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are large. This is rather a poor wood although it is nicely marked 
and of a good colour. Weight 35 lbs. 4 ozs. 
Dichops is obovota , Clarke. Belian Wangi. 
This high class timber has been identified (Kew Bulletin) as that 
of Dichopsis obovata , a big tree with large obovate glabrous leaves. 
The timber is very dull reddish, grain medium very hard, splits 
slightly in drying, affords beams of excellent quality, which remain 
undecayed a long time under water and are not readily eaten by 
termites. A cubic foot weighs 64 lbs. 2§ ozs. Bark smooth 
£th inch thick, wood greyish brown, rays very fine, rings distinct 
and irregular with very fine concentric rings numerous and wavy, 
pores moderate in short rows parallel with the rays, often sub- 
divided, not very numerous- 
D . banc ana, Miq. 
Is a gigantic tree with a straight stem about 80 feet to the first 
branch. It appears to be a good timber. The wood is reddish 
brown, rays fine and close, pores moderate in radial rows, rings 
fairly distinct, fibre wavy. A light wood with a good gloss. 
Payena lucida, A Dec. Niato balam. 
Is a common tree which attains a height of 100 feet. The wood 
is used for planking. It is hard and red with moderate, sized pores 
in short radial lines, the rays very fine and numerous, the concern 
tries numerous wavy parallel. The weight per cubic foot is 45 lbs. 
according to Gamble, 29 lbs. 13 ozs. according to Maingay. 
A timber obtained in Kwala Lumpor under the name of Niato 
may belong to this plant. It is heavy and of a dark brown colour 
with fairly large scattered po-es and fine and distant rays, a good 
useful wood. Weight 40 lbs. 8 ozs. 
Niato received from Singapore Sawmills much resembled a wood 
called Jo 1 or Teak, Balau No. 2, and Sundik. It is red with large 
pores arranged in short longitudinal rows parallel to the very close 
fine rays which are connected by short tran verse rays. It is a good 
wood for planking. Weight 30 lbs. 6 ozs. 
P. Leeriiy Gutali Sundik. 
A fairly tall tree with ovate cuspidate dark green leaves. It at- 
tains the height of 80 or 90 feet and a diameter of ii. The wood 
is light brown fairly heavy and hard, pores few and scattered, rays 
fine but not very close, and the concentric lines wavy and broken 
up, a good hard wood. Weight 74 lbs. 12 ozs. 
The free is most valued for its gulta perch a which is second to 
Getah Taban in value. 
Mimusops E/engi, V. Poko Tanjong. 
A tree often planted by roadsides etc. but doubtfully wild here. 
It attains no great size, usually about 20 feet tall and 1^ foot 
through. 
The wood is light red and hard, does not split in drying, is fine 
grained with obscure rings, the pores medium in size arranged in 
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