C. duty mum , Roxb. Butulang. 
Is a small shrubby tree common near the sea coast with light 
brown or dull whitish wood, numerous tine rays and abundant mo- 
derate sized pores. A fairly good hard wood for small purposes. 
Maingay states it is used in boat building. Weight 54 lbs. 6 ozs., 
Singapore 43 lbs. 8 ozs. 
Ixora spp. Pecha Priok, Siantan. 
Well known ornamental shrubs or small trees, with red yellow 
or white flowers. The wood resembles that of coffee, white to light 
brown fine grained with conspicuous rings, exceedingly fine rays, 
and concentric lines broken up connecting them, pores very small 
Weight 55 lbs. 11 ozs. 
I. concinna , Br. 
The wood is chiefly used for walking sticks, but could also be 
used for many small purposes. 
I . parviflora , Vahl. 
Is used for furniture and house building in Southern India. 
Timonius Jambosella Thw. 
A common small tree with yellow flowers, abundant in secondary 
jungles. 
Wood yellowish heavy, pores moderately large, rays very fine 
and close, rings faintly marked. Weight 44 lbs. 
T. Rumph’i , Dc. 
Is very similar but rather lighter coloured, and the fibre is more 
wavy. Cubic foot 20 lbs. 2 ozs. Maingay. 
Morinda tinctoria, Roxb. Mengkudu. 
This is chiefly grown for its bark, which especially that of the 
roots is used fortanning and dyeing. It grows in waste ground 
and is usually a tree of about 20 or 30 feet tall, but I have seen a 
tree much larger. 
The wood is yellowish brown, bright orange when fresh cut, close 
grained and rather soft, pores large and small mixed, the rays rather 
thick. Maingay gives the weight as 46 lbs. 7 ozs. per cubic foot, 
S. 40 lbs. 4 ozs. to 47 lbs. 8 ozs. 
It is used for gun stocks in Java (Van Eeden.) 
Composite. 
The only tree of this order, is Vernonia arborea. Ham. lC Me- 
rambong ", which attains a height of 60 feet, and a diameter of 
about 18 inches or more. It has rather soft white or brownish 
wood, with conspicuous rays, and fairly large pores. It has a fairly 
good figure, though a dull coloured wood. It is used in housebuild- 
ing but is not considered very gooJ. Weight 26 lbs. 4 ozs. 
Myrsine^i. 
Meesd indica , L. 
A small common tree, with compact light brown fairly hard wood 
with fine close rays and medium sized pores. Too small for much 
