INDO-MALAYAN WOODS. 563 



COMPOSITE. 



Wood soft and light. Pores moderate-sized, rather scanty. Pith-rays 

 moderately broad to fine. 



Vernon ia arborea Ham. Plate XXX, fig. 108. Merambong (M.). 

 Malay Peninsula, Philippine Islands, Malay Archipelago. 



Wood white or brownish; used for house building but is not durable. 



Ridl. 211; K. & V. 5:50-54. 



