I N DO-MALAYAN WOODS. 
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Excoecaria rather numerous and Euphorbia , Sapium and Jatropha very 
few pores. 
(2) Moderately hard woods: Sarcococca , Daphniphyllum, Cycloste- 
mon, Croton. Of these Daphniphyllum has numerous and Croton very 
few pores, while Croton and Cyclostemon show transverse bars. 
(3) Hardwoods: Hemicyclia, Lasiococca and Gelonium. Hemicyclia 
has conspicuous, Lasiococca and Gelonium faint transverse bars. 
The red-wooded genera are fairly uniform in their structure, so that 
Phyllanthus, Glochidion, and Cleistanthus are characterized by pores in 
short radial strings between regular numerous tine pith-rays. Fluggea 
has a harder close-grained wood, and Bischofia has rough open-grained 
wood with rather broad pith-rays. 
In the genera with brown or grayish- or olive-brown wood, Macaranga 
is very soft, Mallotus pale-colored and rather soft, Bridelia has a hard 
wood of characteristic appearance, and Putranjiva and Baccaurea present 
transverse bars, the latter wood being lighter and softer. 
The better known genera can be roughly placed in synoptical form as 
follows : 
a. White or gray woods. 
5. Soft or very soft: Euphorbia , Jatropha , Givotia, Ostodes, 
Trewia , Sapium, Excoecaria, Mallotus. 
bb. Moderately hard: Sarcococca, Daphniphyllum, Cyclostemon, 
Croton, Baccaurea, Mallotus. 
bbb. Hard: Hemicyclia, Lasiococca, Gelonium. 
aa. Eed. 
b. Soft : Macaranga. 
bb. Moderately hard: Glochidion, Bishcliofia, Mischodon, Chaeio- 
carpus, Aporosa, Macaranga. 
bbb. Hard: Phyllanthus, Cleistanthus, Fluggea, Antidesma, Mal- 
lotus. 
acia. Brown or 'grayish-brown. 
b. Soft : Baccaurea, Macaranga. 
bb. Moderately hard or hard: Mallotus, Bridelia, Putranjiva, Apo- 
rosa, Daphniphyllum, Cyclostemon. 
Although no member of the family is of very great importance as a 
timber tree, it may be worth while to indicate the better known species. 
Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. Lumbang (Phil.); belgauru; “Indian wal- 
nut;” “candle-nut.” 
Tropical and subtropical regions of the world, the Antilles, Brazil, and 
widely distributed in cultivation. 
Wood gray and soft. Used for tea-chests. 
Lewis 310. 
