89 



appearance, 

 covered 



are 



In soft young leaves the veins below 



with a dense yellow pubescence; 



this is absent in older leaves, which are glaucous, 



hard, stiff, and more or less coriaceous. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, yellow to pink. 



Rays. — (1) 55, coarse brown, 1-3 Oth inch deep; 



very fine 

 6,000, fairly 



(2)*. 



oblongs 



indeed, 

 evenly 



Soft 



on the quarter; (2) 320, 

 Pores. 



Clear, 4,000 to 



scattered ; single, rarely septate 



-Absent. General. — A 



t issue. - 



brown wood showing a pleasant grain 



mouse- 



on the 

 quarter. -Solution wood: colourless; no pre- 

 cipitate. Tuts firm. 87 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Bark. — J inch thick; a very dark-brown to greeny 

 black. Very pustular; pustules standing out 



! 



lines. Inner bark 



, sap 

 Solution, colour- 



pale brown, streaked with yellow. Leaves 



with washboard appearance. 



less; no precipitate. 

 Locality. — Mount Obree to Laruni Spur, 7,000 to 



8,000 feet. 

 Date. — February, 1923. 



Native nf 



r Locality. — Suputu, near Buna. • - 



Date.— July, 1922. 

 (Native name. — Sauma. 



Remarks. — A hardwood with a twisted interlocked 

 grain. 



Material collected. — Leaves, wood, and bark. 



Indt., No. 574. 



A large tree, 10 feet in girth, with a bole of 55 

 feet, and 90 feet overall. It has a wide-spreading 

 crown and a cylindrical bole without buttresses. 



Leaves. 1 — Simple, alternate; petiole, f to 1 inch; 

 blade, 6 to 8 inches x 5 to 6 inches, occasionally 

 narrower, 4£ inches and longer, 8£ inches when 

 lanceolate. As a rule they are orbicular, and 

 the lower surface is glaucous, and the texture 

 coriaceous. 



Bark. — J to 1 inch; grey, finely pustular, otherwise 

 smooth. Inner bark a light chocolate-brown. 

 When bark is stripped the wood is left covered 

 with lumps. Solution, a very faint yellow; no 



. — Ibai (Laruni). 

 Remarks. — A hard interlocked timber. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, bark and wood. 



Cryptocarya sp., No. 79. 



A large tree, 8 feet in girth, and 45 feet of bole. 



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



7| x 2^ to 3^ inches ; oval to obovate, acuminate, 



glabrous, entire, thin. 



Bark.- 



Heart, a good 



precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap, 2 inches, white. 



brown; a hard tough wood to axe. 



Rays.— 230 to 260, distinct; 1-80 inch deep, rather 

 wavy; inconspicuous on quarter. Pores. — 1,500 

 to 2,000; evenly scattered single and radially 

 septate (2), show as brown grooves on quarter. 



. Soft tissue. — Thin, but distinct lines irregularly 



spaced; sometimes double; sometimes four 



to f inch thick. 

 Inner bark brown. 



i 

 2 



Fairly smooth. Grey. 



General. — A brown wood with 



a 



a 



that 



Wood. — Sap undefined ; pale yellow. 



Rays. — 80, coarse, pale yellow, 1-80 inch deep; 

 showing up in rather pretty wavy lines here and 

 there on quarter; and 260 very fine rays; all 

 wavy but not sinuous; the fine ones are 



broken by pores. Pores. — 4,500, rather evenly 



sown, single and radially septate (2). 



Soft 



tissue. — Very fine lines indeed run concentric- 



gram 



would show up well in cabinet work. Rather 

 hard to cut, and somewhat interlocked; weighs 

 49 lb. to cubic foot. Solution, colourless; no 

 precipitate. 

 Locality. — Joangey. 



Date, — December, 1923. 



Native name. — -Turama (Joangey). 



Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



ally without much undulation. Generally two or Litsea grandifo'lia Teschn, No. 60. 



inch. 



General. — - A mouse-coloured timber. 





■- 



somewhat cross-grained. Solution, wood, colour- 

 less; no precipitate. Cuts hard; 41 lb. per cubic 

 foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri. 



Date.— May; 1922. 



Native name. — Tokobio (Suku). 



Remarks. — A medium hardwood. 



Material collected. — Leaves, wood. 



Endiandra sp., ISTo. 147. 



A large tree, 6 feet in girth, and bole 45 feet with 

 small buttresses up to 4 feet. 



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

 blade, 5 to 7 inches x 3 to 3 § inches; obovate 

 to oblanceolate, acuminate, glaucous below, 

 thin; brown spots at junction of veins with 

 midribs. 



Small tree, 35 feet overall, and 3 feet girth. 



Leaves. — Simple, ' alternate, exstipulate; petiole, 

 2^ inches; blade 18 x 6 inches; oblanceolate, 

 pubescent below, glabrous above; bunched at 

 end of branchlets. 



Blowers, — In clusters of two to five on old wood or 



in axilla of leaves. 

 Loca 1 i ty. — Vein; auri. 



Date. — May for flowering. 



Native name. — Toranu (Suku). 



Remarks. — A tree of' the second storv, Rain 



Forest. 

 Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



R 



VOSACEAK. 



Parinarium laurinum; Rnbus moluccanus, No. 177; 



Rubus rosaefolius, ISTo. 345; Itubus sp., Xos. 510, 

 511, 512. 



Bark. — ^ inch thick; brown, dappled with grey; Parinarium laurinum, A. gray, Xo. 810. 



smooth, 

 streaks. 



Inner bark piuk with yellow-brown 



Wood. — Sap undefined, white. 



Rays. — 200, yellow; sinuous around pores. l-30th 



inch deep; show up as specks on quarter. 



Pores. — 1,500 to 2,000, fairly evenly scattered; 



single and radially septate (2 to 4). Soft 



tissue. — Absent. General. — A grey-brown wood 

 with a somewhat twisted grain, but works well, 

 and has a faint cedar perfume. Solution, wood, 



colourless; no precipitate. Cuts soft and clean; 



26 lb. per cubic foot. 



A small to medium tree 3 feet in girth and 30 feet 

 high. 



Leaves. — Simple alternate on swollen brown to- 

 mentose petiole f inch long; blade 5 inches to 

 10 inches x 1| to 2 inches; lanceolate, somewhat 

 oblique", acuminate venation prominent, stiff, 

 glabrous, thin. 



Fruit. — A very hard brown rough woody fruit, 

 ovoid in shape when ripe, 3 inches x 2 inches. 

 When green a flattened ovoid. "Woody shell 

 5/16 inch thick; inside a convoluted kernel 2 

 inches x li inches. 



