MAI TABEK. 29 
MAI TABEK,. (Lagerstroemia _flos reginac/is one 
of the the most useful and very common trees of Siam. 
talvx six-toothed. Petals six, inserted by claws, 
and curled. Germ from 3-6 celled; cells many-seecded, 
attachment cential. Capsule superior, from 38-6 celled, 
from 3-6 valved. Seeds several winged. Embryo, with 
centripetal radical and little or no perisperm. 
The bark is very thin showing white spots along 
the whole stem. It can be peeled off easilv. In August 
and September the tree has lilac flowers. 
The wood is light red to yellow, has small and 
large pores the large ones are joined bv narrow and wavy 
concentric bands of larger wocdcells which contain the 
smaller pores, prominent on a vertical scale, the medullary 
rays are indistinct, the annual rings show an average of 
36 per em. radius, they are marked by a ring of large 
pores. The average weight is 680 kg. per chm. P.=450. 
Tabek erows generally in groups in soft wood or 
mixed forests. but forms under good conditions extensive 
forests without allowing too many other genera to grow 
amongst them. It can easily be extiacted and floated, is 
