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hard close and even grained, annual rings indistinctly marked by 

 concentric lines, pores small and moderate sized uniformly dis- 

 tributed . Rays of two sizes, few moderately broad rays with 

 numerous fine rays between them, 49 lbs per cubic foot. 



Baccanrea . 



A large genus of trees of no very great size with fruits either in 

 the form of a berry or a capsule, the seeds enclosed in an eatable 

 aril. The timber, as a rule, is hard and good, in some light yellow- 

 ish white, in others dark brown. 



B. Motley ana, Hook, hi. Rambai. 



A well known fruit tree. It seems never to attain any large size 

 and usually branches much low down. The bark is thin and flaky, 

 light coloured, and the wood rather soft and light coloured .similar 

 to ashwood in colour^ the rays are rather thick and the pores large. 

 Weight 33 lbs. 12 ozs. to 87 lbs. 2 ozs. 



A good fire wood. 



B. parviflora, Muell. Setambun. 



This is quite a small tree about 20 feet tall and usually much 

 less, and about three inches through. The flowers are borne on 

 the old wood in great masses, the females at the foot of the tree, 

 the males higher up. The stem is usually knotty and the wood 

 very compact and hard, wherefore it is often used as a club by 

 Malays. It is light fawn colour, or yellow with large and fine rays 

 mixed and connected with very small transve^e bars, pores few 

 and small. Weight 23 lbs. to 51 lbs. 



Though the tree is small from the peculiarly hard close grain of 

 the wood it might perhaps be of use for work in which box-wood is 

 commonly used. 



B. symplocoides, Hook til. 



A small tree common. Wood close grained light fawn colour 

 with distinct rings, rays rather distant, and broad, pores many 

 small and few. A hard compact wood something like the previous 

 one. 



B. Walltchii, Hook fil. Gintek Merah. 



A tree 40 to 60 feet tall has red wood suitable for beams, being 

 durable. 



B. Malay ana, King. Tampoi. 



A well known fruit tree 50 to 60 feet tall, has rather light 

 coloured brown wood with tolerably distinct rings and numerous 

 moderate sized pores, the rays are mixed fine and broad ones and 

 there are fine transverse bars running across as in the other 

 species. Weight 54 lb*. A durable wood but rather liable to split ; 

 useful for beams, posts etc. 



B. bract cat a Muell. 



A common medium sized tree, has wood very similar to that of 

 Tampoi, but the transverse bars are finer and the colour is darker. 

 Weight 78 lbs. 12 ozs. 



