110 



1* 



witl 



apple red and green and 

 surface; epicarp egg-shell thick- 



into 



ness and brittle; mesocarp divides itself 

 two; on the outside a white pulp, adhering to 

 the epicarp, and within a jelly-like substance £ 

 inch thick at sides, and 1-1 6th inch thick at 

 apex, vanishing at base, where the pulp-like 

 tissue fills the whole space between peduncle 

 and nut; the jelly-like substance is eaten by 

 natives, and much sought after by birds and 

 fruit bats. Within is the nut 13-16th long and 

 9-16th diameter; endocarp shiny brown, like a 

 hazel nut, which it resembles in shape, and has 

 the same white thin shell at base for a distance 

 of 4-16th to 5-16th; the endocarp is very thin, 

 and the kernel fills the whole space within. Very 

 often the fruits are joined together at base, but 



for the most part they are 

 peduncles 1 inch long. 



single 



on stout 



in 



Bark. — Scaly red brown; scales coming off 

 small pieces and leaving bark fairly smooth; J 

 inch thick ; inner bark a light red brown ; solu- 

 tion, yellow rose; strong green precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap wood, white 1 inch; heart wood, red. 



Kays. — 400 to 2,000 brown up to l-50th inch deep 

 show up as wavy lines and oblongs on quarter; 

 sinuous diverging round 

 Pores.— 



and between pores 



( 'Onspi cuous ; 400 to 



2,000 irregularly 



scattered here and there; one picks up a dia- 

 gonal chain, but for the most part they show 

 no order; bands of closely and thinly sown pores 

 alternate. Soft Tissue. — Absent. General. — 

 A reddish brown with a walnut grain. Solution 

 wood; yellow rose; strong green precipitate. 

 Hard to cut; weighs 53 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — This specie has a wide range all round 

 tin 1 coast and up to an altitude of 1,000 feet. It 

 is one of the commonest trees in the Northern 



larger 

 It is 



Division, but is to be seen growing to 

 dimensions in the Galley Reach forests, 

 common all round New Guinea, and on the 



islands of the Bismarck Archipelago. 



Date. — Northern Division 



Xati 



ve names. 



Ok; 



August. 



unu 



( Buna), 



(Motnan), 



Ohabu (Vail.), Daine 



Koiawo 



( Kvara), 



R 



Cubing (Yabim), Bas (\V 



Tze (Yalu). 



emarKs. 



k 



V useful wood which has already been 



ving with some success. 



It 



A 



used for boat plan] 



is strong, its colour is good, and it bends, 

 hard wood, but it works well. 

 ^Material collected. — Leaves, flowers, immature 

 fruits, bark, wood. 



Balsamixaceae. 

 Impatiens sp., Nos. 530, 423, 543. 



Impatiens sp., No. 543. 



A herb 2 feet high. 



Flowers. — White to mauve through cream and 

 pink. 



Locality. — Nomi River, 5000 feet. 



Date. — November, 1923. 



Remarks. — A very common and beautiful balsam. 



^Material collected. — Leaves, flowers. 



Impatiens sp., Nos. 423, 530. 



Remarks.— This is the only species that has crim- 

 son flowers. There are a very large number of 

 shades of the common species, but I think this 



is diiferent. 



Mat 



•Flowers and leaves. 



ItirAMXACEAE. 



j. 



Uphitonia moluccana Teijsm and Binn, No. 169. 



Small tree 40 feet high and 3 feet in girth; springs 

 up on old farm lands. 



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

 inch; blade, up to 7 inches x 2 inches; lanceo- 

 late to elliptical; green shiny above; glaucous 

 below; glabrous. 



Fruit. — A purple drupe. 



Bark. — Grey with brown pustules; fragrant, the 



scent somewhat spicey. 

 Locality. — All farm lands. 

 Date. — Fruits in July in Buna District. 

 Native names. — Oiela (Buna and Binandele). 



Bern arks. 



Material 



Bark is worth investigating. 



— Leaves, fruit, wood, bark. 



; 



Elaeocarpaceae. 



rYnoniodes pulchra, No. 581; Antholoma Tieghemi F. 



v. M., No. 370; Elaeocarpus affin. E. novo-guin- 

 eensis Warburg., No. 87; Elaeocarpus megacar- 

 pus Schltr., No. 355 ; Elaeocarpus sp. nov., No. 

 185; Elaeocarpus sepikanus, Schltr., No. 178; 

 Elaeocarpus sp., Nos. 102, 380, 354, 336; Elaeo- 

 carpus novo-guineensis Warb., No. 141 ; Sloanea 

 pr.radisiarum, No. 84. 



inoniodes pulchra Schltr., No. 581. 



A large tree with a girth of 8 feet, a bole of 60 

 feet, and 100 feet overall. Medium buttresses 

 to 6 and 8 feet, spreading 4 feet. 



i 



2 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; stipules, f inch to 

 inch; petiole, If to 2 inches; blade, 4^ to 5 by 

 to 3; shape variable; condate base, but more 

 or less obovate; serrate; obtuse; coarse; lower 

 surface hairy, upper surface rough; stipules fall 

 off readily. 



Fruit. — A chestnut covered with spines J inch long 

 containing 3-4 red, black tipped seeds. 



Bark. — Grey, covered with rather large brown 

 pustules; inner bark streaked red and brown. 



Wood. — Sap undefined white, deepening to a pink; 

 axes and splits easily. 



Bays. 



5 



0-80 coarse distinct; 220 fine ones; 



straight except for sweeping curves w r hich are, 1 

 think, due to defective sample ; l-40th inch deep ; 

 wavy bands and oblongs on \ the quarter. Bores. 

 — 2,500 to 4,700; distinct single and raidally sep- 

 tate (2 and 3) in thinly and thickly sown zones; 

 thicker in areas of bunched soft tissue ; show up 

 as reddish screaks on the quarter. Soft Tissue. 

 About 9 thin brown lines to the inch; irregu- 

 larly spread sometimes 6 will be bunched in 1-6 

 inch, and elsewhere there will only be 2 in 1-3 



inch. 



i 



cipitate. 



General. — A pink wood cuts easily, 

 grain. Solution colourless; blue pre- 



Locality.- — loangey. 



Date.— December, 1923. 



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



A plant, 4 feet high, with bright crimson long Antholoma Tieghemi E. v. M., No. 370. 



spurred flowers. 



Locality. — Menari to Naro in wet gullies. Sara- 



waket. 

 Date. — February, 1923. 



A shrub 8 feet high. 



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

 swollen at junction with twig and with blade \ 

 margin indented, acuminate glabrous. 



