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tinct. It contains much resin in the cells, and is a rather heavy 

 useful wood. It occurs in Penang and Perak. 

 Weight 47 lbs. 40ZS. 



A. costata, Korth. Mersavva Ular. 



A large straight tree with strong buttresses, attains a large size, 

 the bark is light whitish coloured. 



Leaves large oblong six inches long and two across, hard and 

 coriaceous blunt, the upper side smooth and polished, the under- 

 side strongly veined, reticulate, pubescent. The flowers are yellow 

 with acute petals J an inch across. The fruit is globose and 

 smooth, with two large oblong wings over six inches long and an 

 inch and a-half across with three strong ribs and many transverse 

 bars, the other two wings are small. 



The wood is hard and heavy dull brown in colour and fine 

 grained, the pores very small, 



For some reason this is not a very highly prized wood, though 

 it is undoubtedly a good second class timber. 



A. glabra. Mersawah Merah. 



Has thinner leaves ovate lanceolate to lanceolate acuminate 

 glabrous finely reticulate. The fruit is small about as big as a 

 large pea, the wings narrow blunt lorate with three strong nerves. 



Altogether a small tree in all parts. The wood is light and floats 

 in water. 



Shorea Thiseltoni King? Balau (Pahang.) 



This is entirely different from the original Balau [Parinarium 

 oblongifolium). The specimens I have received from Pahang 

 collected by Mr. Hill have slender black twigs, leaves ovate 

 acuminate with a broad base, 8 inches long and 4 inches wide, 

 upper side dark green back lighter, nerves alternate about 23 pro- 

 minent on the back, with conspicuous transverse nervules close 

 together, the petiole is rather slender and an inch long. 



This is I believe the Rumpin river Balau. 



S. Sp. Tampoya mas (Penang) 



Wood light red with rather large and numerous pores and fine 

 rays. Has a good gloss and is rather prettily figured. Weight 

 3 Tbs. 14 ozs. 



Vatic a clnerea, King. Pinang baik. 

 A medium sized tree about 60 feet tall, wood hard and heavy 

 light yellowish brown resinous, pores medium sized, rays very fine 

 and close. A good timber but apparently scarce only occurring 

 in Penang and Kedah. Weight 72 "lbs. 7 ozs. 



Dryobalanops. 



A genus of only four species of which one occurs in the Penin- 

 sula D. aromatica, Gaertn. This is the Camphor tree of Borneo. 

 (Kapur Barus) and is indeed the first known Camphor plant (sixth 

 century). The Japanese Camphor not being known till later. 

 The tree only occurs as far as is at present known in the Peninl 



