Malaya. Members of the Leguminosae, however, occur 
sparingly in this fruit and seed flora. Furthermore, the 
Dipterocarpaceae, which generally characterizes the 
Indo-Malayan forests and which produce such copious 
amounts of resin, are significantly lacking. Seeds of 
members of the Burseraceae, closely related to such 
abundant resin producers as Protium and Canarium, oc- 
cur and would represent possible sources. No systematic 
attempt, however, has been made to study the plant 
source of this resin. 
Succinite has also been reported from the east coast of 
England from Essex to Yorkshire. Conwentz (1896) has 
assumed that the beds in which the amber was originally 
deposited were continuous with those along the Baltic 
from Denmark eastward to the Samland Peninsula. 
Therefore, the general conclusion is that the plant source 
was the same as for amber from the Baltic deposits. 
Amber from Eocene (Domingene) strata in Simi Val- 
ley, California, has been found in association with fossil 
woods. The woods were determined as Quercus and ‘‘a 
heavy dicotyledonous type, possibly a legume’’ (Mur- 
doch, 1984). The physical and chemical properties ap- 
pear relatively similar to succinite; therefore, because 
the woods were not coniferous, it was assumed that the 
amber did not originate from the trees which produced 
them. This reasoning is based probably upon the conclu- 
sion that Baltic amber (succinite) is derived from mem- 
bers of the Pinaceae, or at least conifers. Because the 
physical and chemical properties obtained are not neces- 
sarily indicative of pines, however, it seems important 
that a number of leguminous trees should be taken into 
account as the possible source. 
Another well known amber (burmite) is mined from 
lignites and a blue earth in Burma. It is characterized 
by its ruby-red color, its high degree of fluorescence and 
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