INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 
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fine, wavy, concentric lines at unequal distances. Used for floats, black- 
boards, tool handles, scabbards, coffins, etc. 
Gamb. 483, tal). X, fig. 5; Becc. 580; Nord. X; ltidl. 216; Phil. Woods 382; 
Watt Diet. 1:199; Van Eed. 174; K. & V. 1 : 117-120; Wiesner 2:1022; Lewis 309. 
Dyera. AYood white, very soft and very light, with large pores, which 
are rather few in number. Pith-rays close; numerous, fine, irregular 
transverse lines of wood parenchyma. 
Dyera costulata Hook. f. Jelutong. 
Mala} 7 Peninsula. 
Used for making clogs, and also for planking, boxes, models, the 
cheaper grade of Chinese coffins, etc. 
Ridl. 215. 
Dyera lowii Hook. f. Plate XXX, fig. 99. Jelutong, djeloetoeng, djiuluton. 
Borneo. 
Much the same uses as the preceding. Both of these species furnish 
wood which closely resembles that of Alstonia scholaris. 
Van Eed. 176; Bargagli-Petrucci 84; Bece. 580. 
Holarrhena antidysenterica Wall. Kurchi bark; conessi bark. 
British India and Burma. 
Wood white, soft, even-grained. Seasonal rings marked by a faint 
line. Pores small, numerous, grouped in radial lines. Pith-rays fine, 
very numerous. Cellular tissue loose. Wood carving. 
Gamb. 484; Nord. VII; Watt Diet. 4:258. 
Wrig’htia. Wood white, moderately hard. Pores small, scanty, in 
short radial lines. Pith-rays very fine, numerous. 
Wrightia javanica DC. Bintaos; mentaos, djalitri. 
Java, British India. 
Used for wood carving and ornament. 
Van Eed. 177; K. & V. 1:112-114. 
Wrightia ianiti (Blanco) Merr. Plate XXX, fig. 100. Lanete. 
Philippines. 
This wood is not to be distinguished from the last. It is the best 
Philippine wood for carving; and it is used in the carving of sacred 
images, light construction, bolo scabbards, canes, cooking utensils, chairs, 
musical instruments, shoes, trunks, turning, wardrobes, window-sills. 
Phil. Woods 385. 
Wrightia tinctoria R. Br. 
British India and Burma. 
Wood ivory-white, moderately hard, even-grained. Pores scanty, very 
small, in short radial lines. Pith-rays extremely fine, numerous. Wood 
carving. 
Gamb. 486; Watt Diet. 6 4 :317. 
