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Remarks— A useful coniferous timber. 'Found it Dacrydium falciforme Pilger, 'Nos. 397, 519. 



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in various parts at low levels, e.g., Baroi River, 

 but it is rare. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, flowers, buds, wood, 

 bark; immature fruit. 



Affin. Rodocarpns thevetiifolius Zippel, JSTo. 357a. 



A small tree, 4 feet girth, with a bole of 50 feet, 



and 70 feet over all. 

 Leaves. — Typical Podocarpus leaf, up to 2 inches 



by ■§ inch. 

 Flowers.- — Immature. 

 Bark. — Light-brown, somewhat fibrous. Inner 



bark lighter brown. Solution pale brown. 



Green precipitate. 



Wood.— Sap undefined, streaked white and yellow. 



Kays. — So fine as to be uncountable; show up as 

 minute lines on quarter. General. — A pale 

 yellow wood showing no grain. Solution wood: 

 colourless; no precipitate. Cuts soft and clean. 



45 lb. per cubic feet. 

 Locality.— 5,500 feet to 10,300 feet. Mt. Obree. 

 Date. — January, 1923. 

 Remarks.— At the top of Mt. Obree, 10,300 feet, 



this tree forms 50 per cent, of the stocking, and 



here it becomes very dwarfed in height and in 



girth. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, immature flowers, 



bark, wood. 



Podocarpus sp., No. 524. 



A medium tree, 4 feet in girth; a bole of 50 feet, 

 and 80 feet over all. 



Leaves. — Characteristic podocarp leaves. 



Bark. — Less than J inch thick, brown, longi- 

 tudinally lined, usually spirally. I 

 salmon pink. Solution colourless; pale green 



nner 



bark 



precipitate. 

 Wood. — Sap undefined; yellow. Rays. 



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,500 to 



the inch, very fine and hard to distinguish on 

 the quarter. General. — A dense even-grained 

 wood showing unequal irregular rings of pah 1 



Solution 



and darker yellow. Cut 

 colourless; no precipitate. 



firmly. 





Locality. — Moss Forest, Mongi Valley, 8,000 feet. 



Below Sarawaket. 



Material collected. — Leaves, wood, and bark. 



Dacrydium elafiim Wall, Nob. 404, 567. 



A tree, 8 feet girth, with a bole of 60 feet, and 

 attaining an overall height of 90 feet; but as 



a rule, more slender; old trees develop grooves 

 for a height of 12 feet from the butt. 

 Leaves. — Very larch-like, drooping, soft. 



Bark — 



—J inch thick, mauve-brown, pustular; 

 scaly, sheds in jig-saw patterns. Inner bark, 

 red. It exudes a resin sparingly. Solution, 

 weak tea; no precipitate. 

 Wood. — Sap undefined, yellow. 







Have only seen trees 6 inches girth and 20 feet 

 high. JSTatives say it grows to a big tree. 



Bark. — Solution, very faint yellow; green pre- 

 cipitate. 



Rays. — Very fine, uncountable, being nearly same 

 colour as the wood; show up a little on quarter 

 as fine streaks. ^Numerous minute resin ducts 

 filled with dark resin occur. Soft tissue. — 

 Absent. General. — A pale yellow wood showing 

 no grain. Sol. wood: colourless; very slight 

 green precipitate. Cuts hard. 41 lb. per cubic 

 foot. 



Locality. — Top of ridge between Adai and Tuhui 

 Rivers. 



Date. — February, 1923. 

 Native name. — Olong (Ogeramnang). 



Remarks. — Scarce. On the slopes of Mt. Sarawa- 

 ket it, or a tree very like it, flourishes between 

 9,000 and 10,000 feet, and makes a fine upstand- 

 ing tree. 



Material collected. — Leaves, bark, and wood. 



Llhocedrus papuana, F. v. M., Nos. 520, 381. 



A large tree, 7 ft. 6 in. girth, a bole of 60 feet, 



and 90 feet over all. 

 Leaves. — Very cypress like, glaucous beneath. 



Seedling leaves very much larger than those of 



mature trees, and more glaucous. 



Bark. — J inch thick, dark-brown when wet, grey- 

 brown when dry. (Usually wet.) Flatly ridged, 

 ridges about 1 inch wide. Inner bark creamy- 

 pink. Sparsely resinous. Solution, rose; strong 

 green precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap 1^ inches, yellow. Heart a rich 

 brown. 



Rays. — -150 to 200, brown, somewhat sinuous, 



exceedingly hard to see except in translucent 

 section, 1-50 inch deep; show up as little brown 

 specks and streaks on quarter. Soft tissue.— 

 Absent. General. — A yellow-brown wood. 

 Showing rings of vellow and brown on cross but 



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very little 



wood : colourless 



gram on 



other sections. 



Solution 



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brown precipitate. 



Cuts 



rather hard but clean. 37 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality.— Owen Stanley Range, 8,000 to 10,000 

 feet. Common on the Mt. Obree-Laruni spur, 

 and along the main divide. At the higher alti- 



Fi 



me specimens on 



tucies it is much dwarfed. 

 Sarawaket. 



Date.— February, 1923. 



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Native name. — Kumtsu (Ogeramnagn). 



Remarks. — A good pine timber, but not as plenti- 

 ful as the other Conifene. It is smooth work- 

 ing, and cuts rather soft, but is really a firm 

 wood. 



Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 





Rays.— Too fine to count on cross section, but they Phylloctadus 1>;/i>ophtjlhts Hook, Nos. 5 IS, 359a. 

 show up indistinctly on the quarter, 1-80 inch 



deep. 

 General. — A pale yellow wood streaked with 

 darker yellow, close-grained, and uniform. 

 Cuts rather hard, and weighs 36 lb. to the cubic 

 foot. Solution, faint mauve; no precipitate. 



A large short-boled tree, 16 feet girth, 30 feet of 



bole, and 50 feet over all. 



Leaves. — Phylloelads. 



Bark. — 1 ineh thick, a very dark red-brown, almost 

 black, rough, ridged, sealy. Inner bark yel- 

 low-brown. Solution, tawny; blue precipitate. 

 Locality. — longey divide between Adai and JNTaro, Wood. — Sap undefined, white and yellow, in con- 



4,000 feet. 

 Date. — November, 1923, and Februarv. 



7 7 m m 



Native name. — Belitzi (Ogeramnagn). 



Remarks. — Young trees are in demand for the 



various stations of the Lutheran Mission for 



Christmas trees. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



centric rings. 

 Rays. — Very fine and hard to count, 170 to 200 

 to the inch. Do not show up on quarter. 



General. — A compact firm wood, yellow, with 



rings of darker yellow here and there. Solution 



wood: colourless; no precipitate. Cuts rather 

 hard. 35 lb. per cubic foot. 



