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Flowers. — Axillary, solitary, pendant, at end of 



branchlets; peduncle, 1|. 

 Locality. — 6,000 feet, Owen Stanley Range. 

 Date. — 23rd February. 

 Remarks. — A very ornamental shrub. 

 Material collected.— Leaves and flowers. 



Sloanea paradisiarum, ISTo. 84. 



A large tree with developed buttresses; 7 feet by 

 60 feet bole and 90 feet to 100 feet overall. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate, exstipulate; petiole, 

 to 2^ inches; blade, 3| to 6 x 4 inches to 11 

 inches; obovate, undulate, glabrous, thin. 



Fruit. — Hard woody capsule, 2 inches x 1| to 4 



inches x 2 inches covered with stiff bristles; 

 these soon wear off, and are only to be seen on 

 fairly fresh fruits ; opens from apex into three 

 parts. 



Bark. — Grey; inner bark yellow; ^ inch thick. 

 Solution, madeira; blue precipitate. 



"Wood. — Sap undefined, white. 



Rays. — Coarse; 72; yellow to pale yellow sinuous 

 .around pores; l-15th inch deep; show^ up well 

 on quarter; between them are more than twice 

 the number very fine ones. Pores. — Conspicu- 

 ous; 5,000 to 8,000 very porous and less porous 

 zones; single and radially and diagonally sep- 



of 3. 



fine ones hard to count — about 500. Pores. 



(2) ; sometimes a shamrock group 



—Absent. General. — A mouse col- 



tate 



Soft Tissue. 



Solution 

 Cuts soft 



oured somewhat interlocked wood, 

 wood: yellow; dirty-green precipitate, 

 and clean ; weighs 35 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — A common tree with a wide range 

 around the lower altitudes of Papua from, the 

 plain to 2,000 feet. 



Bate. — Fruits from June to Jul v. 



Native names. — Otuni (Suku), Oh-e (Buna). 



Material collected. — Leaves, fruits, wood. 



Elaeocarpus aff. E. novo-guineensis Warburg, Xo. 87. 



A large tree with narrow buttresses. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, j; blade, 7 X 



3£; lanceolate; serrate; glabrous; thin. 

 Bark. — \ inch thick; grey; smooth; inner 



bark 



yellow-brown; solution, dark ruby red; dirty 

 green precipitate. 

 Wood. — Sap undefined; white. 



a vs. 



—Coarse; 26; yellow; probably fine ones 

 occur, but could not see them; l-50th inch deep; 

 show up as specks and lines on quarter. Pores. 

 5,000 to 6,000 evenly scattered, single and radi- 

 ally septate (2-4). Soft Tissue. — Absent. Gen- 

 eral. — • 



—A pale wood, rather close grained. Solu- 

 tion wood: slightly discoloured; no precipitate. 

 Cuts soft and clean; 28 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Vanapa. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



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Native name. — Sigore (Suku). 

 Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



Elaeocarpus contains Wh. & Fr. ined., No. 185. 



Large tree, 8 feet girth and 55 feet bole; buttressed 

 to a height of 5 feet. 



Leaves. — Bunched at end of branchlets; simple, 

 alternate; petiole, 1J to 3 inches; blade, 4 J to 9 x 

 2£ to 4% ; obovate, acute, soft pointed, margin 

 wavy; each vein terminates in a soft spine, pro- 

 jecting l-16th inch beyond margin; pubescent on 

 veins and midribs. 



Mowers. — Panicles of about six flowers on a 

 peduncle set in axilla of leaves. 



Pays. — Coarse ones 60, wavy and sinuous; l-80th 

 inch deep; show up as fine lines on quarter; 



Conspicuous ; 2,500-3,500, 

 (2-3), filled with brown deposit. 

 A bsent. General. — A 



single and septate 



Soft Tissue. 



yellow wood streaked 



straight grained light 

 with dark-brown pore 



grooves. Solution wood: colourless; no precipi- 

 tate. Cuts firm; 30 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Bark. — Grey, pustular; inner bark yellow, specked 

 with white; f inch. Solution yellow; dirty- 



brown precipitate. 

 Wood. — Sap undefined, white. 

 Locality. — Northern Division, Kumusi River. 

 Date. — Flowers July. 

 Native name.— Ohe. 



Remarks. — A medium soft wood; a useful timber. 

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



Elaeocarpus sepilanus Schltr., ISTo. 178. 



Large tree, 8 feet girth and 60 feet bole. 



Leaves : — Simple, alternate, exstipulate; petiole, 

 up to 2-J inches; blade, up to 6 x 34; oval, acu- 

 minate, broadly serrate; gland at junction of 

 midrib and most of the veins. 



Flowers. — Crowded at end of branches in axillary 

 spikes up to 4 inches long, bearing a number of 

 single, regular, pentamerous, perigynous, 

 pedunculate 1 , stiff, cream coloured flowers; 

 peduncle 7-10th, hairy. 



Bark. — { inch thick; grey mottled with brown, 

 faintly pustular; inner bark red brown, streaked 

 with yellow; solution, colourless; cloudy preci- 

 pitate. 



Wood. — White to cream; sap undefined, 



"Rays. — Clear; 100, of which about 150 are brown, 

 coarse and wavy; l-30th inch deep and show 

 up as conspicuous lines on quarter; the* other 

 70 are fine, brown, sinuous around or broken by 



pores and invisible except here and there, as 

 minute specks on the quarter. Pores. — Con- 

 spicuous; .1,000; single*, more rarely septate (2 

 and 3) ; here and there bands of almost non- 

 porous wood occur. Soft Tissue. — Exceed- 

 ingly fine 4 irregular lines run from ray to ray — • 

 they are too numerous to count; in addition, 

 fine continuous concentric lines occur — about 

 three to the inch. General. — A pink wood 

 with a straight grain ; attacked by blue fungus. 

 Solution wood: colourless; no precipitate. Cuts 

 hard and clean; 51 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Buna District up to 1,500 feet. 



Date. — Flowers in July. 



Kative name. — Tangere (Buna). 



Remarks. — A hard wood with a pretty quarter 



grain. 

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



Elaeocarpus megacarpus Schltr., ~No. 335. 



Large tree; 10 feet in girth, with a bole of 85 feet 

 and 120 feet overall; high, hut rather narrow, 



buttresses. 



Leaves. — Terminal false whorls; petiole, 1 j; blade, 

 7-8 x 2\ to 2| ; obovate, glabrous, stiff, margin 

 wavy, midrib and veins yellow, prominent he- 

 low; style persistent, 13-HJth. 



Flowers. — Only overblown ones seen; panicles, 4 

 inches to 6 inches long, hearing pedunculate 

 flowers; peduncle, I inch to li inches. 



Fruit. — A drupe 2\ x If; ellipsoidal; nut 2$ * 

 1 i x 5 thick scalloped edge, dividing down centre 

 and containing kernel, 1£ x f. 



Bark. — f inch thick; grey, pustular, fibrous; inner 



bark red brown, streaked with yellow. Solution 



pale yellow; faint green brown precipitate* 



