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sembles somewhat Dammar Laut, but is less dense. Weight 62 lbs. 
< 02s. It is a good wood for building bridges, houses, etc. 
Ximenia americana , L. Bidara Laut. 
Is a sea-shore shrub cf no great size, spiny with white flowers, 
a J\ ° ran g e_coIoure d-pIums eaten by the natives. The wood is 
chiefly remarkable for having a pleasant scent when fresh. It is 
igit brown in colour and rather heavy, the rays exceedingly nu- 
merous and close, the pores numerous and small. Weight 62 lbs. 
9 02s. ” 
Cteuolophan parvifohus , Oliv. Bungkal. 
Is a fairly large tree tall and straight about sixty feet in height. 
Its wood is rather soft, brownish white with very fine rays and 
few large pores, the vessels are filled with resin,* and this ^ives 
the wood a shiny appearance. 
Maingay under the name “Preecha” describes it as hard yel- 
lowish white becoming red towards the centre, grain fine fairlv 
hard, does not split in drying. Weight 54 lbs. S. 33 lbs. 4 ozs. ' 
iLICINEcE. 
Ilex. A few species of this genus occur here of which only two 
are common /. cymosa and /. macrophy/la, Wall. 
Hex cymosa Bl. Timah-timah, Titimah, Musirah putih. 
A common tree of no great size in waste ground and woods with 
white hark, sometimes attaining a height of 50 feet with small 
greenish white flowers and small red drupes. Wood yellowish 
rather soft, with somewhat scanty pores and rather thick ravs, 
some thicker than others. J 
This is a poor dirty looking wood. Weight 39 lbs. ozs. per 
cubic -foot (Maingay) S. 40 lbs. F 
It is used in building, but is not durable and is considered very 
inferior by the Malays. J 
/. macrophy/la, Wall. Titimah bulan, Musira bukit, 
Titimah Gading. 
A very similar tree with larger leaves and fruits. 
Celastrjne^. 
Kurrimia paniculata. Wall. Banak, Biko Biko. 
A big tree 20 to 30 feet tall, with large dark green leaves and 
panicies of small green flowers. 
7 he ’ S medium hard and o f fair weight, light brown in 
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shade'tree'but raThflwTn growth." ^ durabl& A ' ,ands ° me 
K. pulcherrima Wall. Boko Boko 
about^eo'Lf ai?Hter P “ k fl °"' ers ’ attains 3 he % h f of 
Wood dark coloured not durable. 
