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The timber described hy Howard Newton as Kelat may be from < 
this species but the pores are more definitely arranged in rows 
than in this or any other species I know of. He says of it that 
it is not very highly esteemed, but still is possessed of fair average 
transverse strength. Tt is close grained, durable and not more 
difficult to work than Daru. 
Among other good species may be mentioned, E. acuminatis- 
• sima, Kurz. Kelat asam, attaining a height of 40 feet, E. subdecus- 
sata, Wall. 60 feet, giving beams 5 or 6 inches square, of dark red 
heavy timber, E. conglomerata , Duthie. Selembat, from 30 to 60 feet 
tall, a very fine tree. E. nitida Duthie. a good hard wood rather 
light in colour with few pores. Weight 49 lbs, 3 ozs. 
E. sp. with rather thin large leaves and white flowers in tufts 
on the old wood of the branches, with rather light coloured brown 
wood, close grained and heavy. E. pustulata, Duthie. Gelam Tikus, t 
a tree with red flaky bark and very large stiff opposite sessile 
leaves, growing in wet spots in jungle. 
Bari'ingtonia , Putat. 
Small to medium sized trees, usually growing near tidal rivers. 
The timber is usually soft and pithy, white or brownish with large 
and numerous pores and irregular rays. Very useless woods. 
Van Eden, however, says that B. racemosa , Bl. and B. speciosa, 
have hard durable wood used for house posts. 
Barringtonia sp. Johore Putat. Weight 21 lbs. 15 ozs. 
>> ,, Putat Manaun „ 20 lbs. 3 ozs. 
Melastomacese. 
Comparatively few of this order are trees of sufficient size to 
produce timber of any value, being most shrubs or herbaceous 
plants. 
Melastoma malabathricum L, the Senduduk and 
M, decemjidum ) Jack. 
are shrubs with very irregular wood, the fibres being wavy, and 
broken up. The pores are rather large and scanty, the rays fine. 
The wood is yellow or red rather irregularly coloured, but it is too Jj 
small and difficult to cut to be of any use even for cabinet work. 
Pternandra echinata , Jack. Medang malukut, 
Is a common tree with pale blue flowers. It attains no great 
size, usually about 30 feet tall and one foot through. The wood is 
close grained rather heavy and of a reddish brown colour, the pores 
are small and the rays very fine. Weight 41 lbs. I if ozs. (Maingay), 
S. 33 lbs. to 57 lbs. 12 ozs. 
Pt. coernlescens, Jack. 
Is a small irregular tree with veined ovate leaves and small blue 
flowers. The wood is rather light, of a pale brown colour with 
irregular obscure rings, rather large pores and fine rays. Weight 
|8 lbs. 6 ozs. to 19 Ihs. 2 ozs, 
