104 



lanthuspopulifolius, No. 576; Macaranga cliry- 

 sotricha Laut. & Sell. (?), No. 166A; Macar- 



anga sp., No. 787; Macarauga riparia, Engl., 

 JN T o. 164. 



writes moluccana WilldL, No. 126. 



A large tree 9 feet in girth and 60 feet of bole; 

 ' unbuttressed. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, 4 inches to 7 

 inches; blade, 5 inches to 9 inches x 3^ to 5i; 

 ovate cordate, entire, acuminate, glabrous, thin. 



Fruit. — Only seen dried nuts after attack by rod- 

 ents; these are 1^ inches long by 1 inch through. 



Remarks. — The wood has a flesh quarter grain; 



the strongest scented flower in the jungle. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, flowers, wood. 



Baccaurea sp., No. 55. 



A medium tree, 5 feet in girth, and 60 feet over- 

 all; not buttressed, but somewhat deeply grooved 

 at butt. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate, exstipulate. Petiole, 



^ inch; blade, 65 to 7i inches x 2| to 3J inches. 



Lanceloate, acuminate, glahrous, thin. 



Fruit. — On old wood. 



Purp 1 e- brown globose 



H 



The kernel is said to be edible. 



Bark. 



-Pustular, the pustules forming lo 



ngitudi- 



nal lines, giving the tree a snake skin appear- 

 ance; grey, immediately underneath red, while 

 the inner bark is speckled brown and white; 

 solution, faint yellow; no precipitate. 

 Rays. — Clear; 210; very sinuous when they reach 



pore or group of pores; l-50th inch deep; 

 visible as lines on the quarter. Pores. — Con- 



V 



a 



spicuous; i 00-800 to the square inch, some 

 .single, but mostly radially septate (6); some- 

 times such 



inch diameter. Slightly flattened, containing 4 

 flattened seeds, each surrounded by edible peri- 

 carp. 



Park. — Very rough, brown, \ inch thick. Inner 

 bark red-brown. Solution colourless; no pre- 

 cipitate. 



Kays. — 2T0. Very fine, and very indistinct; do noi 



quarter. Pores. — About 10,000; 

 hard to count on account of soft 



on 



show up 



small, and 



tissue. Soft tissue? 



is divided again through 



Soft Tissue. 



a group 

 centre radially making 12 in all. 

 Very fine lines link up in an irregular manner 

 the rays about 200 to the inch. General. — A 

 white wood; straight grained. Solution, wood, 

 colourless; no precipitate. Cuts soft; 21) lb. per 

 cubic foot. 



Locality. — Aroa. 



Date.— May 22nd. 



Native name. — Omo (Motu). 



Pemarks. — -Candle nut. 



Material collected. — Leaves and nuts. 



Baccaurea papuano Bail, Xos. 230, 625. 



— Clear. In very wavey thin 

 lines, 12-15 to the inch, linking up pores and 

 immersing them. General. — A close-grained 

 yellow wood, with a streaked quarter grain, due 

 to soft tissue alternating with hard tissue. Solu- 

 tion wood; colourless; no precipitate; cuts hard; 

 56 lb. per cubic foot. 



Wood. — Sap pale-yellow, merging into heart wood 



light-brown. 

 Locality. — Aroa. 

 Date. — Fruits in June. 

 Native name. — Veri Veri (Suku). 

 Remarks.— A useful hardwood, with interlocked 



gram. 

 Material collected. 



Leaves, fruit. 



girth to 40 feet high; no Baccaurea sp., No. 622. 



? 



Small tree; 18-inch 

 .buttresses. 



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



inch; blades :]\ inches to 6 x l| to 2|; oblanceo- 



late, acuminate, more or less sinuate; green 



shiny, above; pale green, matt, helow; glabrous, 

 thin. 



Flowers.— Caulifloral, inflorescence springing from 

 the trunk from 3 feet up to the first limb; 

 racemes, 6 inches to 9 inches long, bearing single 

 or compound female cream flowers, usually soli- 

 tary; peduncle, ) inch. 



Fruit. — Purple globose or ovoid berry If x 1 1 ; 

 pericarp firm, fleshy, about | inch thick; two to 

 four seeds each enclosed in juicy flesh; seed f 



wide and flat; pericarp and flesh 



blade. 6 



s 



long and £ 

 eaten. 



Bark, 



T 



—Grey, more or less fibrous, longitudinally 

 lined; excrescences due to cauliflory; solution, 

 colourless; no precipitate. 

 Wood, — Sap undefined; white. 



Ifcu 



wide 



Clea 



two kinds — (1) coarse 



in 



as 



wavy 

 curves and a little sinuous, show up 

 wavy diagonal lines on quarter, (2) fine ISO- 

 ISO, very sinuous, same thickness as soft tissue. 

 Pores.— 10,000 to 17,000, very minute, single, 



radially septate (2-9). 



more 



hut 



Soft T issue. 



generallv 



septate 

 Minute short lines ladder 



A medium tree, 6 feet in girth, 45 feet of bole, and 

 60 feet overall. 



Leaves. — Simple alternate, or in false whorls; 

 petiole, f to 2i inches; bent at right-angles at 

 junction with blade swollen, and browned, and 

 wrinkled; swollen also at junction with the twig; 



2 1 to 4 inches; obovate, acuminate, 

 glabrous, broadly serrate. Very young leave 

 are copper-coloured. 



Flowers— Immature; on axillary spikes. 



Bark.— I inch thick; brown, finely pustular. Inner 

 bark streaked white and yellow. Exudes a cream 

 latex. Solution. — Very pale yellow. 



Wood. — Sap undefined; white. 



Kays.— Very fine indeed; 440-460; sinuous around 

 and broken by pores; do not show up clearly on 

 the quarter. Pores.— Clear to distinct; 2,000 

 single, and radially septate (2-6). Some 

 tain yellow deposit. Soft tissue.— Fine broken 



lines ladder-rung the rays. General. p _ 



browii wood; when dry, cuts soft; splits easily. 



Solution: very pale 



precipitate. 



Locality. — Yalu. 



Date. — 23rd December. 



Native name. 



Material 



con- 



1 light- 



yellow; slight 



darkening 



rung 



the rays; 400 to the inch radius. General. A 



white timber with a clear but interlocked grain. 

 Solution, w r ood, colourless; no precipitate. Cuts 

 firm; 39 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Swamp country hehind Buna Bay. 



Date. — Flowers iii Aiurust. 

 Xative name-. — Meini 



buds. 



Popor. 

 collected.— Leaves, wood, bark, fruit, 



Brpi/ma cernua Muell., Nos. 166, 611. 



Small tree, 15 feet high, and 1 foot girth. Under- 

 growth in rain forests. 



Leaves.— 



i inch; blade 



Simple, alternate, 



glabrous; soft; cordate. 



stipulate ; 



up to 3* inches x 1| iirhes; 



petiole, 



