115 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; bundled at end of Indt., No. 53. 



follicle, ohovoid. 



branchlets; petiole, 4 to 6 inches; blade 9 by 

 6 inches; cordate, acuminate; slightly undu- 

 late, glabrous. 



Flowers. — Axillary panicles. 



Fruit. — Dry, woody, dehiscent 



woody, brown, tomentose pedunculate; 6 inches 

 long, 5 inches broad, and 4^ inches thick; con- 

 taining 85 to 45 winged seeds; the wing being 

 white when fresh and membranous, 2 J by 1 inch, 

 carrying seed 1 3-1.6 by § inch. 



Bark. — Greenish-grey, smooth; inner bark yellow; 

 solution, faint yellow; no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined; light yellow; straight 



grained; medium hard wood. 



Rays. — Conspicuous. very dark-grown ; fairly 



straight; 100; 1-30 inch deep; show up well on 

 quarter. Pores. — Conspicuous; 1,200; single, 



and more or less radially septate (2-3). They 

 appear in my sample as dark-brown, streaked 

 both back and quarter. Soft tissue. — Conspicu- 

 ous. Joins up the rays with dark-brown lines 

 about same width as rays, and forming concen- 



114 to the inch. Here and there 



trie 



rings; 



A large tree; 7 feet in girth, with a 30-ft. bole; 

 unbut tressed. 



Bark. — \ inch thick; grey-green; smooth. Imme- 

 diately below surface yellow; inner bark yellow. 



Wood. — Sap undefined; light-yellow or white. 



Rays. 24; yellow, very prominent, straight, up 

 to 1-10 inch deep; showing up in conspicuous 

 bands on quarter and brown lozenges on back. 

 Between these wide rays there are a number of 

 minute rays too fine to count. Pores. — 100 to 

 600, large, conspicuous, mostly single; here ana 

 there septate ones occur. Soft tissue. — Wide 

 undulate bands, about five to the inch, joining 

 coarse rays, and separated from next band by a 

 narrow band of hard tissue. General. — A pale, 

 open-grained, soft wood. Solution wood : pale 

 yellow; no precipitate. Cuts soft and woolly; 20 

 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Native name.— Minhihi (Suku). 



Ixemarks. — A soft, open-grained Stereulaceae. 



Materia] collected.— Wood. 



(about six to the inch) the rings of soft tissue Indt., Xo. 74. 



are crowded three and four together, forming a 

 soft zone. General. — A grey wood; it blues very 

 easily. The colour of rays and soft tissue 

 should be checked with fresh sample. Solution 

 wood: colourless; no precipitate. Cuts soft and 

 clean; 51 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Veimauri, Vanapa, Aroa; up to 1,000 

 feet altitude. 



Date.— June, 1922. 



Native names.— Kobura (Suku) ; Ifokeia (Vai- 

 lala) ; Tombern (Buna). 



Jiemarks. — The wood turns blue on drying, which 

 .detracts from its worth, otherwise rather pretty 

 on quarter where growth rings show up. 



A large tree, 8 feet girth, and 40 feet bole; non- 

 buttressed. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, \\ to 5 inches; 



blade 3£ to 10 inches hv \\\ to !> inches; cordate 



divided into three lobes; shiny glabrous above; 



tomentose below. 

 Bark. — 1 inch thick; finely ridged; outer bark 



hard to cut; grey to dark-brown; inner bark 



light-brown. 



1 



Wood. — Sap undefined; pale yellow. 



Kays. — Conspicuous; 26. Very coarse dark-brown 



rays, and 27 fine rays; up to 1-5 inch deep; 



showing up as rough bands on the quarter, and 



as dark-brown lozenires on back. P 



ores. 



■CI 



car : 



Materia] collected. — Leaves 



flowers, seeds, wood. 



Sterculia affin. S. Edelfeltia, No. 67. 



Large tree, 7| feet in girth, and a hole up to 60 

 feet; butressed up to 9 feet. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, 4 to 5 inches; 



blade, 5 to 9 inches by 4 to 3| inches; lanceolate, 

 acuminate, entire; finely pubescent below; glab- 

 rous above. 

 Fruit. — One to five recurved; red follicles united 

 at base to peduncle; folicles, 2| to 3 inches; con- 

 tain five to seven seeds. 



1,900 to 3,000; septate, more or less radially; 



rather evenly scattered, except where zones of 



small pores occur near soft tissue. Soft tissue. 

 About three narrow lines to the inch. This 

 tissue is that attacked by gum of which heavy 

 deposits are made, so much so as to cause an 

 interruption in the continuity of the wood. In 

 addition to these easily visible lines of soft 

 tissue there are a large number of very fine lines 

 of soft tissue. It is along these that the wood 



A poor, pale* wood, but valu- 



light 



brow 



n 



Bark.- — -Smooth, grey; inner bark 

 solution, colourless; no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, pale yellow. 



Kays. — Conspicuous; 23. Coarse, and 

 number of uncountable fine 

 straight, or only here and there sinuous around 

 a pore; 1-15 inch deep; show up as broad grey 

 shiny bands on quarter, and as brown lozenges 



ones; 



a large 

 yellow, 



on 



back. 



P 



ores. 



1,800 



to 



2,500; 



very con- 



spicuous; single, and radially septate (2), 



rarely (3). Soft tissue. — Absent. 



G 



ener 



al. 



A pale-yellow, porous, straight-grained wood, 



a loud quarter figure, 

 colourless; no precipitate. Cuts very soft and 



with 



Solution wood : 



woolly; 23 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri, Vanapa, 



Aroa. 



Ifydro- 



graphers up to 2,000 feet. Also Mam Range. 



Date. 



splits. General- 

 able tree on account of the excellent rope it 

 yields; gum veins are common. Solution wood: 

 faint yellow; no precipitate. Cuts soft; 17 lb. 

 per cubic foot. 



Locality . — Veimauri. 



Date.— Ma v, 1922. 



Xative name. — Vanea (Motu). 



Remarks. — The bark is soaked in water for two 

 weeks; then dried in the sun, when it separates 

 into thin sheets. These sheets are divided up 

 into ribbands about \ inch wide, and then are 



twisted together into string and light rope. The 



cordage made from this species is strong, and is 



• principally used for the manufacture of heavy 



nets employed in the catching of dugong and 

 turtle in tin 1 sea. The wood is the characteristic 

 lace-grain of the Sterculaceje. 



Material collected. — leaves and wood. 



-Fruits from May to August. 



Kative name. — Bakua (Suku). 



Remarks. — A very light, soft, porous wood; used 



to float sinkers. 

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



DnXBHIACEAE. 



Saurauja Schumanniana Poolei, Xo. L$5; Saurauja sp. 



nor., Xo. 431; Saurauja plurilocularis, No. 416; 



"Worm i a quercifolia, Nos. 226, 831; Sa 



urauja 



