212 
Use, but according to Maingay used for trenails in shipbuilding. 
Weight 54 lbs. 4 02s. S. 50 lbs. 4 ozs. 
My r sine capitellata , Wall. 
A small tree common on sea coasts, and in the hill regions. 
Wood close grained, whitish fawn coloured close grained, pores 
very numerous crowded, rays fine, rings obscure. Weight 47 lbs. 
4 ozs. 
sEgicttras corniculata, Blanco. 
A small tree or shrub in the Mangroves with light pale coloured 
close grained wood, no rings and very small pores chiefly used for 
firewood. 
Sapotacece. 
A large order, exclusively trees including several important 
timber trees and all the gutta producing trees, almost all the 
species contain a milky latex which contains a certain amount of 
Gutta but only a few are valuable. 
Chrysophyllum Roxburghii, Don. 
A tall tree with small leaves, and a globular angled fruit about 
an inch long containing much gutta which, however, is of little 
value. The fruits are eaten in India. There is a considerable 
difference between the Malay tree and the Indian one, and they 
may be distinct species. 
The tree has a straight smooth stem with grey bark, and no 
buttresses. It attains a height of about 6 j or 80 feet and a dia- 
meter of two feet. The wood is light coloured and soft with large 
pores in rows and somewhat distant rays. 
It is used in building in India, and for kris scabbards here ac- 
cording to Maingay who gives the weight as 43 lbs. 4^ ozs., Singa- 
pore 39 lbs. 6 ozs. 
Sideroxylon ferrugineu m , Hook. Tuak-Tuak. 
A small sea shore tree with stiff dark green leaves coppery 
beneath. 
The wood is hard and heavy pinkish brown in colour with very 
fine rays, and wavy concentric lines, the pores are arranged in 
wavy lines radiating from the centre whiter than the ground co- 
lour and giving the wood a pleasing mottled appearance' Weight 
57 lbs. 
Dichopsis oblongifolia , Gelah Taban Merah. 
This and the closely allied D. gutta, Bentli., give the best Gutta 
percha. The tree attains a height of about sixty feet, and a dia- 
meter of 2 feet. It is seldom much branched, and is not, as a 
rule, a very leafy tree. The growth is slow. The tree is easily 
recognized by its lanceolate dark green le ives golden on the back 
and very finely nerved, and by the gutta which is produced from 
all parts. 
I he wood is light brown, t lie ground colour grey in section, the 
rays and concentric lines which are rather distant red, the pores 
