Xanthophyllum, Limah Beruk. 



About twenty species of medium sized or small trees, chiefly 

 used for native house building, some being fairly durable. 



X. ellipticum, Benn. 



A medium sized tree with grey bark | inch thick. Wood grey 

 and fawn colour mixed, fairly hard, pores large irregularly scattered 

 often divided, rays very close and fine. Concentric lines very 

 close numerous and wavy. A fairly good wood but no great size. 



X. Griffith!;, Hook fil. 



Wood yellowish white, grain coarse, splits in drying. Weight 

 44 lbs. 3! ozs. per cubic foot (Maingay). 



X. obscurum, Benn. 



A big tree with large globose woody fruits, attains a height of 

 60 feet or more. Common in Singapore, Dindings, etc. 



Wood heavy fairly hard, yellowish grey, pores very large scat- 

 tered, rays very fine and obscure with very fine innumerable trans- 

 verse bars. 



X. sp. A sample of wood labelled Limah Beruk from Johore 

 Mills, is a fairly hard, rather light white word, with very small 

 pores and conspicuous rays, broad and fine mixed, with very fine 

 transverse bars. 



Hypericins a;. 



The only trees of this order here are a few species of Cra- 

 toxylon, of these the most important is Cratoxylon arborescetis, 

 Bl. "Geronggang" or Gonggang. 



A tree about 80 feet in height, straight, without buttresses, a 

 foot or more in diameter; bark grey with longitudinal furrows, 

 leaves small coriacious oblanceolate. Flowers in terminal cymes 

 deep red. Fruit a capsule with winged seeds. The timber is red, 

 finely grained, with large pores, rings large and fairly distinct, 

 rays usually conspicuously dotted. It somewhat resembles Serayah, 

 and is used for planking etc. and for this is considered a high class 

 wood. Maingay gives its weight as 32 lbs. 15 ozs. : (S.) 22 lbs. 

 12 ozs. and a specimen from Johore 12 lbs. 4 ozs. 



Common in the south of the Peninsula. 



C. polyanthiim, Korth Lunchin, Mumpat Hitam, Derom. 



A straight tall tree about 60 feet, and \ \ feet through, without 

 buttresses. The bark is red flaking off and falling at the foot of 

 the tree like that of Tristania. The tree sheds its leaves perigdi- 

 cally, just before flowering. The young shoots are red, fully 

 developed leaves lanceolate. Flowers small dull pink. 



The wood is rather htavy, light pinkish brown in colour, close 

 grain, d, pores rather small, rings close and undulate. A good 

 useful wood giving beams 5 to 6 inches square, but not considered 

 as good as Geronggang. Weight 61 lbs. 15 ozs. (MAINGAY). 

 (S.) 57 lbs. 10 ozs. 



