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Table I . — Annual diameter growth of trees in the virgin forest on the 
Gedeh in Java at altitudes between 1,300 and 1,500 meters. 
Species. 
Height. 
Diame- 
Diameter class in centimeters. 
ter. 
10-20 
20-30 
30-40 
40-60 
50-60 
60-70 
Lauraceae. 
m, 
10 
cm. 
27.0 
0. 56 
15 
16.0 
0.35 
20 
55.0 
0.90 
Do 
26 
63.5 
0.80 
Legfuminoseae. 
15 
18.0 
0.35 
Meliaceae. 
9 
31.6 
0.30 
25 
46.0 
1.35 
Euphorbiaceae. 
20 
26.0 
0.40 
16 
35.0 
0.26. 
Macaranga rhizinoides (Bl.) 
20 
30.0 
0.20 
Aceraceae. 
Acer niveum Bl 
10 
18.0 
0.70 
Do 
15 
27.0 
0.20 
Sapindaceae. 
Mischocarpus fuscescens Bl 
20 
31.0 
0. 05 
Do 
15 
20.0 
0.05 
Elaeocarpaceae. 
Ela.eocarpus pien'ci Kds. et Val.. 
18 
23.0 
0.60 
Sloanea sigun^7.y?<7. 
18 
32.0 
0.10 
Theaceae. 
Eurya acuminata DC 
18 
21.0 
0.30 
Schima noronkae Reinw 
35 
55.0 
0.40 
Myrtaceae. 
Eugenia cuprea Kds. et Val 
23 
46.0 
0.06 
Eugenia densiflirra (DC.) Duthie. 
15 
28.0 
0.20 
Do 
15 
34.0 
0.35 
Eugenia operculata Roxb 
21 
44.6 
1.00 
Myrsinaceae. 
Rapanea kasseltii (Bl.) Mez 
26 
21.0 
0.60 
Syraplocaceae. 
Symplocos costata (Bl.) Choisy... 
18 
37.0 
0. 20 
Symplocos fasciculata Zoll 
8 
10.0 
0.20 
Do 
14 
18.0 
0.35 
Rubiaceae. 
Nauclea lanceolata Bl 
23 
28.5 
0. 16 
0.39 
0.36 
0.19 
0.80 
0.65 
0. 80 
Years in 10-centimeter diameter class. 
26.0 
28.0 
63.0 
13.0 
16.0 
13.0 
fast or slow for the species concerned. Brown and Matthews ® 
found that in the virgin forests of the Philippines some of the 
° Brown, W, H., and Matthews, D. M., Philippine dipterocarp forests, 
Philip. Joum. Sci. A 9 (1914) 413-661. 
