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Xanthophyllum , Limah Bt.ru k. 
About twenty species of medium sized or small trees, chiefly 
used for native house building, some being fairly durable. 
X. ellipticum, Benn. 
A medium sized tree with grey bark | inch thick. Wood grey 
and fawn colour mixed, fairly hard, pores large irregularly scattered 
often divided, rays very close and line. Concentric lines very 
close numerous and wavy. A fairly good wood but no great size. 
X. Griff it hii , Hook fil. 
Wood yellowish white, grain coarse, splits in drying. Weight 
44 lbs. 3f ozs. per cubic loot (Maingay). 
X. obscurum, Benn. 
A big tree with large globose woody fruits, attains a height of 
6o feet or more. Common in Singapore, Dindings, etc. 
Wood heavy fairly hard, yellowish grey, pores very large scat- 
tered, rays very fine/and obscure with very line innumerable trans- 
verse bars. 
X. sp. A sample of wood labelled Limah Beruk trom Johore 
Mills, is a fairly hard, rather light white wood, with very small 
pores and conspicuous rays, broad and line mixed, with very fine 
transverse bars. 
HyPERICINE/E. 
The only trees of this order here are a few species of Cra- 
toxylon, of these the most important is Cratoxylon arborescens , 
Bl. “Geronggang” or Gonggang. 
A tree about 80 feet in height, straight, without buttresses, a 
foot or more in diameter ; bark grey with longitudinal furrows, 
leaves small coriacious oblanceolate. Flowers in terminal cymes 
deep red. Fruit a capsule with winged seeds. The timber js red, 
finely grained, with large pores, rings large and fairly distinct, 
rays usually conspicuously dotted. It somewhat resembles Serayah, 
and is used for planking etc. and for this is considered a high class 
wood. Maingay gives its weight as 32 lbs. 15 ozs. ; (S.) 22 lbs. 
12 ozs. and a specimen from Johore 12 lbs. 4 ozs. 
Common in the south of the Peninsula. 
C. polyanthum, Korth Liinchin, Mumpat Hitam, Derom. 
A straight tall tree about 60 feet, and ih feet through, without 
buttresses. The bark is red flaking off and falling at the foot of 
the tree like that of Trisfania. The tree sheds its leaves periodi- 
cally, just before flowering. The young shoots are red, fully 
developed leaves lanceolate. Flowers small dull pink. 
The woo l is rqther heavy, light pinkish brown in cclour, dose 
graiiud, pores rather small, rings close and undulate. A good 
useful wood giving beams 5 to 6 inches square, but not considered 
as good as Geronggang. Weight 6 1 lbs. 15 ozs. (Maingay). 
(S.) 57 lbs. 10 ozs. 
