518 
FOX WORTHY. 
Shorea javanica K. & V. Plalar. 
Java. 
K. & V. 5:121. 
Shorea leprosula Miq. Seraya batu; laro (M.). 
Malay Peninsula, Borneo. 
Ridl. 55; Beee. 571; Bargagli-Petrucci 64. 
Shorea macroptera Dyer. Kepong; kepong liantu; sassak (M.). 
Malay Peninsula, Borneo. 
Ridl. 57; Bargagli-Petrucci 63; Becc. 571. 
Shorea maranti Burck. (Hopea ? mar anti Miq.) Meranti. 
Malacca, Sumatra, Banka. 
Ridl. 55-57; Van Eed. 27. 
Shorea martiniana Sclieff. (Hopea macrophylla de Vr.) Tengkawang-lajar. 
Borneo. 
Burck 1. c. 208. 
Shorea nitensMiq. Maranti bras; sengkawang. 
Sumatra. „ 
Van Eed. 28. 
Shorea obtusa Wall. Thitya (Burm. ). 
Burma. 
Gamb. 82. 
Shorea palembanica Miq. Melebekan. 
Sumatra. 
Van Eed. 28. 
Shorea parvifolia Dyer. Serayah samak; meranti daun kechil; meranti 
kerap. 
Malay Peninsula. 
Ridl. 57. 
Shorea platycarpa Heim. Mranti boaya. 
Sarawak. 
Bargagli-Petrucci 67 ; Becc. 570. 
Shorea polysperma Merr. Plate XXVIII, fig. 73. Tanguile. 
Philippines. 
Phil. Woods 394; Gard. 58. 
Shorea robusta Gaertn. Sal (Hind.). 
British India, Burma, Cochin China. 
Sapwood small, whitish, not durable; heartwood brown, pale when 
first cut, but darkening on exposure, coarse-grained, hard, with a remark- 
able fibrous and cross-grained structure; the fibers of alternate belts in 
the wood on a vertical section running in opposite directions, so that 
when the wood is dressed, a very sharp plane is necessary or it will not 
get smooth; does not season well. Seasonal rings only visible in young- 
trees or on freshly cut wood. Pores moderate-sized to large, often filled 
with resin; each pore or group of pores in a patch of pale, loose tissue. 
Pith-rays uniform, moderately broad, straight, very prominent, joined 
