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264 
Catalogue of Indian Woods. [Aprit, 
Mhasoosee. See Spondias. 
Michelia Kisopa, De Cand. Champ or Chaump, P.; Chobsse, 
N 
The wood much used for light works.—Sp. piece of a plank, 30 layers 
in 3°75 inches ; another Sp. 2°5 inch. diam. 12 layers in 1°1 inch. Similar to 
white Champa, No. 87, but the colour is more yellow, and the rays less dis- 
tinct. 
Mihul. See Eriobotrya. 
Mikay. See Murraya. 
Milkissee. See Berberis. 
Millingtonia pungens, fr. Nipal. 
A middle-sized tree. 
265 Mimosa capensis, Bot. G. 
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267 
268 
269 
270 
271 
272 
273 
274 
275 
276 
277 
278 
279 
280 
Mimosa odoratissima, Bot. G. 
Mimosa polystachya, Bot. G. 
Minusops. Thubbae, B. fr. Tavoy. 
Wood used for masts and spars ; affords also good crooked wood. 
Minusops Elengi, fr. Tavoy. 
Slow-growing ; reared only on account of its flowers, which smell like 
Russia leather. 
Mimusops? Chalpata, fr. Gualpara. 
A tree of moderate size, used for coarse furniture—Ham. 
Moj. See Bheze. 
Momsita. See Dalbergia. 
Morinda citrifolia, Bot. G. 
The root yields a yellow dye. 
Morus levigata, Wall. fr. Nipal. 
A large tree.—Sp. 1°5 inch, diam.; wood coarse brownish yellow, with 
considerable lustre. 
Morus mauritiana, fr. Bot. G, 
Motikissee. See Berberis. 
Moyen. See Vauqueria. 
Mucuna, fr. Nipal. 
A superb climber (a kind of cowhage). 
Mullokath. See Ludia. 
Munasi. See Ilex. 
Munachoo. See Rottlera. 
Murraya. Maikay, B. fr. Tavoy. 
4 to 5 feet long, 3 to6 inch. diam.; used for handles of daggers and 
of other weapons. A strong, tough wood, in grain like box. 
Myginda. Silapoma, fr. Gualpara. 
5 cubits in girth ; used for coarse furniture—Ham. 
Myrica sapida, Wall. ; Kaephul, P.; Kobusi, N.; fr. N ipal. 
Grain like birch, but the colour darker.—Sp. 2°5 inch. diam. ; fibre brown- 
ish white, nearly dull; rays very distinct, dark brown in the outer layers ; 
the interior layers harder, heavier, and more compact. The fruit is eaten. 
Myristica? Thounsanga, B. fr. Tavoy. 
A large tree ; the wood used in boat-building. 
Myristica. Koathoe or Kunneen, B. fr. Tavoy. 
A large tree ; the wood used for flooring houses : perhaps the same as the 
foregoing. 
Myristica. Jheruya, fr. Gualpara. 
A sort of nutmeg, but neither the nut nor mace have any aroma: timber 
5 cubits in girth, used for furniture.—Ham, 
