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tissue. — Here and there is crowded In very fine 

 concentric rings 4 to % of an inch then a gap 

 "without, and then perhaps a couple of lines. Gen- 

 eral. — A pale wood streaked with brown, pretty 

 sheen on quarter. Solution wood: colourless; 

 no precipitate. Cuts easily. 37 lb. per cubic 

 foot. 



Locality. — Vailala. 



Date. — January, 1!)23. 



Native name. — Ilewara (Vailala). 



Remarks. — A medium hard wood. Cuts easily. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, bark and wood. 



Ficus sp., No. 81. 

 A small tree. 



Locality. — Vanapa. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Xative name. — Kevao (Doura). 



Material collected. — Leaves and wood. 



Ficus sp., No. 187. 



A large tree. 8 feet in girth with a fine bole of 



80 feet. -Moderately buttressed to 4 feet. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole |-1 ; 

 3J-7 x lf-8; oval; acuminate; glabrous. 



blad 



e 



Fruit 



A fig; l£ in diameter. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole 



51 ? 



blade 

 2 in.-6 in., x 1-3^; oval, acuminate, serrate; 

 both surfaces covered with short stiff fine hairs, 

 making leaf sand-papery to touch. 



Locality. — Veia Creek, alluvial flat. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Native name. — Anano (Doura). 



Remarks. — The bast is used to make perineal band. 



Material collected. — Leaves. 



Ficus sp., No. 111. 



Bark. — \ inch thick, grey, finely pustular. Inner 

 bark, yellow, streaked with white. Exudes thin 

 latex sparingly. 



Wood. 



Sap 



undefined. Pale yellow to straw. 



Soft tissue — characteristically distinct. 



Locality. — Kumusi, near Ointatandi. 



Date.— July, 1922. 



Native name. — Nininge. 



Remarks. — A poor soft wood; so rapidly attacked 

 by fungus as to be destroyed in a few months. 

 Material collected. — Leaves. 



A large tree, 12 feet girth and a bole of 90 feet. Ficus sp., No. 189. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole Th inches; 

 blade 7 x 4|; ovate, entire, densely pubescent 

 beneath; spare hairs above. 



Rays. — 150. Yellow. Undulate but not sinuous, 

 coarse ones number 80. 1/40 deep show up on 

 quarter. The rest are very fine and are broken 

 by pores. Pores. — Conspicuous. 400 large single 

 and radially septate 2-3. Soft tissue. — Con- 

 spicuous. Very coarse white bands, about 30 

 to the inch. Here and there fine ones but most 

 over 1/80 inch thick; cross rays and link up 



General, — A pale soft wood. Solution 

 Wood: colourless; no precipitate. Cuts soft and 

 woolly. 19 lb. per cubic foot. 



Bark. — Exudes latex. Solution faint yellow. No 

 precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined. Pale yellow flecked with 



A large tree, 8 feet in girth, with a 60-foot bole 

 and medium buttresses up to 5 or 6 feet. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole &-li: blade 



5-9 x 4-6. Asymmetrically ovate-cordate; 

 slightly pubescent below; bristly pubescent 

 above. Twig rusty tomentose; hollow. 



Bark. — Finely longitudinally lined. 

 white. 



Liner bark 



pores 



Solution very pale yellow. No precipi- 



liite; coarse 80; sinuous around pores; 

 hardly show up on quarter. Pores. — Oonspieu- 



tate. 



Rays.— W 



ous: 



1,000 to 2,000 in less and more porous 

 zones; single and radially septate 2-3. Soft tis- 

 sue. — Conspicuous white lines. Some are con- 



tinuous 



rings 



Others short broken lin 



es 



all 



saff 



ron. 



Locality. — Vanapa. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Native names. — Neseki (Suku), Koi-i (Doura). 



Remarks. — The bark of this tree is used by the 



natives to make their perineal bands. 

 Material collected. — Leaves. 



Ficus sp., No. 104. 



«. 



link up the pores and often surround thera. 

 General. — A pale timber. Solution wood: opal; 



no precipitate. Cuts soft and woolly. 29 lb. 

 per cubic foot. 



Wood. — Sap undefined. Pale yellow. 

 Locality. — Kumusi, near Onitatandi. 

 Date.— July, 1922. 

 Native name. — Behoro (Oitatandi). 

 Material collected. — Leaves, wood. 



A large tree. 14 feet in girth with a bole of 50 Ftctt-s sp., .No. 194. 



feet. !Narow buttresses up to 8 feet. 

 Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole |-1 inch; blade 

 7-12 x 2|-5; lanceolate, oval, entire, acuminate, 

 glabrous, thin. 



Bark. — Pustular, otherwise smooth. Grey. Inner 



bark light yellow. Exudes latex. 



Wood. — Sap undefined. Light yellow. 

 Rays. — 190-195 to the inch. 50 are coarse and 



rest fine to very fine; all light yellow; 1/40 inch 



deep; show up as shiny, short lines on quarter. 



A large tree. 



tressed bole of 75 feet. 



7i feet in girth 



with 



an un 



but- 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole J-|; blade 

 4-8 x 2-34; obovate, acuminate, glabrous. 



Kays. — Clear. 90. Yellow. Sinuous and broken; 

 1/30 inch deep. Show up as silvery bands on 

 quarter. Pores. — Conspicuous. 800-1200 evenly 

 scattered. Single and radially septate (2). Soft 



General. — A white timber 



tissue. — Absent. 



Pores. — Clear. 



100. 



Very regular ; mostly 

 single but some radially septate (2). Soft tis- 



with a straight grain. 



sue.- — Conspicuous. 



40 



very 



coarse 



yellow 



quarter, 

 cipitate. 



cubic foot 



Solution 

 Cuts firm 



A shiny silver figure on 

 wood : colourless; 

 but woolly. 



5 



no 



pre- 

 29 lb. per 



brown lines to the inch, very regular. Straight 

 broken or half broken by pores or surrounding 

 pores. About three times as thick as rays. 

 General. — A pale wood much attacked by blue 

 fungus. The soft tissue is rotted readily and 

 causes entire decomposition of the timber. 

 Solution wood: colourless; no precipitate. Cuts 

 soft and woolly. 23 lb. per cubic foot. 



Bark. — Red-brown mottled with 



delicately scaly 



bark salmon. 



longitudinal] \ 



gray. Pustular; 



lined. 



In 



ner 



Wood. — Sap 4 inches white. Heart a yellow brown. 

 Locality. — Kumusi, near Oitatandi. 



Dat 



e. 



July, 



1022, 



Native names. — Au-u-jo (Oitatandi), 

 (Buna). 



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