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Cachar. (Gamble) growth moderate. Weight average about 47 lbs. 

 (Gamble) S. 42 lbs. 3 ozs. 



S. fimbriatum, Dc. " Chacha. 

 A fair sized tree, flowers tubular with a broad limb fimbriate at 

 the edge, pink or white, 80 to 90 feet tall. Wood darker coloured, 

 durable, used in building giving beams 5 to 8 inches square. 



S. hy post i cum , Miq. Lumpoyan. 



A tree of no great size, 20 feet and a little more, common in the 

 woods of the South. 



Wood light coloured, rings obscure rays rather distant, pores 

 moderately large, a poor wood. Weight 29 lbs. 4 oz>. ; 34 lbs. 8 ozs. 



Oroxylum indicum, Vent. 



A tall slender little branched tree about 40 feet tall with bipin- 

 nate leaves, and racemes of dull purple flowers followed by long 

 swordlike pods with thin flat winged seeds. It grows fast, and the 

 wood is soft and white, or light fawn colour with fine rather dis- 

 tant rays, pores moderate sized scattered. A poor soft wood. 



Weight (Gamble) 30 lbs. 



Verb en ace jf£. 



Callicarpa longifolia, Lam. Tampang Besih. 



Shrub, with lilac flowers and white drupes, rarely attaining any 

 great size. 



Wood whitish brown soft and light, rays fine not close, pores 

 small. Weight 43 lbs. 2 ozs. 



C. arborea, Roxb. Ambon. 



Attains a height of 50 or 60 feet, fairly thick in the stem and 

 much branched above. 



Wood white not heavy, floats in water, rings not very distinct, 

 rays very fine, pores medium. 



Used in house building but poor. Maingay gives it under the 

 name Kapayang as reddish white streaked and blotched with red- 

 dish brown becoming darker towards the centre, fairly hard. 

 Weight 46 lbs. 6 ozs 



Premna cordifolia, Roxb. Buas Buas. 



Tree or large shrub, with strongly scented leaves, small white 

 flowers and black drupes. A plant of rapid growth, growing 

 readily from cuttings of any size, good for hedges. Wood yellow- 

 ish white with fine parallel rays lighter coloured than the sur- 

 rounding tissue, pores fairly large. Weight 32 lbs. 9 ozs. 



P. divaricata, Wall. Buas Buas. 



A climber, wood yellowish white grain medium or coarse fairly 

 hard, splits in drying. Used for general work. Weight 49 lbs. 

 \ ozs. (Maingay). 



Vitex pubescens, Vahl. " Leban " tandok, Leban hitam, Halban. 



A common tree in open country, about 40 feet tall, stem one to 2 

 feet through. Bark flaky light coloured. 



