GUTTA-PKODUCING TItEES. 



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The diameter of the flower is about T % of an inch. 



In the throat of the corolla are inserted, by short filaments, 

 twelve anthers. They are placed alternately in the centre of the 

 teeth, and at the junction between two teeth. 



The style is simple, and of such a length that it projects beyond 

 the petals, in an unopened flower bud. It appears to be often 

 persistent. 



The gutta coagulates very slowly, hence the native name 

 " Cliayer" which means watery, &c. 



The gutta, which seems to be of good quality, is of a dirty white 

 colour, but may be easily distinguished from Taban Puteh by its 

 lower softening point, and the tree, by its having small concave 

 buttresses. 



Getah Taban Simpor. Dichopsis Maiugayi 



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 three feet three inches in 

 diameter, at six feet from the ground, and from that height the 

 buttresses sloped out until they reached the ground ; having a 

 spread of about three 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. 



I had one tree felled, which, at three feet from the ground, mea- 

 sured seventeen inches in diameter, and sixty-three to the first 

 branch. The weight of gutta obtained was 12oz. The sap, by 

 the aid of heat and stirring, coagulated in twenty-three hours after 

 tapping. 



This gutta is sold under the name of Getah Puteh. The tree 

 grows on hills up to about the same height as Taban Puteh. 



