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Satinwood ; pith-rays moderately broad, wavy, red, equidistant ; 

 rings visible. Used in Burma for boat-building and tea-chests, and 

 €>xported in considerable quantities to Europe for furniture, resemb- 

 ling inferior Mahogany. 



Thitkado. See Cedar, Moulmein. 



Thitya {Shorea dbtxisa Wall. : Order Dipterocarpdcece), Further 

 India. Burm, "Thitya," "Theya." A large tree, 50 ft. to its 

 lowest branch ; diam. 2 ft. W 75. Bark-coloured, handsome, very 

 hard and durable wood. Used in house- and canoe-building, and 

 for handles. 



Thorn. See Blackthorn and Hawthorn. 



Thorn, in Cape Colony {Acacia horrida Willd. : Order Legumi- 

 nosce). Known also as ''Mimosa." Boer " Doorn-boom, Kamul- 

 boom." Height 20—25 ft. ; diam. 1 — 1| ft. Hard, tough. Used 

 for building, agricultural implements, wheels, etc. 



Thumbagum {Shorea Tumbuggdia Roxb. : Order Difterocarpd- 

 cece). Madras, Burma, etc. Dark-red, harder even than Sal. 

 Used for gun-carriages. 



Thuya {TetracUnis articuldta Masters: Order Cupressinece), 

 Morocco and Algeria. " 'Arar." The " Lignum-vitse " of the 

 [French, the " alerce " of the roof of Cordova Cathedral, and prob- 

 ably the " Citron-wood " of the Eomans, for tables made of which 

 wood thousands of pounds were paid, and the '' Thyine-wood " of 

 the Apocalypse (xviii. 12). Also named Thuya articuldta Vahl, and 

 CdlUtris quadrivdlvis Vent. Height 30 ft. Only the burrs come 

 into the English market, in which the name is pronounced 

 " Thoo'ee." They are reddish-brown, and fragrant ; and, having 

 a figure very similar to the more valuable Ambojma-wood, are 

 frequently substituted for it ; but can be distinguished by their 

 distinctively coniferous structure. The root of Juniperus phoe- 

 Tiicea L., the " G^n^vrier " of Algeria, is similar. 



^^^Tipa, Colorado or Palo Mortero {Machmrium Pseudotipe Griseb. : 

 Order Leguminosce), Northern Argentina. Yielding timber 10 ft. 

 long and 1 ft. square, light red-brown, fine and even in grain, and 

 ^asy to work. Used for beams, scantHngs, spokes, etc. A better 

 wood than Tipa bianco or White Tipa {Tipudna speciosa Benth.= 

 Machcerium Tipu), which is used as a tanning material. 



Titoki. See Oak, White. 



TocM {Msculns turUndta Bl. : Order Sapinddcem). Japan. 

 Height 20 ft. ; diam. 2 ft. Used in house-building, box -making, 

 and lacquer- work. 



Tonka-bean {Goumarouna odordta Aubl. = Dipteryx odordta Willd. : 

 Order Legwminosce), Brazil and Guiana. Known sometimes as 



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