INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 
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Artocarpus superba Becc. Mentawa (Borneo). Bargagli-Petrucci 12; Becc. 
583. 
Artocarpus cumingiana Tree. Plate XXII, fig. 6. Anubing (Philippines). 
Phil. Woods 372. 
All the above furnish hard and durable wood similar to that of A. hirsuta. 
Eicus. The species of this genus usually produce wood of inferior 
quality, and are of only local importance. 
Ficus nervosa Heyne. 
Ceylon. 
Used for tea chests. 
Lewis 310. 
Sloetia sideroxylon T. & B. Plate XXII, fig. 7. Tampines (M. ). 
Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
Very hard and heavy, brownish-yellow, fine-grained wood. Formerly 
much used at Singapore and considered one of the most durable woods 
of the region. Now very scarce. Used for corner posts of houses, 
heavy construction, carrying poles, etc. 
Newton 3; Bidl. 254; Becc. 583; Bargagli-Petrucci 13, tab. IV. 
Taxotrophis ilicifolia Vid. Plate XXII, fig. 8. Cuius-Cuius (Phil.). 
Philippines. 
A very hard and heavy wood; heartwood streaked with greenish or 
dark-brown, sometimes almost black. Frequently with scattered dark 
spots. Pores of medium size, scattered. Concentric, rather wide lines 
of wood parenchyma. Pith-rays fine but distinct. This is one of the 
most beautiful tvoods for walking. sticks. (See p. 433.) 
URTICACEiE. 
Boehmeria rugulosa Wedd. 
British India. 
The pretty, reddish, moderately hard, durable wood is used to make 
eating vessels, plates, vessels for milk and other drinkables. 
Gamb. 657; Nord. IX; Watt Diet. 1 :484. 
PROTEACE2E. 
Very large pith-rays always present and connected by narrow, contin- 
uous lines of wood parenchyma. Pores of moderate size. 
Grevillea robusta A. Cunn. Silk oak. 
Queensland and New South Wales, but cultivated throughout the tropical east. 
Wood hard, light-reddish-brown; sapwood grayish-white. Suitable for 
fancy furniture. 
Nord. IX; Gamb. 576; Stone 185. 
