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Guepinia spathulata, a small soft flattened and branched orange 
yellow fungus. 
DlLLENIACE/E. 
Of the live genera of this order occurring in the Peninsula, De~ 
lima and Tctracera are strong growing climbers and Acrotrema 
is a herb. The others Wormia (6 or 7 species) and Dillenia (5 
species) are trees or large shrubs. They are all somewhat simitar 
in their large leaves and usually showy white or yellow flowers, 
rarely apetalous, and are generally known to the Malays as Simpoh 
or Chimpoh. 
Wormia meliosniosfolia , King, Simpoh butan. 
A common tree in the hill woods, with soft velvety leaves, yellow 
acid fruit, often eaten. Attains a height of about 30 or 40 feet. 
It is used in house building but is not of much value. 
IV. lament ell a , 131 . 
A medium sized tree, with large yellow flowers chiefly occurs 
in the South of the Peninsula. The wood is light brown rather 
soft, with rather broad rays alternating with narrower ones and few 
small pores. Weight 54 lbs. per cubic foot. 
W. pulchdla, Jack. 
A fair sized tree attaining a height of about 60 feet, with red 
rough bark, and rather small dark shining green leaves, flowers 
light yellow. Common in damp wet woods. Wood red heavy 
and compact fairly hard, pores moderate size, rays rather distant, 
broad and narrow mixed, with very fine intermediate rays. A good 
wood. 
Dillenia indica , L. 
A fairly large stout tree with very large white flowers, occurs 
along river banks in a few places, and is sometimes cultivated. 
A slow grower and rarely a tall tree, but fairly stout. The wood 
is red, rather coarse grained with numerous pores. It is not com- 
mon in the Peninsula. The wood is good for building, and used 
in Java for telegraph poles (Van Eeden), and in India for shelves 
and gunstocks. Weight 41 to 49 tbs. (GAMBLE). 
D. aurea , Sm. 
An uncommon tree occurring in Perak and Pahang, with showy 
yellow flowers. Wood grey mottled and wainscoted. .Weight 48 
to 49 Tbs. (Gamble), used for the interior of houses but not durable 
(Van Eeden). 
D. ovata , Wall and D. reticulata , King, 
are also trees which, however, are rare and little known. 
Magnoliace^. 
There are six genera of this order here, of which one Kadsura 
is a strong woody climber, while the rest are trees and shrubs. 
The greater number occur only at considerable elevations, from 
