TIMBER Trees OF STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 
Dilleniacee. ee 
1. Simron (Dillenia aurea, Sm... A large tree. Mooi 
beautifully mottled and wainscoted, hard, close Linie N 
—Gamble, Manual of Indian Tünbe ers, p. 3. 
Anonacee. 
2, Mum Prsanp or Pesane (Polyalthia ——— Benth h & Hk 
A tree. Wood yellowish white externally, becoming yellow in 
Grain coarse. It is soft and does not split in drying. Used for beam 
supports for verandahs, &c. 
eight, 200 cubic inches = uid Ibs. ae 028. 
Cubic foot = 41 Ibs. 
Bixinee. 
ROKAM keii Rukam, Zoll. & Moritz). 4 ew E 
5 a dun white colour, soft, grain coarse, does not. split i in po 
B. n . for furnitur 
m Weight, 211° 8 cubic eem 4 Ibs. 10 ozs. 
Cubic foot = 37 Ibs. 11 ozs. 
Hooker in Flora of British adi, Vol. L Pp 192, says” 
— is much cultivated for its fruit, sx is e size = a 
herry. 
: Polygal: vin 
d MATA PASSER (T rigoniastrum hypoleucum, | 
o small tree. Wood of a very pale lemon paene 
| very much in drying. Used for making tables. 
Weight, 215} | cubic inches = 5 T x ozs. 
ee A od foot — - 45 lbs. 14} ozs. | 
57^ ^ 2508. Endo (Kanthophy liam v rufum, A E 
— " mber tree. Wood a dirty white colour, with 
ban medium, hard, Pathe not split in ae ses 
Weight, 242 cubic ini = 6 Ib s. 3 
E ibie foot = 43 lbs. 
