PHILIPPINE WOODS. 
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Uses. — Piling; wharf construction; shipbuilding; keels of ships. 
Structure. — Pith-rays fine and indistinct. Vessels medium size or 
large, scattered, with some indication of special groupings. * Wood paren- 
chyma in concentric lines. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (1906) , 4 , 64; 2d ed. (1907), 4 , 67. 
LUMBAYAO. 
Lumabayao is unknown botanical ly. It comes into the market only 
from Mindanao. 
Soft and moderately heavy. Sp. gr. 0.550. 
Reddish-brown. Seasonal rings distinct. Ring porous. Coarse and 
straight grained. 
Uses. — General construction ; house construction ; bancas. 
Structure. — Pith-rays small. Vessels of medium size, scattered, the 
larger ones in the inner part of the ring. Vessels with bright- red 
deposits. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (1906), 4 , 64; 2d ed. (1907), 4 , 68. 
MACAASIN. 
Eugenia spp. Fam. MYRTACE/E. 
Macaasin (T.) ; binolo (B.). 
Heavy and hard. Sp. gr. 0.705. 
Purplish brown, occasionally with yellowish or greenish tinge. Fine 
grained. No distinct seasonal rings. 
Uses. — General construction ; cabinetwork ; beams ; flooring ; furni- 
ture; interior construction; joists; naval construction; planks; rafters; 
ship rudders; telegraph poles; posts ; window sills; tool handles; wash- 
bowls. 
Structure. — Pith-rays fine and indistinct. Vessels of medium size, 
scattered. Wood parenchyma in wavy, broken lines, connecting the 
vessels. 
Macaasin is taken to include the wood of any of the different species 
of Eugenia, and it may also include wood of some other closely related 
Myrtaceous plants. It is quite likely that, as we become better ac- 
quainted with the members of this family, we will be able to recognize 
several distinct woods now grouped together under this name. 
Bull. For. Bur. Manila (1906), 4 , 57 ; 2d ed. (1907), 4 , 61. 
Ahern, 1. c., 62-64. 
MALAPAPAYA. 
Polyscias nodosa Seem. Fam. ARALIACE^E. 
(Aralia pendula Blanco.) 
Bias-bias, bonglin (T., V.) ; tucud langit (Bataan). 
Malaya. 
Light and soft. Whitish. No distinct sap and heartwood. Sea- 
sonal rings usually not distinct. Straight grained. 
