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subject to dry rot at the heart. In demand for piles. Very much like 
the South American P. guianense. (Stone 101, pi. VII, fig. 57.) 
Garcl. 67; Phil. Woods 386; Ridl. 145; Van Eed. 122. 
Parinarium oblong ifol ium Hook. f. Ballow (M.) ; Johore teak. 
Malacca, Pahang. 
Wood very hard and heavy, with the structure of Pygeum spp. This 
wood was formerly used for piling at Singapore, and exported from there 
to Ceylon, etc., but the supply of it was not great and seems to have 
become almost exhausted. I believe it impossible to procure it on the 
Singapore market at the present time. It has given way to a dipterocarp 
wood from Borneo, probably a species of Shorea, which is sold under 
the name of hallow. 
Ridl. 144; Newton 3. 
Pygeum maingayi Hook. f. Fafoo laut (M. ). 
Malacca. 
Wood hard and heavy, pale-olive or olive-white with brownish striae 
and gamboge-colored stains; coarse grain. Construction work. Other 
species of Pygeum are also used; but, so far as known, they agree in 
structure with the preceding, and do not occur in anjr considerable 
quantity. 
Ridl. 145. 
Pygeum pres I i i Merr. Plate XXIII, fig. 21. Lago. 
Philippines. 
Wood moderately hard and moderately heavy, red; fine-grained, but 
with occasional concentric lines of large pores which contain red deposits. 
Used in house building. 
LEGUMINOS2E. 
This is, next to the Dipterocarpacece, the most important family of 
plants in the Orient in the production of commercial wood. In the pro- 
duction of furniture and ornamental woods, it surpasses all others. Many 
representatives of the family have hard, heavy wood, which is often highly 
colored and shows good grain. Many of the woods are also good for 
structural work. 
Several clearly marked types of structure are found in the family, 
but these structural types do not entirely correspond to the natural divi- 
sions of the family. 
Gamble 1 has grouped the Indian members of the family in seven 
groups according to structure. I have followed him in the main, but 
have found it desirable to combine two of his groups, the Ougeinia and 
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