Medang T a mi ok. 
A very line wood obtained in Selangor evidently belongs to the 
Laurineae. It is very heavy and hard dark brown with darker irre- 
gular rings, the rings of growth are exceedingly line and numerous 
undelating, pores small and scattered, rays very fine. A first class 
wood. Weight 64 lbs. 
Medang Keladi , (Johor). Weight 24 lbs. 12 ozs. 
Linder a malaccensis, Hook fil. 
A tree about 30 feet with a smooth barked stem about 8 inches 
or more in diameter, with dark polished green leaves and yellow 
flowers, bark thin, sap wood about a quarter of the stem, light 
brown, heartwood yellow, rings distinct, pores medium sized often 
divided, rays rather distant. A soft and not heavy wood, very much 
resembling a wood known as Medang Kok, -and used for light 
work such as boxes and the like. Common in the south of the 
Peninsula. 
Proteace/e. 
Helicia excelsa , Bl. Membatu Laiang. 
A medium sized tree. Wood light brown with remarkably broad 
rays connected by close transverse bars, pores small usually 
double, rings distinct rather distant. Weight 41 lbs. 7 ozs, A very 
curious wood. 
//. petiolavis , Benn. Gong, Putat tepi and H. robust a. Wall. 
Are woods of very similar structure. All-are used in housebuild- 
ing, but are not high class timbers, and indeed {attain no great size. 
Weight (//. petiolaris) 73 lbs. 4 ozs. 
Thymeleace.e. 
Aquilaria malaccensis , Lam. Gaharu. 
A large tree, well known from its producing the highly valued 
incense wood Gaharu. This is the altered heart wood of old trees, 
but only a small percentage of trees contain it. The ordinary 
wood of the Gaharu is fawn-white light and soft, pores large and 
numerous, a wood of no value but used for boxes and such like 
work occasionally. Weight 25 lbs. 14 ozs. A common tree all over 
the Peninsula. 
Euphoruiace^e. 
A large order containing a very large proportion of trees few of 
which are of vast size, most being medium to small sized trees. 
The timber of most is rather soft, and light coloured, in some dark 
brown and hard. 
Brt delta. 
A genus of small trees or shrubs, the biggest of which is B. pus- 
tulate, Hook. fil. Kenidai hutan or Bubongkal. Attaining a height 
of 30 or 40 feet with a fairly hard durable dark brown wood used 
for posts and rafters of houses. 
