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very peculiar being deeply channelled longitudinally, and rather 
smooth along the ridges. The leaves resemble those of F . fragrans, 
but are more undulated. The flowers fewer and larger, the berries 
yellow. The stem is in large trees but little branched, forming a 
straight stout solid mass of timber, but in more open places it is 
apt to branch low down when young like t. f ragmans. It is more 
of a forest tree than that species, and occurs in Singapore and 
Negri Sembilan and also in Sumatra. The wood resembles that of 
common Tembusu, but is more compact and resinous with a strong 
odour, and shows no concentric lines. Weight 34 lbs. 6 ozs. It is 
very durable. An old stump in the Botanic Gardens which must 
have been felled upwards of fifty years ago, and which bears on the 
top trees of Kumpas of considerable size has a considerable portion 
of the wood still perfectly sound, possessing when cut the resinous 
odour and the yellow colouring of fresh wood. The timber is very 
much valued on account of its durability and great size. It is used 
in building for house beams, bridges and planks. 
F. Wallichiana , Benth, 
A rather smaller tree though tall, and very different in appear- 
ance from the other species. It occurs on hills at about 2000 feet, 
especially in Penang. The wood is very heavy and darker in 
colour than the other kinds. A very fine compact wood. W eight 
68 lbs. 
F. fastigiata, Bl. Malebera Malbira. 
This is a very different style of tree from any others of the 
group. It is of no great size, about 30 or 40 feet tall with few 
spreading branches, and very large ovate leaves with prominent 
veins. In habit it more resembles Terminally catappa than any- 
thing else here. The flowers are flesh colour, an inch across, in 
large corymbs and the fruit is a greenish berry with minute seeds. 
The bark is rough and brown not very thick and young trees have 
thorny processes on the stems. It grows in damp swampy spots 
near tidal rivers from Johore to Penang. The wood is of a dirty 
yellowish colour with very close narrow rays, and scattered pores 
partitioned. Weight 41 lbs. 6 ozs. 
It has a great reputation for resisting water, and if the trunks 
are used with the bark on resist the teredo, so that it is very valu- 
able for wharfs and piles. It is of fairly rapid growth but is be- 
coming scarce as the usual habitats are getting built over on other- 
wise occupied. It would be worth planting in such places as were 
not required for building etc. to supply piles etc. 
Bignoniacese. 
An order scantily represented in the East Indies. 
Stereospremum chelonoides , Dc. 
Tree about 60 feet tall, rather scarce in the Peninsula. 
Wood fairly heavy, dirty white, rings well ma ked, pores in rows 
parallel to the rings fairly large, rays fine and close “Wood mo- 
derately durable elastic easy to work, it is used for building and is 
good for furniture, used for canvas in Assam and tea-boxes in 
