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subject to dry rot at the heart. In demand for piles. Very much like 

 the South American P. guiane?ise. (Stone 101, pi. VII, fig. 57.) 



Gard. 67; Phil. Woods 386; Ridl. 145; Van Eed. 122. 



Parinarium oblongifolium Hook. f. Ballow (M.) ; Johore teak. 



Malacca, Pahang. 



Wood very hard and heavy, with the structure of Pygeum spp. This 

 wood was formerly used for piling at Singapore, and exported from there 

 to Ceylon, etc., but the supply of it was not great and seems to have 

 become almost exhausted. I believe it impossible to procure it on the 

 Singapore market at the present time. 1 1 has given way to a dipterocarp 

 wood from Borneo, probably a species of Shorea, which is sold under 

 the name of hallow. 



Ridl. 144; Newton 3. 



Pygeum maingayi Hook. f. Fafoo laut (M.). 



Malacca. 



Wood hard and heavy, pale-olive or olive-while with brownish striae 

 and gamboge-colored stains; coarse grain. Construction work. Other 

 species of Pygeum are also used; but, so far as known, they agree in 

 structure with the preceding, and do not occur in any considerable 

 quantity. 



Ridl. 145. 



Pygeum preslii Merr. Plate XXIII, fig. 21. Lago. 



Philippines. 



Wood moderately hard and moderately heavy, red; fine-grained, but 

 with occasional concentric lines of large pores which contain red deposits. 

 Used in house building. 



LEGUMINOS^E. 



Tli is is, next to the Dipterocarpaeece, the most important family of 

 plants in the Orient in the production of commercial wood. In the pro- 

 duction of furniture and ornamental woods, it surpasses all others. Many 

 representatives of the family have hard, heavy wood, which is often highly 

 colored and shows good grain. Many of the woods are also good for 

 structural work. 



Several clearly marked types of structure are found in the family, 

 but these structural types do not entirely correspond to the natural divi- 

 sions of the family. 



Gamble 1 has grouped the Indian members of the family in seven 

 groups according to structure. I have followed him in the main, but 

 have found it desirable to combine two of his groups, the Ougeinia and 



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