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tinct. It contains much resin in the cells and is a rather heavy 
useful wood. It occurs in Penang and Perak. 
Weight 47 lbs. 40ZS. 
A. costata , Korth. Mersawa Ular. 
A large straight tree with strong buttresses, attains a large size, 
the bark is light whitish coloured. , , 
Leaves large oblong six inches long and two across, 
coriaceous blunt, the upper side smooth and polished, the unde 
side strongly veined, reticulate, pubescent The flowers are yeUow 
with acute petals * an inch across. The fruit is g'obose^nd 
smooth, with two large oblong wings over six inc ie » 
inch and a-half across with three strong ribs and many trans 
bars, the other two wings are small. 
The wood is hard and heavy dull brown m colour an. 
grained, the pores very small. . , , though 
For some reason this is not a very highly prized wood, though 
it is undoubtedly a good second class timber. 
A. glabra. Mersawah Merah. 
Has thinner leaves ovate lanceolate to lanceolate acuminate 
glabrous finely reticulate. The fruit is small about as big as a 
large pea, the wings narrow blunt lorate with three strong nerve*. 
Altogether a small tree in all parts. The wood is light and floats 
in water. 
Shorea Thiseltoni King? Baiau (Pahang.) 
This is entirely different from the original ? alau “h a “n” 
oblongifolium). The specimens I have receded Pah * 
collected by Mr. Hill have slender black twigs, leaves mate 
acuminate with a broad base, 8 inches long an 4 > n ’ 
upper side dark green back lighter, nerves alternate about 23 P'y 
minent on the back, with conspicuous transverse nervules close 
together, the petiole is rather slender and an inch long. 
This is I believe the Rumpin river Baiau. 
S. Sp. Tampoya mas (Penang) 
Wood light red with rather large and numerous pores and fa 
rays. Has a good gloss and is rather prettily figured. Weight 
3 Tbs. 14 ozs. 
Vatica cinerea, King. Pinang baik. 
A medium sized tree about 60 feet tall, wood hard and heavy 
light yellowish brown resinous, pores medium sized, ra>s very hnt 
and close. A good timber but apparently scarce only occurring 
in Penang and Kedah. Weight 72 lbs. 7 ozs. 
Dryobalanops. 
A genus of onlv four species of which one occurs in the Penin- 
sula D. aromatica. Gaertn. This is the Camphor tree of Borneo. 
(Kapur Barus) and is indeed the first known Camphor plant (sixth 
century). The Japanese Camphor not being known till later. 
The tree only occurs as far as is at present known in the Penin- 
