296 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



for boat-building, gun-stocks, etc., excellent for fuel and perhaps 

 suitable for tea-chests, being said to have been used for Egyptian 

 mummy-cases. 



Plum, Sour (Owtnia vendsa F. v. M. : Order Melidcece). Queens- 

 land. Known also as "Tulip-wood." Height 30 40 ft.; diam. 

 1 3 ft. W 62. Highly coloured, with handsome figure and 

 different shades from yellow to black, very heavy, very hard, very 

 strong, easily worked, taking a good polish and durable. A 

 valuable wood for cabinet-work. The allied 0. addula F. v. M., 

 known by the same name and also as " Native Peach " and 

 " Emu " or "Mooley Apple," which grows to about the same size 

 and occurs also farther to the south and west, is reddish, but 

 similar in texture and would be suitable for furniture. 



Plum, Sweet. See Plum, Burdekin. 



Plum, White. See Iron wood vi. 



Pohutukawa. See Ironwood xxviii. 



Pomegranate, Native. See Orange, Native and Plum, 

 Grey. 



Poon, an Indian commercial name, seemingly applied to the 

 timber of several species used for masts and spars, especially species 

 of Calophyllum (Order Guttiferce). Of these the more important 

 would seem to be (i) C. inophyllum, (ii) C. tomentdsum, and (iii) 

 C. angustifdlium. C. inophyllum L. native to Madagascar, Mauritius, 

 Ceylon, Southern India, Burma, Queensland and the Fiji islands. 

 Known also as "Alexandrian Laurel," "Tatamaka," "Dilo." 

 Hind. "Undi." Telug. "Punnaga." Apparently also the "Palo 

 Maria," of the Philippines. Height 35 80 ft. or more; diam. 

 1J 5 ft. S.G. 579647. W 6335. E 755 tons, c 10,000 

 14,700. c' 1-3 1'9. Eed-brown, with a pretty wavy figure, fairly 

 hard, close but coarse grained, very strong, durable. Said to be 

 superior to Eiga Fir for masts and spars : used in India for 

 sleepers and suited for joinery and cabinet-work. C. lomentosum 

 Wight, a native of Ceylon and of Queensland, is similar and is 

 used in the former country for tea-chests. C. angustifdlium Eoxb., 

 the " Piney tree " of Penang, which also attains large dimensions 

 in the southern Ghats, and is apparently partly the source of 



