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TABLE I.—Annual diameter growth of trees in the virgin forest on the. 
Gedeh in Java at altitudes between 1,300 and 1,500 meters. 
Diameter class in centimeters. 
Species. Height- ogee 
10-20 | 20-30 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50-60 | 60-70 
Lauraceae. m. cm, 
Litsea mappacea (Bl.) Boerl .___- 10 27.0 0. 55 * 
Machilus rimosa Bl....-.---..--- 15 16.0 | 0.35 
Phoebe excelsa Nees ....-- nudes OO BAY Fins aoc es fuesnsielaouiane 0.90 
pb Sige SR eS ee SNe Te CAE 26| 68.5 0.80 
Leguminoseae 
Pithecolobium montanum Benth- 15 18.0} 0.35 fe OM i Pa OL LR 
Meliaceae. 
Dysoxylum alli Bl 9} 81.5 0.80" 
Toona febrifuga Bl_-...-.---...-- 25| 45.0 1.35 -* 
Euphorbiaceae. E 
Glochidion cyrtostylum Miq-.-.--- D4 MG 4c Ee peeeniee PAL eke Renae REE. 
Ostodes paniculata BI.....--.---- 15| 35.0 0, 25 
Macaranga rhizinoides (BL) 
Muell -A ve 2 se cant, 20; 30.0 Le PE Paine Bei (eer ene 
Aceraceae, 
Aer nivewmn Blicss.ccc dn ccd Pe a 18.0} 0.70 
Do 15{ 27.0 4 0.20 n 
Sapindaceae. 
Mischocarpus fuscescens Bl__._.-- 20 Bas [sin cafasucsee OM acce Neupcnpelacde cee 
Do 15} 20.0 tg enemas peaart. 
Elaeocarpaceae. 
Elacocarpus pierrei Kds. et Val_- 16d. SO 0 ae : 
Sloanea sigun Szysz ...--.---~.--- es 3k aes eee anal Ee PE eee 
Theaceae. 
Eurya inata DC 18} 21.0 OP04e555: 
- Schima noronhae Reinw-_----.---- 85| 55.0 0.40 
Myrtaceae. s ; 
Eugenia cuprea Kds. et Val-_-----| 23 46.0 0.05 
Eugenia densiflora (DC.) Duthie. 15; 28.0 0.20 
Di ge Se 15} 34.0 0.35 
Eugenia operculata Roxb -------- 21 44.5 ey ise 1.00 
Myrsinaceae. : 
Rapanea hasseltii (BI.) Mez-_...-- 26; 21.0 0.60 
Symplocaceae. 
Symplocos costata (B1.) Choisy--- 18} 87.0 Ci eee 
Symplocos fasciculata Zoll..------ 8} 10.0} 0.20 z 
Do 14 18.0 | 0.35 
Rubiaceae. 
Nauclea lanceolata Bl__...------- 23) 28.5 0.15 
Average Suse 0.89 | 0.86/ 0.19] 0.80] 0.65 | 0.80 
Years in 10-centimeter diameter class. 26.0} 28.0) 53.0; 13.0] 15.0] 13.0 
fast or slow for the species concerned. Brown and Matthews * 
found that in the virgin forests of the Philippines some of the ~ 
* Brown, W. H., and Matthews, D. M., Philippine dipterocarp forests, 
Philip. Journ. Sci. A 9 (1914) 413-561. 
