2i6 TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. [CHAP. XXI. 



and the Penthityah, both of a dark reddish-brown colour ; 

 the Kammone ; the Anan {Fagrcea fragrans), and the 

 Kamonpew, each reddish in colour, but rather paler than 

 the Padouk. There is also the Thingan {Hopea odorata), 

 a wood heavier than Teak, and which lasts under water 

 far better. It grows abundantly on the Tavay coast and 

 islands.* 



The above are all very compact woods, close and 

 iine in texture, of good quality, and no doubt durable. 

 They have long been in use in Burmah, and in the 

 Madras Presidency, and are fit and suitable for use in 

 works of construction, but, up to the present time, they 

 are scarcely known in this country. 



Small quantities of Thitka or Kathitka, a kind of 

 bastard Mahogany, have also been exported from 

 Burmah, for furniture and other purposes, but I have 

 not yet met with it in London. It is thought to be a 

 species of Tiliaceae, and is named by Kurz as Pentace 

 Burmanica. 



* Report of the officiating Inspector-General of Forests. 



