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order we find Calophyllum inophyllum, L., a tropical species which 

 is widely spread in Asia, with a globular fruit the size of a plum. 

 It is equally common in tropical Austra]ia. It grows close to 

 the sea-margin, and being a tree of splendid foliage and handsome 

 white flowers, is a conspicuous ornament. The fruit however is 

 not of much value. The Malay name is Betau. Amongst the 

 GuTTiFER^ there are other fruit-trees of interest of which want 

 of space compels the omission. One of the MELiACEiE calls for a 

 little remark, and that is Sandoricum indicum, Cav., the Sattul of 

 the Malays, found throughout the region. It is valued for a yellow 

 apple-like berry containing five nuts ; but it is not very palatable, 

 being somewhat like a sour Mangosteen. Another much more 

 important member of the order is Lansium domestiGum, or Langsat, 

 Lanse, or Ayer-ayer, a fruit growing in clusters, of yellowish 

 colour, containing a tenacious juicy aril. It has a pleasant, 

 sweetish flavour, much esteemed by the Malays. 



The order SAPiNDACEiE gives a good many useful and esculent 

 members. First of all is the Rambutan which is the Malay 

 name for a fruit cultivated abundantly throughout Malaysia on 

 a tree of medium size. It is peculiar to the region, like the 

 Durian and Mangosteen. Like the Langsat the edible portion is 

 the aril. This is semi-transparent and of agreeable flavour ; but 

 small in quantity, and rather too tenacious to be pleasant eating. 

 The husk is scarlet in colour, covered with a kind of shaggy coat, 

 and has a decidedly attractive appearance as seen in some of the 

 crowded orchards around Penang. The name is derived from the 

 Malay word for hair. The botanical name is Nephelium lappaceum^ 

 L. The wood has not much solidity, and therefore is little used. 

 What the Malays call Rambutan-utan is Xerospermum noron- 

 hianum, BL, a shrubby tree about 20 feet high, with a compact 

 durable wood much used in carpentering. Lansium domesticum, 

 Bl., is thought to be the finest fruit in the Peninsula, or at any 

 rate ranking next to the Mangosteen. The fruit lies in clusters 

 on the trunk and branches, being of a moderate size, and having 

 the edible part inside of a tough bufF-coloured husk or rind. The 

 Rambi is another variety of the same tree. When the Langsat, 



