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Leaves. — Compound, alternate, exstipulate, stalk 



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gin, wavy; glabrous. 



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Fruit. — Brown; obovoid 1 in, x 1J, hanging in 

 panicles on old wood; three Iocs.; rarely more 

 than two seeds; pericarp exudes latex. 



Bark. — Light brown, scaly; the scales come off in 

 rather large pieces; inner bark red. Solution 

 colourless; no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap ill-defined; white merging into a yel- 

 low heart. 



Rays. — 250-260; not visible on quarter; yellow 



sinuous round and broken by pores. Pores.— 



4,000-7,000; very porous zones occur 



Clea 



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about 3 to the inch; single and radially septate 

 (2) ; encrusted with white deposit. Soft tissue. — 

 Clear; wavy lines thicker than the rays link up 

 the pores tangentially. General. — A pale wood 

 with a close grain, and a cedar fragrence. Solu- 

 tion wood; colourless; no precipitate. Cuts 

 hard; 48 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Veimauri. 



Date — r runi 

 Native name. 

 Material coll 



u May. 



Ila-wa-ra-lavea (Suku). 



Leaves and fruits. 



Dysoxylum sp., No. 620. 

 Medium to larire tr 



foot bole and 90 feet overall; spur rooted and 



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grooved to 10 feet. 



eaves. — Compound alternate; rachis, 6 inches to 

 Si feet, swollen at base, bearing 3 to 4 pairs of 

 opposite leaflets, but no terminal one; leaflets 

 Bubsessile 4 to (\\ inches oblanceolate, acuminate, 

 glabrous, thin. 



Bark, — Greeny-brown ; scaley; shedding in little 

 pieces; inner bark streaked orange and white; 

 smells of turnips. Solution, pale yellow ; no pre- 

 cipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined yellow; axes rather hard; 

 splits well on back along soft tissue 1 ; badly op. 

 the quarter; smells of turnips. 



Kays. — 200-240 clear pale sinuous around pores; 

 finer ones broken by pores; l-50th ineli deep; thin 



bands on quarter. Pores. — 2,1500 clear, rather 



(2-3). 



evenly scattered; single and radially septate 



Soft Tissue. — SO lines; conspicuous, 

 thicker than rays, crooked, linking up pores and 

 surrounding them. General. — A pale yellow or 

 white wood; cuts firm; straight grained. Solu- 

 tion, colourless; no precipitate. 

 Locality. — Yalu. 



Date. — December, 1023. 



Native name. — Kusud (Yalu), 

 Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



Dysoxylum sp., Xo. 14s. 



A large tree, 8 feet girth, fiO feet bole, medium 

 buttresses up to 6 feet. 



Leaves. — Compound, alternate; stalk up to 19 in- 

 ches; six pairs of leaflets, opposite, subopposite 



and alternate with terminal one; blade, 5-7$ x 

 3->'U; obovate, acuminate, slightly asymmetrical, 

 glabrous, thin. 



Fruit. — A 4 loc. capsule f inch; obovoid, yellow- 

 brown, speckled with yellow, containing one, two 

 or three flattened ovoid seeds; the seeds are red 

 on rounded side and white on flattened side, ex- 



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cept at tips. 



Hark. — One quarter 



inch thick 



brown, scaly, 



pustular; scales adhering in oblong plates; inner 

 bark yellow, streaked with faint red. 



pores ; 

 Pores.- 



do not 

 -Clear ; 



Wood. — Sap undefined, yellow. 



Kays. — 350; pale; sinuous round 

 show up clearly on quarter. 

 5,000 evenly scattered single and radially septate 

 (2 rarely 3). Soft Tissue. — Coarse wavy white 

 lines thicker than rays form concentric rings; 

 140 to the inch radius. General. — A smooth 

 grey timber with a yellow tinge; fragrance of 

 cedar. Solution, wood; colourless; very faint 



green precipitate, 

 foot. 



Cuts hard; 53 lb. per cubic 



Locality. — Buna District. 



Date. — Fruits in July. 



Native names. — Susa (Buna), Tuta (Binandele). 



Material collected. — Leaves, fruit, wood. 



Dysoxylum sp., No. 308. 



Large tree; 9 feet girth, 80 feet bole; buttressed 



up to 6 feet. 



Leaves. — Compound, alternate; stalk, 10 to 15 in- 

 ches, bearing 4 to 5 pairs of opposite leaflets and 

 a terminal one; petiole, f to | inches; blade, 4-J- 

 8x2-3; lanceolate; blunt pointed; glabrous; 

 thin. 



Fruit. — A yellow dehiscent obovoid fruit, 3 inches 

 long by 2£ diam. ; surface downy; it splits into 

 three parts, remaining joined at peduncle and 





by 1 inch deep. 

 Bark. — \ inch thi 



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scaly ; scales 



marked ; exudes latex. 



coming off in irregular patches about 8 inches 

 across, leaving surface more or less scroll 



Solution, colourless; no 

 precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap ill-defined, starting yellow, deepens 

 through pink to a red-brown. 



Rays. — 220; Reddish brown; sinuous and broken; 

 l-50th inch deep; show up as brown lines on 

 quarter. Pores. — Conspicuous; 2,000 to 3,000; 

 single and radially septate 2. Soft Tissue. 

 Absent. General. — A brown straight mahogany 

 grained wool. Solution, wood; colourless; no 

 precipitate. Cuts a little hard; 51 lb. per cubic 

 foot. 



Locality. — Baroi. 



Date. — October. 



Native name. — Ba-hi-a (Vailala) ; Enei (Evara). 

 Remarks. — A medium hard wood, straight grained 



and useful looking. 



Material collected. 



Leaves, fruit, bark, wood. 







Dysoxylum sp., No. 612. 



A medium tree, 7 feet in girth, with a bole of 40 

 feet and 60 feet overall. 



Leaves. — Compound alternate; rachis, 18 inches 

 long with a large swelling at base, bearing 6 

 pairs of opposite leaflets and odd one; petiole, 

 ■J inch swollen; blade, 5 to 9 inches by 2^; 

 oblique, glabrous, thin ; occasionally terminal 

 pair and terminal leaflet much larger. 



Bark.— * 



red-brown; scaly; shedding 



in large irregular untidy patches; scrolled be- 

 neath; inner bark streaked red and white; solu- 

 tion colourless; no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined; pale yellow. 



Kays. — 350-400 fine rays sinuous around pores; 

 owing to pale colour not clearly visible on longi- 

 tudinal section; l-50th inch 



deep. 



Pores. 



1,800 to 2,400 single and radially septate (2-3). 

 Soft Tissue. — 80 to 90 distinct white continuous 

 lines linking up the pores and partly or com- 



pletely immersing them. General. 

 showing n () grain. 



Cuts soft. 



■A white wood 

 .ut ion, colour- 



less; no precipitate. 



