86 



Nym phaeaceab. 



A jjtnphaea gigantea Linn., No. 250. 



Flower blue. Stalk up to 16 feet long. 



Locality. — Embi Lake. 



Date. — August. 



Remarks. — Owing to the depth of the lake, which 

 is on an average 9| fathoms, this lily is con- 

 fined to the margins and out to 16 feet depth. 



Material coliected. — Leaves, flowers; in herbarium. 



Ranuistculaceae. 



Clematis Pickeringii A.Gr., No. 179. 



Creeper up lo 30 feet in height on edges of rain 

 forest and in clearings. 



District 



Leaves. 



Ie, alternate, exstipulate; petiole, \ 

 to inch; blade, 5 to 9 inches x 3 to 4 inches; 

 elliptical, lanceolate, and oblanceolate ; acumi- 

 nate, entire ; midribs and veins prominent below ; 

 midribs above, and petiole rusty; more or less 

 coriaceous. 

 Flowers. — Axillary groups of seven solitary flowers. 

 Peduncle, 1 inch. The flower has a slightly 



>picy smell. 



Fruit. 



: ; 



diameter, containing 1 to 3 red seeds from 3-16 

 inch to \ inch diameter. 

 Bark. — \ inch; mottled grey and brown; smooth. 

 Inner bark yellow, streaked with white. 



Locality. — Buna 

 country. 



Native name- 



throughout 



the flat 



Tutaratatara (W 



Kays. 



Sap undefined, white. 



Conspicuous, 70. Cream; straight, T, 



Remarks.- — The natives feed the leaves and seed 

 to their dogs, to make them fleet of foot. 



Material collected. — Leaves, flowers, fruits; in 

 herbarium. 



inch deep; show up as broad bands on quarter. 

 Pores. — Clear, 1,000 to 1,500; evenly scattered, 

 radially, and rarely diagonally septate, but 

 more often single. Soft tissue. — 120 fine white 

 lines, finer than rays, link up rays like ladder 



General. — A white wood. 



M AGXOLIACEAE. 



Drimys cyclopum, Diels, No. 347; Himantandra Bel- 



graveana, Nos. 556, 568. 



Drimys cyclopum, Diels, No. 347. 



A shrub 15 feet high — undergrowth. 

 Flowers. — White. 



Locality.— Mist forests, 8,000 feet— Mt. Obree. 

 Date. — January, 1923. 



rungs, 

 wood : 



28 lb. per cubic foot. 



Solution 



colourless; no precipitate. Cuts soft. 



M 



Leaves and flowers. 



Locality. — Throughout the rain forests of the 

 Northern Division up to 1,500 feet. 



Date. — Flowers from July to August in Northern 

 Division. 



Native names. — Esa (Embi), Kesa (Buna). 



Remarks.— A soft light wood with a wonderful 

 silver grain on the quarter. Used by natives for 



Himantandra Belgraveana (F. v. M.), Diels, No 



canoe seats. 



s. 



M 



556, 568. 



ted. — Leaves, flowers, wood. 

 Mykisticaceae. 



Large tree I) feet in girth with a bole of 70 feet ■" . . 



and attaining a height of 100 feet over all ^jnstiea sp., Nos. 43, 153, 150; Myristica inontana, 



bemewhat asymmetrical at butt, or spur roots ex- 

 tend in grooves up the bole for about 8 feet. 

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

 blade 4-5 by If, bronzed to glaucous beneath. 



Flowers. — Terminal single. Only buds seen. 



Bark. — Grey, pustular, finely longitudinally lined, 



smells of turnips. Inner bark yellow speckled 



with white. Solution colourless; faint green 



precipitate. 

 Wood. — White. 



ways, liays.- 



white colour. 16 



tinct on quarter. 



septate 2-3 often 



No 



Myr 



Sap undefined. Splits easily both 



-Inconspicuous because of their 



•140 1/100 inch deep; indis- 



Pores.— 2,600-2,800 radially 

 two rows joined, making a 



gro 



up of 5 or 6. Show up as brownish grooves 

 on quarter. Soft Tissue. — Thin white lines ir- 

 regularly spaced, single and double; sometimes 

 as few as four to the inch, at other times 17-20 

 to the inch. General. — A white soft wood 



weighing 



33 lb. to the cubic foot. 



Solution 



colourless; milky precipitate. 

 Locality. — Joangey. 



Date. — December, 1923. 



Native names. — Hodu ( Joanse^ 

 nagn). 



Remarks. 



Toangey), Mang (Ogeram- 



— Commonly used for making planks 

 for housebuilding in these parts. The trunk 

 is split down, and one or two wide boards are 

 split off; these are adzed more or less flat, and 

 put into use. 



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



Axoxaceae. 

 Cyatliocalyx polycarpum. White & Francis ined., No. 



ica sp., No. 153. 



A large tree, 7^ feet in girth, with a bole of 70 

 feet, which is lightly or not buttressed. 



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

 7 to 9 inches x 3 to 4 inches; oval, acuminate, 

 slightly coriaceous, glabrous. 



Bark. — ^ inch thick; dark-brown, dappled with 

 grey; smooth except for faint horizontal 

 wrinkles. Inner bark red, streaked with faint 

 lines of yellow. Exudes red, slightly sticky, sap. 

 Solution, orange-red ; green precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined. Yellow to white, streaked 

 with pale red. 



Rays.— Clear, 2,200; yellow. A little wavy and 

 rather sinuous; l-40th inch deep; showing up 

 well on quarter as straight lines and oblongs. 

 Pores. — Clear, 2,000, evenly scattered; septate 

 (2) and less commonly single. Soft tissue. 

 Clear; thin concentric lines slightly thicker 

 than rays, irregularly spaced, about 170 to the 

 inch radius. General. — A yellow brown wood 

 with a satin gleam on the pretty quarter surface. 

 Straight grained. Solution wood: colourless; 



no precipitate, 

 foot. 



Cuts firm. 



37 lb. per cubic 



Locality. — Soputa, near Buna. 

 Date.— July, 1922. 



Native name. — Bara (Buna). 

 Material collected. — Leaves, bark, 



Myristica sp., No. 150. 



A large tree, 7 feet in girth, with a bole of 55 



225. 



Small tree, 18 inches girth, and 45 feet over all 

 Undergrowth; rain forests; no buttresses. 



feet, and root swellings up to 2 feet. 

 Leaves. — Simple, alternate ; petiole, 1| 



to U 



inches; blade, 10i to 12 x 3f to 5 inches; lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, glabrous. 



