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101. Unknown. Palawan. Weight, 52 ; girth, 6 ; length, 45 ; price 

 la. 6d. A beautiful red, but heavy wood. 



102. Unknown. Nattamin. Weight, 33 ; girth, 6 ; length, 60 ; price 

 6d. Wood loose-grained, reddish-grey, recommended for cigar-boxes. Br. 

 weight, 129 lbs. 



103. Unknown. Moondein. Weight, 33 to 38 ; girth, 10 ; length, 50 ; 

 price 6d. Wood fine-grained, light, recommended for furniture. Br. weight, 

 121 lbs. 



104. Unknown. Koothan. Weight, 28 ; girth, 6 ; length, 40 ; price 

 6d. A loose-grained light wood, recommended for packing-cases, used for 

 black-boards in Burmese schools. Br. weight, 114 lbs. 



105. Stereospermum chelonioides. Thakooppo. Girth, 5 ; length, 30 ; 

 price Is. Wood used in house-building. 



106. Carallia integerima, D.C. Maneioga. Weight, 60 ; girth, 10 ; 

 length, 50 ; price Is. A large tree, common north of Rangoon and through- 

 out Pegu ; wood of a peculiar structure, thick medullar rays going through 

 from the centre to the circumference, colour red, may possibly be found 

 useful for cigar-boxes ; used for plank and rice-pounders. 



107. Unknown. Thitnee. Weight, 80 ; girth, 8 ; length, 50 ; price 

 Is. 6d. A beautifully red, but heavy wood. 



108. Buchanania latifolia. Lumbo. Weight 36 ; girth, 6 ; length, 30 ; 

 price 6d. A soft light-wood, not used. 



109. Erialoena, sp. Chloetni. Price Is. 6d. A red wood, used like 

 Dwanee (No. 9). 



110. Pongamia, sp. Thitpagan. Girth, 9 ; length, 40 ; price 6d. A 

 soft wood, said to be useless. 



111. Dipterocarpus, sp. Kaungmhoo. Girth, 12 ; length, 100 ; price 

 Is. Trees of an immense size, used for canoes. 



112. Unknown. Katsitka. Girth, 6 ; length, 30. A red wood, 

 abundant in the Forests north of Rangoon, used for boats, said to last from 

 five to six years. 



113. Henslowia paniculata, Migu. Anambo. Girth, 9 ; length, 50. 

 A reddish-coloured wood, not straight-grained, used occasionally for cart- 

 wheels, mostly for fire-wood. 



Camp Pounglin Forests, 

 January, 1862. 



THE BETEL-NUT OF COMMERCE. 



BY THE EDITOR. 



An extensive commerce is carried on in the east, in the fruit of a well- 

 known and graceful palm, the Areca Catechue, which forms a main ingredient 

 in the eastern masticatory. Blume tells us that the Asiatic nations would 



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