50 GORDONIA CONCENTRIC1CATRIX BURKILL. 



are Ochanostachys amentacea and various species of Shorea, with 

 Eugeissonia tristis in the under-growth. In the Bangi Reserve in 

 Selangor it is found with Kelat Merah (Eugenia sp.), and its 

 resemblance to this tree no doubt accounts for its being known to 

 some Malays by the same name. The Eugenia bark is similar in 

 colour to that of the Gordonia, but does not peel off in the same 

 long flakes. The Eugenia also has scars on the new bark, but they 

 are not very conspicuous and are wavy rather than concentric. 

 Finally the blaze of the Eugenia is quite dry. 



Gordonia concentricicatrix yields a tough close-grained pinkish 

 to red-brown timber somewhat lighter than water and said by the 

 Malays to be suitable for house-building. The bark is used in 

 Pahang for dyeing fishing nets and clothing for rough use, cloth 

 treated three times with the dye becoming, so it is said, fairly 

 waterproof. 



The following corrections should be made in the botanical 

 description already to referred to : — 



(i) Under figures 10 and 11 "Abdul Rawi" should 

 read "Abdul Rani." 



(ii) Under figure 11 " 898 " should read "878." 



(iii) In the particulars of occurrence the sentence " ex 



Selangor et cum f ructibus " should 



read " ex Selangor ad Rantau Panjang collegerunt 

 sub numero C. F. 878 J. G. Watson et Abdul Rani 

 mense Maio cum floribus et mense Junio cum 

 fructibus." 



Jour. Straits Branch 



