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which are large oblong and red persist for a long time on the bran- 
ches, giving the tree a peculiar appearance. 
The wood is one of the Serayah type, bark red and compact, 
hard and close grained, and may be considered a good heavy sera- 
yah, useful for house building, bridges and planking. Weight 44 
lbs. 10 ozs. (Main gay) S. 40 lbs, 8 ozs. 
It is abundant in Malacca. 
Sh. sericea, Dyer. 
A tall tree about 60 or more feet in height, with elliptic oblong 
leaves tomentose on the back. 
A light red wood with a good gloss on it, the rays being red, 
and tfm rays being silvery grey. The pores are rather large. A 
very, fair Serayah, suitable for planking and furniture work. 
Weight 20 lbs. 1 1 ozs. 
Sh. Curtisii , King. Meranti Tahi. 
A big tree 100 to 150 feet tall. , 
This has a soft light red wood fine grained, with medium sized 
pores and fine rays. It is suitable for furniture and light work 
generally, being of a good colour and figure. Weight 30 lbs. 
It occurs in Penang and Perak. 
Sh. rigid a, Brandis. 
A big tree, 100 feet and upwards. 
Bark rough | an inch thick, sapwood loose textured and light 
coloured. Heartwood red, rings distinct and close, pores nume- 
rous, fairly large often sub-divided, rays fine rather irregularly 
spaced. Fairly heavy a good furniture wood. Weight 36 lbs. 3 ozs. 
Not common, Singapore and Negri Sembilan. 
Shorea utilis , King. Datnar laut No. satu. 
A magnificent tree, with black branches, and long pointed 
lanceolate leaves, blunt at the ends, three inches long and r| wide 
dark brown and shining when dry, chocolate beneath. 
The timber is of the highest class, being very durable. It. is 
heavy and of remarkable tenacity with toughness and strength 
nearly equal to Daru but it is less stiff (Howard Newton). It is of 
a dark brown colour when old, yellower when fresh cut, the pores 
are numerous but small, the rings distinct, and the rays very fine. 
The wood is highly resinous. Weight 72 lbs. 
This one of our finest hard woods formerly grew abundantly in 
Penang and Province Wellesley especially near the sea. It has 
now, however, become scarce as it is a local plant and has nearly 
been exterminated. 
Sh. barbata, Brandis. Resak. 
A large tree, the bark is one-third of an inch thick, brown, and 
splitting off in thick scales. The leaves are ovate, acuminate with 
a blunt point, when dry dark brown above « nd pale beneath. 
The sapwood in this tree is large fo~ a S. orea, i\ inch thick in 
£ six inch tree, brownish in colour. The art-wood is deep brown 
