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FOXWORTHY. 
Wricjhtia tomentosa Roem. & Schult. 
British India, Ceylon, Burma. 
Wood white or yellowish, moderately hard, even-grained. Seasonal 
rings marked by a pale line and occasionally more pores; pores in the 
rest of the wood very small, in short radial groups, scanty. Pith-rays 
very fine and extremely fine, very numerous, closely packed. Turnery 
and wood carving. 
Gamb. 487; Watt Diet. 6 4 : 3 17 . 
Other genera of Apocynaceae which occasionally furnish pieces of fine-grained 
wood are Gerbera, Kiokxia, Ochrosia and Tabernaemontana. These usually are of 
but scattered occurrence and small size. 
BOREAGINACE2E. 
No well-marked character for the family. 
Cordia. Pores of variable size, more or less joined by concentric, often 
broken, belts of loose tissue, separated by darker belts in which the pith- 
rays are prominent. C. myxa and C. octandra have soft woods, the 
others have hard woods much resembling good teak ; durable and suitable 
for carpentry. 
Cordia fragrantissima Ivurz. 
Burma. 
Wood moderately hard, reddish-brown with darker streaks, beautifully 
mottled, has a fragrant scent. Pores moderate-sized to large, in round- 
ish patches, which are joined by occasional, broken, concentric lines. 
Pith-rays rather distant, moderately broad.' Small quantities have been 
exported to London. 
Gamb. 501, tab. XI, fig. 2; Nord. X. 
Cordia myxa L. 
Egypt to tropical Australia; also frequently planted. 
Wood grayish-brown, moderately hard. Pores moderate-sized or large, 
scanty, scattered and frequently double, or partitioned, joined by angled 
wood cells; the alternate bands denser and closer in texture. Pith-rays 
short, moderately broad, shallow. Boat building, well-curbs, agricultural 
implements, gunstocks, canoes. 
Gamb. 500, tab. XI, fig. 1; Nord. X; Iv. & V. 7:64-66. 
Ehretia. Wood very light-brownish or yellowish-white, moderately 
hard, even-grained, usually rough. Pores small, in radial lines or scat- 
tered, in some species larger in the earlier-formed wood where they mark 
the seasonal rings. Pith-rays fine to moderately broad, regular. 
Ehretia acuminata Br. 
British India, Burma, Java to Australia. 
Wood very light-brown, rough, moderately hard, resembling that of 
the ash. Pores of two kinds : those in the earlier-formed wood, large 
and closely packed in a line, making conspicuous seasonal rings; those 
in the rest of the wood small, scattered. Pith-rays short, moderately 
