272 WOODS OF COMMERCE 



Seeuripa, an undetermined Brazilian wood, of considerable 

 dimensions, straight growth, moderate weight and fair quahty, 

 brown in colour. Used for beams and planks in ship-building. 



Serayah, probably a species of Hopea (Order Dipterocarpdcece). 

 Malay Peninsula and Borneo. Elnown also as "White Cedar," 

 "Borneo Cedar," "Majow," " Selangan." W 43. Reddish, re- 

 sembling soft Mahogany, easily worked. Used for house-building, 

 and recommended for the inside linings of furniture, but incapable 

 of taking a finish, the grain turning up woolly and ragged from the 

 tools. 



Service (Pyrus tormiyidlis Ehrh. : Order Eosdcece), Europe, West 

 Asia, and North Africa. Germ. " Elsbeerbaum." A small tree, 

 sometimes 30 ft. in height, with wood practically identical in 

 character and uses with that of the Rowan. The Service-tree of the 

 Continent, the French " Cormier," or " Sorbier," is a distinct 

 but allied species {Sorbus domestica L.), yielding a fawn-coloured, 

 very hard, fine-grained wood, susceptible of a &ie polish, and 

 often beautifully figured, which is in request for cabinet-work, 

 turnery, cogs, planes, screws, and engraving. 



Sliad-"bush (AmeldncMer canadensis Torr. & Gray). Eastern 

 North America. Kjnown also as " Shad-blow, Juneberrv " and 

 " Service-tree." French " Grand Amelanchier." Oerm, " Trau- 

 benbirne." Span. " Nispero." Height 40 ft. ; diam. 15 in, S.G. 

 784. W 48*85. R 1,132 kilos. Sapwood thick, light brown, with 

 red spots ; heart reddish-brown, heavy, hard, strong, close-grained, 

 taking a satiny finish. Little used, except for tool-handles, and, 

 under the name of " American Lancewood," for fishing-rods. 



She Oak. See Oak, She. 



Shiragashi. See Akagashi. 



Shittim-wood of Exodus xxvi. 15, the ^vXop da-rjirrov of the 

 Septuagint, may have been Sissoo {Dalbergia Sissoo) or Acacia 

 seyal. 



Shoondul {Intsia Ujuga O.K. = Afzelia Ujuga A. Qcmj-Intsia 

 amboinlnsis Thouars {1)=^JSp6rua decdndra Blanco: Order Legu- 

 minosce). Seychelles, India, the Malay archipelago, and the Pacific. 

 Known also as " Pynkado." Fiji " Vesi." A moderate-sized 

 tree. Reddish-brown, very hard, close-grained. Used in the 

 Pacific for war-clubs and in India for bridge- and house-building, 

 and exported as a furniture wood. 



Silk Cotton-tree {Ciiba pentdndra GabeTtn. = Friodindron anfractu- 

 osum P. DC. : Order Bombdcece), The Tropics generally. Known 

 also as " Cotton " or '' White Cotton-tree." Hind, " Safed Simal." 

 Tarn. "Elava." Sink. '' Imbool." Malay "Paniala." French 



