249 

 G loch id ion. 



Small to medium trees with small yellow or red flowers and 

 capsular fruit. Most of the species are known as Ubah by the 

 Malays. The timber when large enough is used in house building 

 and is hard and durable. 



67. superbunt, Baill. 



A small tree with large leaves common in secondary growth. 

 Wood reddish brown compact with line rays and numerous large 

 pores, rather light. Used for rafters and light building, and also 

 for firewood. Maingay gives this as MedangKuneat (Medang Kun- 

 yit) and Tamangow and says it is used for common work. Wood 

 olive yellow becoming reddish towards centre. Weight per cubic 

 foot 37 lbs. or 55 lbs. ii ozs. A Singapore specimen weighs 43 lbs. 

 9 ozs. 



G. microbotrys, Hook fil. 



A fairly heavy reddish brown wood with wavy fibres numerous, 

 rather large pores, line. A fairly good house building wood. 

 Weight 40 lbs. IO ozs. 



Gl. laevigatum Hook fil, 



A small sized tree common in secondary jungle. The wood 

 resembles that of G. superbum, but more reddish in colour. The 

 tubes are lined with some white shining substance when dry. 

 Weight 51 lbs. 12 ozs. to 58 lbs. 8 ozs. 



G. brunneum, Hook fil. Ranang. Ubar Merah. 



Attains a height of 30 to 40 feet, but is only used for rafters 

 and firewood. 



G. goniocarpum, Hook fil. and G. littorale, Bl. 



Have rather light brown wood. Weights 33 lbs. and 37 lbs. 

 2 ozs. 



G. sericeum, Hook fil. 

 Which never attains any considerable size, has soft whitish wood. 

 Weight 58 lbs, 8 ozs. 



Cleistanthus sp. 



A medium sized tree. Timber light fawn colour with distinct rings, 

 very fine grained, rays fine undulate with obscure transverse bars. 

 C. hirsutulus, Hook, fil. 



A small tree the wood of which is more curious than useful. It is 

 ot a dirty brown colour with wedge shaped rays very unequal in 

 width, and numerous transverse bars, pores large but very few. 



It occurs in Langkawi and Perak. 



C. myrianthus, Kurz. 

 Tree of fairly large size with copperv leaves. 



ood moderately hard reddish grey, pores small numerous, 

 often subdivided; rays fine very numerous closely packed, 41 lbs. 

 cubic foot" (Gamble Man. Ind. Timbers, p. '357). Occurs in 

 Singapore. 



