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Bark. 



i 



2 



inch thick; dappled light and dark- 

 smooth; finely longitudinally lined. 

 Inner bark yellow-brown, streaked with yellow. 

 Wood. — Sap undefined; white or pale yellow. 



Bark. — Mottled grey and 



grey; 



green ; 

 close. 



scaLs papery, lying verj 



brown, faintly streaked with white. 



black, scaly, 



I 



nner 



Rays. 



150, coarse, yellow-brown, wavy and 



sinuous; l-40th inch deep; show up as lines on 

 quarter. 



Between these coarse rays are a 



very fine rays. They are 

 indistinct, and hard to count. Pores — 1,500, 



gen er ally r adi ally 



Encrusted with a sparkley 



Soft tissue. — Eighteen concentric 



bark 

 Solution, 

 pale yellow; no precipitate. 

 Wood. — Sap undefined ; pale yellow deepening to 

 rose. The rose colour is apparently due to a 



number, 300-400, 



scattered, rarely single, 



red gum in the wood. 



Bays. 



220, yellow; sinuous around and brok 



en 



septate, 2 to 4. 

 deposit. 



by pores, l-50th inch deep; small specks on 

 quarter. Pores. — Clear, 2,500 to 4,000 more 

 often septate (2) than single. Soft tissue. 



continuous fine lines to the 1-inch radius. 



They are a little thicker than the rays, and are 



irregularly spaced. General. — A yellow wood 



with a pink tinge and a pretty enough quarter 



gram. 



Straight grained. 



Solution wood : 



colourless; pale-green precipitate. Cuts soft; 



33 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Saputa, near ]>una. 

 Date.— July, 1922. 

 Native name. — Kore. 

 Material collected 



•Leaves, wood. 



ristica sp., .No. 43. 



A medium tree with a stout bole, 30 feet long, and 

 a girth of 8 feet. Standing mangrove-like on 

 prop roots. 



Leaves.— 



Simple, alternate; petiole, 



1 



2 



to li 



inch; blade, oblanceolate, 3x7 inches; glabrous, 

 green shiny above and glaucous beneath, entire, 

 margin recurved, acuminate, thin. 

 Bark. — \ inch thick, brown; smooth. Inner bark 



red brown. 



Solution, tawny; no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, pale-yellow to white, 



streaked with light-brown markings. 



190, yellow; wavy, also sinuous around 

 pores; l-20th inch deep, show up on quarter as Indt., No. 379. 



Continuous concentric lines, about twenty to 

 the inch, thicker than rays. General. — A pretty 

 mahogany-grained wood. Solution wood : 

 colourless; no precipitate. Cuts firm. Weighs 

 35 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Sageri, Northern Division. 



Date. — July- 

 Native name. — Inene. 



Remarks. — A hardwood with a pretty grain. 

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



Myrlsfica montana Eoxg (?), No. 805. 



A small myristica, 6 inches in diameter, and 20 



feet high. 

 Leaves. — Coriaceous. 

 Fruit. — Usual two-valved fruit, light-green in 



colour, and containing the characteristic red 



aril entwined nut. This is the smallest nutmeg 



I have met with. 



■ 



Bark. — Brown. 

 Locality. — Bengi. 



Date. — 23rd August. 



Native name. — Sukai. 



Material collected. — Leaves, fruit. 



Bays 



MONIMIACEAE. 



oblongs. Pores. — 2,000 to 2,500; single and 

 radially septate, 2 to 4 inches; evenly scattered. 

 Soft tissue. — About nine thin lines to the inch. 

 They are concentric rings, and are without un- 

 dulations. General. — A pale-yellow wood. Solu- 

 tion wood: colourless; no precipitate. Cuts soft 

 and clean. 27 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri, in fresh water swamps. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Native names. — Kwara (Suku), Bokene (Vailala). 



Bemarks. — Soft wood. 



Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



My ristica pseu&o-argmlea, Warbg. (?), No. 206. 



Large tree, 8 feet girth, and 85 feet bole. Spur 

 rooted. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate, exstipulate ; petiole, 

 1 to 2 inches; lamina extending down petiole, 

 and making it almost a tube; blade, 1 ft. 3 in. 



A shrub 10 feet high and of a straggling habit. 

 Leaves.- — Simple, opposite; petiole, \ to f inch; 



blade, 4 x ?>\ inches; margin indented acuminate. 



Twig, black. 

 Fruit. — Immature. 

 Locality. — Mount Obree, Laruni spur, 8,000 to 



9,000 feet. 

 Date.— February, 1923. 

 Material collected. — Leaves and immature fruit. 



to 2 ft. 4 in. x 5 to 



9* 



in. 



acuminate, coriaceous 



, oblanceolate. 

 glaucous below; midrib 



veins, petiole, and young shoots rusty tomentose. 

 Upper surface of leaf green, shiny. 

 Fruit. — Schizocarp, 2\ x 2 inches; stout peduncle, 

 £ inch; yellow-brown, velvety, splitting in 

 two. Pericarp, ^ inch, containing one seed, 1\ 

 x % inch; ellipsoid with a rose-pink fleshy aril 

 which, starting from the base, divides into a 

 number of narrow filaments, each tapering to 

 a hair's width. These filaments closely envelop 

 the seeds, and are tangled and crumpled together 

 at its apex. The nut is covered with more or 

 less regular grooves where aril lay. Hard woody 

 testa, 1-32 inch thick. Both aril and seed exude 

 red gum. 



Herxaxdiaceae. 



Ilernandia peltaia, Kos. 234, 610. 



A tree, 7| inches in girth. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, 4| to 5 inches; 



blade, 6 to 8 inches x 44 to 6 inches; cordate; 



petiole inserted £ to \ inch from base of blade; 



might be called sub-peltate. Acute, glabrous, 



more or less coriaceous, shiny above, pale-green 



below. 

 Flowers. — Axillary panicles of male and female 



sage-coloured flowers; peduncle, £ inch; brac- 



teoles, \ x 3-1 6th inch, Obovate. 

 Fruit. — A capsule enclosed in a more or less fleshy 



light-green translucent envelope which becomes 



membraneous on drying. The envelope is adnate 



to the peduncle at base of capsule, but is free af 



inch 



apex, where there is a circular aperture 



diameter through which protrudes the apex of 



the capsule. Venation of envelope reticulated. 

 Capsule, 1 x 3-lOth inch, ribbed like a papaver 

 capsule. 



Bark. — Grey, scaley, ridged. Solution, 

 yellow; no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined. 



faint 



