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P. Maingayiy (Clarke) King and Gamble, is a tree somewhat 



like P. obovata, but has the leaves golden-pubescent instead of 



grey beneath. It is found in Perak and Malacca, and according to 



Wray is called " Getah Taban Simpor" also "Gelntong Batu " but 



has no connection with the real " Gelutong " (Dijera costulata, the 



produce of which is an india-rubber rather than a gutta percha). 



The following is Wray's account of this species and its gutta 

 percha. 



" This tree may be readily distinguished from the foregoing by 

 its large dark green leaves, and by its prominent veins at the back, 

 which are covered by coarse, silky light-brown hairs, the back of 

 the leaf itself being only sparingly covered by them. The bark 

 is about half-an-inch thick, rough, and of a reddish-brown colour, 

 much covered by a greyish lichen. It has medium-sized buttresses, 

 with a concave outline. One tree that I measured was 3 feet 



1 1?1C u. e !u m diameter > at 6 ^et from the ground, and from that 

 Height the buttresses sloped out until they reached the ground, 

 having a spread of about 3 feet from the trunk. 



"The flower is white, and comes out in the beginning of April 

 or the end of March, but its fruit I have not yet seen. 



mil J ha /i? ne *u ee felled ' which ' at 3 feet ^om the ground 

 measured 17 inches in diameter and 63 to the first branch, 



W 7 ■ gUtta ob , tained wa * 12 oa. The sap, by the aid of 

 neat, and stirring, coagulated in twenty-three hours after tapping. 



™™ ™ vS* i88 °} d ? mler the name of ' Getah Putih.' The tree 

 gnms on hills up to about the same height as ' Taban Putili.' " 



ami wtSr m '? ing & Gamble ' is closel y allie(1 to P. Main- 



in L hut ft P* t aVm f , much more hair >' leave «- It is found 

 savs of it 1^ ai J d ( accordi *g to Ridley) Selangor. W, ay 



exaction" lid p S n 0t en0Ugh gutta in tt for ifc to be worth 

 from SelaUn Qd fl Rldl ^fys: ''Mr. Arden, who sent specimens 



(doubtless from T **' # e MalayS cal1 » ' Get ah Ketapang' 

 ^uouotiess rrom its resemblance to the « Ketanane ' tree XTermi- 



XlS ppal% and find its latex ^M^^iSSi^L 



Dich 



Sin S aporrext P nH a n; a t rg p handSOme fcree of Perak - Malacca and 



hancanum 

 100 



vJurtis, 100 fp^f 4n li A ;„U4. ° .. ^ lc ^iiig, according to 



seems^oT common Tn^LTr-' ng , t0 Knnatle? 120 feet It 

 the Straits in BmS^ V !• Penmsula and to be found, across 



gutta percha and fnt^^P- ii ^ reP ° rted that U S ives ■ kind of 

 contain a smaU nuTnth w f remarks thafc " *t certainly does 



says there is^a sp?endW I- ^^ t0 be Very 8Cantv ' He 



Gardens. P Ddld 8 P ecim en of it in the Singapore Botanic 



H.«e y say, „ i^^^^^-j*^;^ 



