118 



Bark. — f inch thick, rough, grey with a crocodile 



skin appearance. Sheds scale in little pieces. 



Inner bark orange, speckled with red. Exudes 



a yellow gummy latex. 

 Wood. — Sap ill-defined, deepening from white to 



pink. 

 Locality. — Ogeramnang. 

 Date. — November, 1923. 

 Native name. — Soan. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



Calophyllum sp. No. 424. 



A large tree. 9 feet girth, 60 feet bole and 30 



feet over all. No buttresses. 

 Leaves. — Simple, opposite ; petiole § ; blade up to 



2^ by 1 ; lanceolate; venation pinnate; very fine 



and parallel; coriaceous; acute. 

 Bark. — 2 inches thick, deeply ridged, grey. Inner 



bark yellow brown. Solution ruby; strong 



green precipitate. 

 Wood. — Sap 3^, yellow, streaked with pink. Heart 



red brown. 

 Rays. — Very fine indeed 340 pale, sinuous; show* 



ing up as specks on the quarter, 1/100 inch 



deep. Pores. — Conspicuous. 1,400 to 2,400 in 

 short, irregular, snaky radial chains; encrusted 

 with a red deposit. Soft tissue. — Conspicuous. 

 Broken wavy sometimes crooked concentric lines 



with 



General. 



branches 



of 



cross 



joining up groups oi pores 

 A red timber with a snake and ladder 

 section. Solution wood: Dale brown 



Leaves. — Simple, opposite; petiole, to i; blade 3 to 

 4f by If to If; elliptical to oblanceolate ; acu- 

 minate, coriaceous. 



Fruit. — A green plum up to 1^ inches long and 

 l£ inches diameter; about six seeds half-moon 



shaped -J by £. 

 Bark. — J inch thick. Very dark brown to black; 



scaly; scales smooth, longitudinal, 2 inches wide; 



longitudinally lined; inner bark yellow, streaked 



with red. Exudes yellow latex. Solution: pale 



yellow; green precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap ill-defined. Yellow, deepening to 



rose. 

 Rays. — 220. Pale yellow. Very slightly sinuous. 

 Shallow. Show up faintly as mottled grain on 

 quarter. Pores. — Conspicuous. 2,500 to 3,000, 

 single and septate (2). Soft tissue. — Conspicu- 

 ous. Rather coarse, wavy, continuous lines oc- 



cur 1 to the inch; between them are a number — • 

 160 to the inch — of broken, fine, yet clear, lines 



cross fine rays and ladder rung the coarse. They 



are coarser than rays. General. — A yellow 

 brown wood with a pink tinge and a nicely 

 mottled quarter grain. Solution wood : colour- 

 less, very pale green precipitate. Cuts hard. 

 59 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Forests of the foothills of Hydro- 

 grapher's up to 2,000 feet. 



Date. — Fruits in August in Hydrographer's. 

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





strong green precipitate. Cuts hard and clean. Garcinia assuga (?) Lautbch, No. 58. 



52 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Between Mei 



Date. — February, 192.*]. 



Remarks. — A 

 fibred timber. 



wood. 



hard, straight-grained, very long- 

 Might be tested for a handle 



Material collected. 

 Indt., No. 110. 



Leaves, bark, wood. 



A large tree. 



Seven feet in girth with a bole of 

 60 feet and buttressed. 

 Leaves. — Simple, opposite; petiole -| to l£; blade 

 6 to 1 1 by o\ to 5-i; obovate to oval; entire; ob- 

 tuse; notched; coriaceous; glabrous; venation in- 

 distinct. Differs from 115, Garcinia Holrungii, 



A medium sized tree. Five feet girth by 25 feet 

 bole. Not buttressed. 



Leaves. — Simple, opposite; petiole i to |; blade 

 3 to 3f by l£ to li; oblanceolate, acuminate, 

 entire, rather coriaceous, glabrous. 



Fruit. — A small pale-green pomme, \ inch dia- 

 meter. Edible. 



Bark, — A deep cinnamon-brown, fibrous, \ inch 

 thick. Exudes a saffron-coloured latex. Solu- 

 tion, faint yellow; faint green precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap and heart same, light red-brown. 



Rays. — 160-170. Yellow; show up as minute specks 



on quarter. 



Pores. — Clear 



2,300 



to 2,700; 



in having yellow — not white — latex 



indistinct venation. 



and having 



Bark. — Cinnamon-brown to black. Exudes a yel- 

 low latex abundantly. Inner bark pink. Solu- 

 tion colourless, no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined. Fale yellow or white. 



single, fairly evenly scattered; some filled with 



ruby-red deposit. Soft tissue. — Clear; close set 



lines, 12 to the inch, about as wide as the rays ; 

 verj 



wavy, linking up the pores and surround- 

 ing them. General. — A pleasant even-grained 

 brownish timber; very fissile on back 

 the line of soft tissue. Solution wood: colour- 



along 



Kays— -Clear. 



owing closeness 



120; pale yellow; sinuous 

 and distinctness of 



but 

 rays they 



appear straight. Up to 1/10 inch deep. Show- 

 ing up as nice silver grain on quarter. Pores. — 

 Clear. 3,000 to 4,500 evenly crushed between 

 rays single but here and there radially septate 

 (2). Soft tissue. — Ladder rungs as coarse as 



less ; 



no precipitate, 

 cubic foot. 



Cuts hard; 58 lb. per 



Locality. — Veimauri, Aroa, Vanapa. 



Date. — Fruits in June. 



Xative names. — Bio-bio (Motu). 



Remarks.— 



ngs as coarse 

 rays connect latter and often surround pores 



A grey brown timber 



M 



on the way. General. __ o _ .^ 



very similar in structure and with same silver Gamma Hollrungii, Xo. 115. 



quarter grain as 115. Solution wood: colourless, 

 no precipitate. Cuts hard and clean. 



Sought after by natives for its fruit. 

 The timber is straight grain, but too small for 

 commercial purposes, 

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



55 



lb. 



per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Vanapa. 

 Date.— May, 1922. 



Native names. — Norn (Suku), Paka (Doura). 

 !M aterial collected — Leaves and wood. 



Garcinia Qssin/a Lautbch, Xo. 224. 



Small tree, 4| feet girth and 50 feet over all. 



buttresses. 



Xo 



Medium tree, 5i feet girth, 60 feet bole. 



Leaves. — Simple, opposite, exstipulate ; petiole, 

 f to 1 inch; blade, elliptical; 6 to 8^ x 4} inches; 

 obovate to elliptical; coriaceous, glabrous; heavy 

 stiff foliage; stout branchlets. Veins very dis- 

 tinct when held up to light. 



Fruit. — A pomme with the apex depressed, 2x2 

 inches, 6 loc. 



Hark. — £ inch thick, dingey brown to gre-sn black; 

 exudes latex. Solution colourless; no precipitate 

 Wood. — Sap undefined, white. 



