518 FOXWORTIIV. 



Shorea javanica K. & V. Plato. 



Java. 



K. & V. 5:121. 



Shorea leprosula Miq. Beraya batu; laro (M.). 



Malay Peninsula, Borneo. 



Ridl. 55; Becc. 571; Bargagli-Petrucci 04. 



Shorea macroptera Dyer. Kepong; kepong hantu; sassak (M. ). 



Malay Peninsula, Borneo. 



Ridl. 57: Bargagli-Petrucci 03; Becc. 571. 



Shorea maranti Burck. (Hopca ? maranti Miq.) Meranti. 

 Malacca, Sumatra, Banka. 

 Ridl. 55-57; Van Bed. 27. 



Shorea martiniana Schefr". {Hopca macrophylla de Vr.) Tettgkawang-lajar. 

 Borneo. 



Burck 1. c. 208. 



Shorea nitens Miq. Maranti bras; sengkawang. 

 Sumatra. 



Van Eed. 28. 



Shorea obtusa Wall. Thitya (Burm.). 



Burma. 



Qamb. 82. 



Shorea palembanica Miq. Melebekan. 



Sumatra. 



Van Eed. 28. 



Shorea parvifolia Dyer. Scrayali samak; meranti daun keebil'; meranti 

 kerap. 



Malay Peninsula. 

 Ridl. 57. 



Shorea platycarpa lleiin. Mranti boaya. 



Sarawak. 



Bargagli-Petrucci 67 j Becc. 570. 



Shorea polysperma Merr. Plate XXVIII, fig. 73. Tanguile. 



Philippines. 



Phil. Wooda 304; Gard. 68. 



Shorea robusta Oaertn. Sal (Hind.). 

 British India, Burma, Cochin China. 



Sapwood small, whitish, imi durable; heartwood brown, pale when 

 first cut, bul darkening on exposure, coarse-grained, hard, with a remark- 

 able fibrous and cross-grained structure; the fibers of alternate belts in 

 the wood on a vertical section running in opposite directions, so that 

 when the wood is dressed, a very sharp plane is necessary or it will not 

 get smooth; does not season well. Seasonal rings only visible in young 

 lives or on freshly cut wood. Pores moderate-sized to large, often tilled 

 with resin; each pore or group of pores in a patch of pale, loose tissue. 

 Pith-rays uniform, moderately broad, straight, very prominent, joined 



