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Serine carpus sp., No. 144. 



Large tree, 7 feet in girth, with an 80 feet bole; 

 not buttressed. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate, much thickened petiole 

 ^ inch; blade, up to 24 inches x 7 inches; lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, glabrous, thin; stout prominent 

 midribs and veins. 



!Fmit.— A flattened obovoid, rusty tomentose 

 drupe; 1\ inch larger diameter; | inch smaller 

 diameter; 1^ inch deep. Exudes brown gum 

 from pericarp. Calyx persists and forms a cap 

 at base of fruit. 



section. General. — A 



Bark. 



bark 



One inch 

 red -brown. 



thick 



Inner 



; brown, pustular. 

 Exudes a very dark, almost 

 black gum from inner half of bark. 

 Wood. — Sap ill-defined. Starting white it deepens 



E 



to a pinky yellow. 



uiys 



120, coarse, very 



dark brown, sinuous 

 round, rarely broken by pores. Possibly fine 

 rays in between, but not visible by hand lens. 



as specks on 

 rather evenly 



l-100th inch deep; show up 



Pores.— 



quarter. 1'ores. — Clear, 1,200 



scattered, immersed in soft tissue. 



Radially 



septate (2-4). Pilled with brown deposit. Soft 

 tissue. — Surrounds pores and extends each side 

 in short line, sometimes these continue and link 

 up with next pore. Here and there twice or 

 thrice to the inch there occur lines of soft tis- 

 sue which are really compound short lines 

 crowded together, and so giving appearance of 



a continuous 



ring. 



General. — A grey wood, 

 streaked with brown pore lines. Solution wood. 



colourless; no precipitate. Cuts soft and woolly; 



28 lb. per cubic foot. 



Localil v. 

 Date 



Buna District. 



Fruits in Jul v. 



Native name.- -Duduye (Buna). 



Remarks. — A straight-grained soft wood, with 



pretty Hash on quarter, but nn fortunately sub- 

 ject to discolouration. 

 Materia] collected. — Leaves, fruit, wood. 



^ponriius (I ii Iris Pont f., No. 301, 328, 809. 



Large tree, 8 feet x 60 feet bole, and 100 feet 



over all; not buttressed, but spur rooted. 



Leaves. — Compound, alternate; stalk, 12 to 17 

 inches, having five to eight pairs of sub-oppo- 

 site and opposite leaflets; petiole, £ inch; blade, 

 5 to 6| inches x 2| to 3 inches; ovate to lanceo- 



somewhat 



late, acuminate: 



margin 



serrate; 



asymmetrical, more or less coriaceous, venation 



of the 



terminal one. 



The 



very distinct; marginal veined; size 



leaves decreases to the 



broken stalk smelt of mango. 

 Flowers. — White, small, in terminal erect panicles. 



Frilit, — An ovoid, yellow drupe, up to 2 inches 



long x If inches diameter; average, 1$ x li 

 inches; pericarp, 3-16th inch, covering a cor- 

 rugated woody nut. Section at centre of nut is 

 a 4-5 pointed star. There are an indefinite num- 

 ber of seeds in each point of the star. Smells 



strongly of mango. 

 Bark. — "i inch, grey, longitudinally lined; pustular. 

 Inner hark white, streaked with yellow. Solu- 

 tion, colourless; no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined. 



Kays. — Clear, 500-600, brown, indistinct on cross- 

 section; show up as brown squares l-32nd to 

 l-20th inch deep on quarter, and show up as 

 thin very dark brown ellipses on hack. Pores. — 

 Conspicuous, 2,000 to 3,000, radially septate 

 (2), evenly scattered. Soft Tissue. — Surrounds 



pores; shows them up as white dots on cross- 



speckled grain. 



grey soft wood with 

 Solution wood, colourless; very 



slight precipitate. Cuts easily but woolly; 28 lb. 



per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Baroi. 

 Date. — October. 



Native names. — Iopeia (Vailala), Kara (Evara). 

 Kemarks. — A soft open wood, fit for case making 



if the blue mould to which it is so subject can 



be prevented. 

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



buds, fruit. 



Scmecarpus australiensts Engl., No. 93. 



Large tree 8 feet girth and 60 feet bole; without 

 buttresses. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate, petiole, 1^ inches to 3 

 inches; swollen at base, rusty tomentose; blade, 

 12 inches x 4 inches to 15 inches x 4£ inches; 



margin 



re- 



oblanceolate, acuminate, entire, 

 curved, glabrous above; below, rusty hairs on 

 midrib and main veins, remainder pubescent; 

 the sapling leaves are glabrous above and below. 



Fruit. — Only dry rat-eaten empty nuts seen, 2 

 inches x 1|; flattened obovoid; back heavily cor- 

 rugated; front more or less smooth. 



Bark. — Brown caries moss in interstices of scales, 

 finely and wavily fissured longitudinally; inner 

 bark light brown. Solution, colourless; green 

 precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined ; pale yellow. 



Kays. — 110 yellow, including very fine ones; the 

 coarse ones are very conspicuous; very straight 

 fine ones broken by pores, large ones deform 

 pores; 1.30th inch deep wavy lines on quarter. 

 Pores. — 4500 very evenly scattered; all single, 

 baby ones occur grouped round large ones ; latter 

 very conspicuous. Soft Tissue. — Absent. Gen- 

 eral. — Solution, wood; colourless; no precipi- 

 tate. Cuts fairly hard; 31 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Vanapa, Veimauri. 



Collected in June. 



Date. 



Native names. 



Material collected. — Leaves, two nuts, wood, bark. 



— Huna (Suku), Ekipatila (Dour a). 



Semecarpus, No. 525. 



A large tree 10 feet in girth, with a bole of 45 



feet and 80 feet overall. 



Leaves. — Simple; opposite; petiole, J inch; blade, 

 2 inches to 4 inches x | inch to 2 inches; broadly 

 obovate; shallowly serrate, upper half 

 thin. 



Bark.— 



onlv ; 



inch thick; yellow brown; slightly 

 wrinkled horizontally and pustular; inner bark 

 is streaked yellow and white; exudes a dark- 

 brown sap. Solution, colourless; no precipitate. 



Wood.-— Sap undefined, yellow. 



Kays.— 100-1500 to the inch; l-50th inch deep; 



show up as little yellow oblongs on the quarter. 

 Pores.— 20.000 to 30,000 to the square inch, 



mostly single, but here and there radially sep- 



Soft Tissue. — 



tate (2). 



Vbsent. 



General 



A white open grained soft coarse wood. Solution 

 colourless; no precipitate. 



Locality. — Divide between Nomi and Ake Rivers. 

 Salawaket, 7,000 feet. 



Date. — 23rd November. 



Native name. — Gua. 



Kemarks. — Occurs from 2,000 to 7,000 feet ; natives 

 use black sap to mark woodwork, &c, with 

 curious designs and pictures of beasts. 



Material collected.— Lea ves, wood, bark. 



