112 



Wood. — Sap undefined, white. 



Kays. — Clear; (1) coarse 52 to the inch, yellow 

 brown, l-40th inch deep, brown oblongs on 

 quarter; (2) a very large number of exceed- 

 ingly fine rays, so fine as to be uncountable. 

 Pores. — Conspicuous; 2,500; single and radially 

 septate (2-3) ; evenly scattered. Soft Tissue. — 

 Absent. General. — A light brown or yellow 

 wood. Solution wood : colourless ; slightly dis- 

 coloured precipitate. Cuts soft, fairly clean; 31 

 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Valley of the Mini a i, head waters of 

 Kemp Welch River — 4,000 feet. 



Date. — -January, 1923. 



Native name. — Mado. 

 Remarks. — A firm wood. 



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

 wood. 



Elaeocarpus sp., No. 336. 



A large tree; 7^ feet girth, a bole of 60 feet and 

 overall 100 feet; buttresses up to 8 feet. 



Leaves. — Crowded at the end of stout branchlets; 

 simple, alternate; petiole, H to 2 inches; blade, 

 3i to 8| x 1} to 4; oblong to oval; serrate; 

 midrib and veins prominent, the latter often 

 wavy; acuminate; somewhat curved back from 

 petiole to tip and half closed. 



Bark. — J inch thick; grey; smooth, except for 

 longitudinal lines of pustules; inner bark yel- 

 low brown. Solution, sherry; fairly strong pre- 

 cipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, pale yellow to pale pink. 



Kays. — Two types — (1) fine about 60; (2) very 

 fine, uncountahl 



e; about 1.200th inch deep, 



showing ii]) very little on the quarter. 



P 



ores. 



Conspicuous; 1,600-2,000; single and radially 

 septate 2-3, occasionally a pair tangentially sep- 

 tate. Soft tissue. — Absent. General. — A pale 



timber. Solution wood: colourless; very faint 

 precipitate. Cuts firm but woolly; section cut- 

 ting difficult; 32 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Vailala. 



Date. — January, 1923. 



Native name: Lara (Vailala). 



Remarks. — A hard wood. 



Material collected. — Leaves, bark and wood. 



Elaeocarpus sp., No. 102. 



Large tree, 8 feet girth by 60 feet bole; heavily 

 buttressed. 



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Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, -J to f; much 



thickened at base of blade; blade, 3i x 2£ to 3 



x 4; ovate broadly serrate acuminate, slightly 



coriaceous. 



i 



green cov- 



a 



Fruit. — A drupe: outside of pericarj 

 ered with brown spots; £ inch thick 

 in section star shaped, four rounde< 

 x l.i ; peduncle, J inch. 



Bark. — Grey, smooth; inner bark red brown, 

 streaked with white. Solution, colourless; violet 



precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, white. 



Rays. — 70; coarse; 350 very fine; all pink; sinuous 

 around pores; coarse ones are l-40th inch deep 

 and show up as oblongs on quarter. Pores. — 

 Clear; 2,500 to 3,000; small, single and radially 

 septate (2-4). Soft tissue.— Absent. General. 

 A pink or mauve timber with a (dose grain. 

 Solution wood: colourless; no precipitate. Cute 

 bard; 40 lb. per cubic foot. 



Lovality. — Yanapa. 



Date. — Fruits in June. 



Native name. — Avava (Dora) . _ 



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



Elaeocarpus sp., No. 380. 



A straggling tree 50 feet higb, 3 feet girth. 



Leaves. — Alternate, serrate. 



Fruit. — A globose drupe \ inch diameter. 



Locality. — Mt. Obree. Laruni spur, 8-9,000 feet. 



Date. — February 23. 



Material collected. — Leaves and fruit. 



E 'la 'Co carpus novo-guineensis Warb., No. 141. 



Large tree, 12 feet girth, 60 feet bole; narrow but- 

 tresses up to 15 feet. 



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

 blade, 5| to 6 x 2 to 2|; serrate, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, glabrous, thin. 



Fruit. — Panicles of globose green drupes; thin 

 pericarp containing hard corrugated nut, and 

 within a kernel; pigeons eat green pericarp. 



Bark. — J inch thick; dappled brown and white; 

 smooth; inner bark pale yellow. 



Wood. — Sap undefined; pale yellow or white. 



Rays. — 75 coarse; brown, sinuous around pores; 

 l-40th inch deep, specks on quarter; 420 very 

 fine, hard to count, sinuous and broken by pores. 

 Pores. — Conspicuous ; 3,000 single, but more 

 commonly radially septate (2-5 and rarely 7 

 and 8). Soft tissue. — Absent. General. — A 

 white, light, coarse, straight grained wood. Solu- 

 tion wood; colourless; faint green precipitate. 

 Cuts soft and woolly; 26 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality, — Buna District. 



Date. — Fruits in July. 



Native name: Komina. 



Remarks. 



A light 



open grained soft wood. 



Material collected. — Leaves, fruit, wood. 



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Elaeocarpus sp., No. 354. 



A large tree; 8 -J feet in girth, 75 feet of bole and 

 120 feet over all; no buttresses, but spur-rooted. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, f inch; blade, 

 3 to 5 x 1| to If; oblanceolate, acute, serrate, 

 glabrous, thin; pits occur at axils of lateral 



veins. 



Fruit. — A globose, bright blue drupe, 1^ inches 

 diameter on a half-inch peduncle; pericarp, g to 

 nut brown, very corrugated ; corrugations 

 sharp; contains four seeds, § inch long. 



Bark. — f brown, pustular; inner bark yellow, 

 streaked with white; solution tawny; blue pre- 

 cipitate. 



Wood.- — Sap undefined, white. 



Rays. — (1) Coarse 30; (2) very fine indeed 190 

 to 200; brown; slightly sinuous; the coarse rays 

 are up to l-40th inch deep ; showing up as brown 

 oblongs on quarter. Pores. — Conspicuous; 2000; 

 single and radially septate (2); fairly evenly 

 distributed. General. — A grey brown timber. 



Cuts 



4 ? 



Solution wood: yellow; blue precipitate, 

 soft and clean; 29 lb. per cubic foot. 



3000 to 7000 feet, Mt. Obree. 





Locality. 



Date. — January, 1923. 



Xative name. — Bekanu. 



Remarks. — A common mountain species with a 



wide range; a soft wood. 

 Materia] collected. — Leaves, fruit, bark, wood. 



Malvaceae. 



Hibiscus D'Albertisii, Kos. 28, 786; Hibiscus tiliaceus, 



Xo. 208; Thespesia populnea, Xos. 31, 214; 



Urena lobata, No. 319. 



