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M. megal&phylla } Muell. 

 A medium sized tree with very large leaves. Wood soft light 

 brown, light. Pores large, rays numerous wavy and close much 

 broken up. A rather poor wood, chiefly used for windmills for 

 scaring birds. Weight 26 lbs. 10 ozs. 



M. populifolia, Muell. 



A fairly large tree, with ovate dark green leaves. Wood pale brown 

 moderately hard, rather light coarsegrained, pores large, rings dis- 

 tinct irregular, rays very obscure. A better class of wood than 

 most of the genus. 



Endospermum malaccense, Muell. Senduk senduk. 



A fairly large tree with grey bark, attains a height of about 80 

 feet with a stout stem. 



Wood soft white, with large scattered pores subdivided by par- 

 titions into two or three, several together, rays very line. A light 

 soft wood used for planks but chiefly for making clogs, in the same 

 way as Jelutong ; Maingay gives the name of this as Mudang Klabos 

 (Medang Klabu) and says, the wood is v hitish orange becoming more- 

 red in the centre. He gives the weight as 44 lbs. 5 ozs. per cubic 

 foot. Singapore specimen weighs 23 lbs. 10 ozs. 



Sapium discolor, Muell. 



A very common tree with smooth bark and small leaves with 

 white backs. 



The wood is soft and light with very few large pores, and no 

 rings. A poor useless wood. Weight 23 lbs. 4 ozs. to 24 lbs. 12 ozs. 



Exccecaria agallocha, L. 



A sea shore tree with dark polished green leaves, and poisonous 

 milk. It has very similar soft useless vaoocI. W^eight 54 lbs. 



URTICACE/E. 



Gironniera nervosa, Planch. Medang Ampas Tebu. 



A medium sized tree about 60 feet tall and wood light coloured 

 yellowish fawn rather soft with large scattered pores, and medium 

 sized rather distinct rays, coarse grained and light "splits deeply 

 in drying." Used in building, planks etc., but is not durable and 

 does not stand exposure. Maingay gives weight as 31 lbs. 15 ozs. 

 per cubic, foot. Singapore 31 lbs. 8 ozs. to 34 lbs. 10 ozs. 



G. subaeqnalis, Planch. Medang Kasap Jantan, Medang Hitam. 



About 30 feet tall stem usually straight. The timber has much 

 the same structure as the last, but is heavier sinking in water and 

 rather darker, a yellowish brown colour, the rings are visible and 

 irregular, the pores more numerous. Like the last it is used for 

 planking and beams 5 to 6 inches square can be had, but is not 

 durable Weight 37 lbs. 2 ozs. 



G. parvifolia, Planch. Medang Kuruseh. 



Is a smaller tree, chiefly occurring in hill jungles but widely 

 scattered. It is said to run to 70 feet tail, but I have seen none 



