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common 



Peninsula, extending northwards to Kedah and across to Borneo, 

 P. Eavilandi, King & Gamble According to Ridley, it is known 

 as ' S'marum,' and has a gutta percha as good as that of P. Leerii. 



The most common species of Payena in the Malay Peninsula 

 is, however, P. lucula, A. DC, of which Ridley says : " A common 

 tree of no great size known as • Niato,' 'Niato Putin,' 'x^iato Balam,' 



Mimus 



giving no gutta. The timber is poor and not large." Near it, 

 distinguished by ferruginous-pubescent instead of glabrous leaves, 

 is P. dasyphylla, Pierre, a large tree, reaching 80 to 100 feet in 

 height and a considerable girth. It has been found on the hills 

 of Larut in Perak and extends to Sumatra and Java, and, according 

 to de Vnese, gives a gutta percha only used for adulteration, 

 though Motley seems to consider this unlikely as so little is pro- 

 duced that it would not be worth using. 



There are three other species of Payena, so far only imperfectly 

 known and hitherto undescribed : P. sessilis, King & Gamble, 



obtusifi 



collected by Father Scortechini in Perak ; and P. selangorica. 

 King & Gamble, collected by Ridley in the Bukit Kutn woods of 



guttapercha 6 th6Se haVe ' 8 ° f&r ' been re P orted as £ ivin S 



J., BASS f A contains, so far as at present known, 17 species, of 



R iw.? i T t h - an ¥ 5? ve now been described for the first time, 

 fhin n P ata l Km f & Gamble, is a tree found by Father Scorte- 



tm is kK r n ld , b J him t0 give a gutta P ercha - B - malac ' 



Pe£k \l Gamble ( P «2^« rnalaccensis, Clarke), is a tree of 

 Srted hv w am J S,n ^P° re » aPP^ently quite common and 

 ^ Cwtirt V™ 7 *%*"£ a 8ticky gutta * 8ma11 quantities. 

 ' Getfh S«n g / Ga ? b ^' a tree of p ™ng and Perak, is the 

 UD^nt/ 7^ W r ay reports :" It°grows on the hills 

 wood see™ ?nT °p 2 ' 6 °? feet The bark is Wt grey and the 

 aid is S onW fn g °° d qUaU ^' The gutta te ^ and hard 



Cdarke foVn *I, °,%f T ng V th better ****»•" B. Motleyana, 



aJ^ iS^l'Te V 8Wan ? Py PlUCeS ' fiF8t deSCr ' lbed ^ 



Borneo Zr w fl f • i7 ?® X nese from specimens collected in 

 plentv ofln^ I 18 f? 1 ? *° tian -' He sa ^ that it produces 

 a so tLt the S^« ° f bad 1 ualU y> r esinous, and brittle. He says 

 b^r^nSncl^H g ir^£ 1 . eaPj . 1 yellow viscoua oil with the taste of 

 SS BandW™ thlS ™ 1S USed in 8w eetmeats and is much 

 •P«CJ!S£SSSrS^ SS*=**! Malay Peninsula 



King 

 Kunstle? 



The species 



King & Gamhlp « i« * ^e mils of Perak; B. pmicillata, 

 Mr. Curtis £ be ' comS ^ f of Prince Wellesley, said by 



./Wia, King & GarnbTp a . ? * b ° Called ' Min J° to ' * 5 - *""*" 

 which extends to K.ll g °2 d " 81Zed tree of Perak, one variety of 

 ensis, K^i Gan^t , ; j*-™*™*"* King & Gamble, B. perak- 



Perak ; ^a^i cU, ?" "^ King & Gamble ' tree8 ° f 

 King i GamC, a ' spreadlnVtf ^ ° f Malacca ; *• ^aceana, 

 Penang and Perak anS S , g • t e ? a PParently very common in 

 Singapore, « t^j^/^^ *** & Gamble, of Perak and 



ioseij allied to it ; B. cuneata. Blume. a tree of 



