Arab. " Doolb." Pers. 

 " Chinar." Height 70 ft. ; diam. 35 ft. Pale yellow or 

 slightly reddish, resembling Beech, but softer, in very old trees 

 becoming brown with black lines so as to resemble Walnut, 

 fine, close, and smooth-grained, capable of a high polish, but 

 very apt to warp and split, frequently worm-eaten and not 

 durable, but improved by soaking for several years ; annual 

 rings finely but distinctly marked, bending outward at the 



