88 



Rays. — 100, sinuous; l-60th inch deep, show up 

 little on quarter owing to colour. Pores. — 1,000 

 to 1,500, single and radially septate (two, rarely 

 three). Soft tissue. — Clear, 50 to 70 lines 

 coarser than rays. They are concentric, but 

 broken, linking up and surrounding pores; hero 

 and there a finer continuous ring occurs. Gene- 

 ral. — A white wood. Solution, wood, colourless; 

 no precipitate. Cuts soft; 26 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Sea coast (Xorthern Division), Vei- 

 mauri foothills, Baroi alluvial flats. 



Native names. — Kuyuyu (Buna), Iverea (Suku), 

 Baraida (Vailala), Aputz (Yalu). 



Date. — Flowers and friuts in Northern Division 

 in July and August. 



Remarks. — A light soft wood made into canoes. 



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



Lauraceae. 



• r 



Cinnamomum massoia Schwe, Nos. 57, 592; Cinna- 

 ' monium sp., No. 319; Litsea grandifolia Teschn, 

 No. 60; Cryptocarya sp., No. 79, 192, 359; (?) 

 Endiandra sp., No. 147; Indt., No. 574. 



Cinnamomum sp., No. 319. 



A large tree, 9 feet in girth, a bole of 90 feet and 

 120 feet overall. No buttresses, but moderate 

 root SAvellings; a spreading crown. 



Leaves. — Simple, opposite; petiole, 1^ inch, stout 

 grooved; blade, 6 to 9 inches x 3| to 4| inches; 

 oval to lanceolate, acuminate, entire, coriaceous. 



Leaves.— Simple, alternate, and subopposite; 



Midrib and lateral veins distinct, and 



minent below. 



midrib for \ 



margii 



apex. 

 Flowers. 

 Bark. — 



The lateral 



, _ pro- 

 veins follow 

 so before branching 

 rr he twig is flattened and grooved at 



up 

 to 



-Only buds seen; axillary panicles, 

 inch 



thick ; purple brown ; covered with 

 ■ minute flakey scales which rub off; otherwise 

 ' smooth. Inner bark cinnamon brown. Solu- 

 tion, colourless; very faint precipitate. 

 Wood. — Sap., 3^ inches, saffron. Heart, walnut- 

 brown, and saffron in concentric rings. 

 Rays. — 140 to 200, yellow; sinuous, twisting 

 around pores, l-50th to l-80th inch deep; show- 

 ing as liirht-brown lines on quarter. Pores. 



• 2,000 to 2,500, single, and radially septate (two 

 to three), evenly scattered. Soft tissue. — In 

 thin double lines, about three to the inch. 

 General. — A yellow-brown to dark-brown wood 

 with a pretty quarter grain. Solution, wood, 

 colourless; faint precipitate. Cuts firm to hard 

 and clean ; 43 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Vailala River. 



Date. — December, 1922. 



Native name. — Kirabu (Vailala). 



Remarks. — A firm interlocked grained timber. 



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



Cinnamomum massoia Schewe, var. rotumdatum 



Schewe, No. 592. 



Locality.— Finch-Haft en. 

 Date.— December, 1923. 



W 



Native names. — Musi (Yabim), Sahulu 

 Wontu (Yalu). 



Remarks. — See Papua 57. The leaves seem to 

 vary in size and shape to an extraordinary 

 degree. 



Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



Cinnamomum massoia Schewe, No. 57, 592. 



Large tree, 10 feet girth by 75 feet bole, and 125 

 feet overall. The average would be about 7 feet 

 and 60 feet of bole. Not buttressed. 



i 



blade, obovate to oblan- 



» 



ceolate, entire, acuminate; variable in size, 4 x 

 7 inches, 3| x 9 inches, 2| x 7 inches, If x 5| 

 inches; glaucous below, dull-green above. Two 

 basal lateral veins join midrib Ioav down, giving 



appearance of three veined leaf. . 

 Bark. — Greeny grey-brown, ^ inch thick, covered 



with regular pustules. Inner bark red-brown. 

 Fragrant. Solution, colourless; faint green 

 precipitate. 



Wood.- — Sap undefined; light-brown,, 



Rays. — 140, yellow, l-100th inch deep; show up 

 as little specks on quarter. Slightly sinuous 

 around pores. Pores. — 6,400. Very closely 

 sown; single and radially septate, two to three. 

 Soft tissue. — Absent. General. — A pale-brown 

 or mouse-coloured wood; porous and light. Solu- 

 tion, wood, colourless ; no precipitate. Cuts very 

 soft and woolly; requires a razor to cut a section. 

 Fragrant, cinnamon smell ; 24 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri, Venapa, Buna district, 11yd- 

 rographer's, Opi, Kumusi. All over plain and 

 foothills to 1,500 feet. 



Native names. — Asiru (Suku), Api-Api (Motu), 

 Pai-Isa (Vailala), Pausa (Buna). 



Kemarks. — The bark of this specimen is worth 

 attention as a spice; it has a strong cinnamon 

 smell. The wood is cedar like, and has a pretty 

 satin flash on the quarter. It is used for canoe 

 making, being light and easy to adze. It is 

 also used to announce to a maid that a boy 

 loves her. The boy chews the bark, and expec- 

 torates as he passes the lady. 



Material 



Leaves, bark, wood. 



Cryptocarya sp., No. 192. 



A large tree, 8^ feet in girth, and 75 feet of bole, 

 with small buttresses or spur roots up to 2| feet. 



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

 4 x 1-J inches; lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous; 

 somewhat coriaceous. 



Bark. — Grey; smooth, faint longitudinal lines. 

 Inner bark light-brown, streaked with yellow; 

 bright yellow next cambium layer. 



Wood.- — Sap undefined; white or pale yellow. 

 f Kays.— Clear, coarse 80; yellow, sinuous around 



pores, l-30th inch deep; show up as wavy lines 

 on quarter. Very fine lines — too fine to count 

 — lie* between the coarse ones. Pores. — Clear, 

 3,000 to 4,000 in less and more porous zones; 

 single and radially septate', two or three. Soft 4 

 tissue^ — One or two thin continuous concentric 

 lines to the inch radius. These are sometimes 

 double. General. — A pinky white wood with a 

 maple quarter grain. Solution, wood, colourless; 



no precipitate, 

 cubic foot. 



Cuts firm and clean ; 31 lb. per 



Locality. — Kumusi, near Ointatandi. 

 Date.— July, 1922. 

 Native name. — Mongua (Buna). 

 Kemarks. — A hardwood. 



■ 



Material collected. — Leaves, wood. 



Cryptocarya sp., ISTo. 389. 



A large tree; girth, 8 feet; bole, 70 feet; 120 feet 

 overall. Small spur roots, but no buttresses. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole f to \ inch; 



blade, 2| to 2f inches x £ to If inch; lanceo- 

 late, obovate, oval, elliptical, acuminate; mid- 

 rib and veins yellow, and very prominent. In 

 some cases the lateral veins arise so close to 

 base of midrib as to give leaf' a five- veined 



