119 



Kays.— Clear. 130-135. Yellow. Conspicuous 

 though fine; somewhat sinuous round pores, but 

 generally give appearance of straightness. Up 

 to l-10tli inch deep; very conspicuous bands of 

 silver 



back. 



gram 



on quarter; not distinctive 



Pores.— 2,000 to 



3,000, 



rather 



on 

 evenly 



scattered single and radially septate (2). 

 tissue. — Little ladder runers finer than 



Soft 

 a 1 1 d 



Surround 



rungs 

 linking up, the rays very i regularly, 

 pores in the road or run at a tangent to them. 

 General. — A pleasant yellow timber with pretty 

 silver quarter grain. Solution wood: colourless; 

 no precipitate. Cuts rather hard, but very 

 clean; 40 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Wanapa; 1,000 feet. 



Date. — Fruits in June. 



Native names. — If oka (Suku). 



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



Garcinia sp., No. 130. 



A medium-sized tree. 



Leaves. — Simple, opposite; petiole, J inch; blade, 



5 to 6| x 2^ to 2f inches; oval to obovate, acu- 

 minate, glabrous, entire, thin. 



Fruit. — A very pale-green pontine, 1^ inches dia- 

 meter; it is edible. 



Rays. — Clear. 165; yellow; slightly sinuous; 

 show up as specks on the quarter. Pores. — Clear. 

 3,000 to 3,500; single and radially septate (2), 

 evenly scattered. Soft tissue. — Clear. 140 to 

 200 lines to the inch, about same thickness as 

 rays; wavy, broken by coarse rays; linking, 

 surrounding, and crossing pores. General. — -A 

 yellow wood with a straight grain and a good 

 surface. Solution wood; colourless; no pre- 

 cipitate. Cuts hard; 57 lb. per cubic foot. 



Bark. — Solution colourless; no precipitate. 



Locality. — Aroa. It is common all round the 

 Territory on the low lands. 



Date.— 22nd May, 1922. 



Native names. — Bio-bio. 



Remarks. — A fruit worth attention for cultivation ; 

 it is much larger than its sister No. 58, and is 

 sweeter to the palate. 



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



Garcinia sp., No. 584. 



A small tree, 45 feet high. A tree of the third 



story. 

 Leaves. — Opposite. 

 Fruit. — Pomme. 

 Bark. — Exudes a yellow latex. 



Locality. — Yunsain. 



Date. — December, 1923. 



Material collected. — Leaves and fruit. 



Dll'TEROCARPAOK.E. 



Anisoptera polyandra Bl., Nos. 136, 223; Indt., No. 



112; Hopea papuana Diels?, No. 113; Vatica 

 papuana, Nos. 327a, 435. 



Anisoptera polyandra BL, Nos. 136 and 223. 



Large tree up to 13 feet girth, and 100 feet of 

 bole; 130 feet over all. Average dimensions, S 

 x 70 feet bole. Not buttressed. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate, exstipulate; petiole, 

 f to 1 inch; blade, 3 to \\ x \\ to 2 inches; 

 oblanceolate, glabrous; yellow to rusty below; 

 light green above; acute. The leaves of saplings 

 are much larger; petiole, 2| inches; blade, 6 

 to 12 x 4-i- to 5 inches. Elliptical, acuminate; 

 scattered hairs below; midrib pubescent; glab- 

 rous above. 



Fruit. 



Nnt 7s" inch with 

 calyx, two lobes of which 



enveloping 



persistent 



wings, 4| to 5 x f inches. 



are developed into 



Bark. — Grey, with a tinge of red-brown; pustular; 

 longitudinally lined at top; flatly ridged at 

 butt. Inner bark streaked with yellow. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, pale yellow. 



Rays. — Clear. 



110 



yellov 



rather 



straight. 



except for kinks round pores here and there; 

 l-60th inch deep; show up as wavy lines 



on 



quarter, 

 between 



Pores. — Clear. 



5,000, 



rays ; 

 usually diagonally, 

 distinct, 



evenly strung 



then 



single, rarely septate, 



Soft tissue. — Rare and in- 



being 



fine concentric 



very nne concentric con- 

 tinuous rings, about three to the inch. General. 



A very pale-yellow to 



Straight grained. 



light-brown resinous 

 Solution wood : colour- 



wood. 



less; no precipitate. Cuts a little hard; 43 lb. 

 per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Buna to Wire Rope. Hydrographer's, 

 to 2,000 feet. 



Bate. — Fruits in June in Northern Division. 

 Native names. — Garawa (Buna), Karawa or 



Warawa (Binandele), Karalaka (Vailala). 

 Remarks. — A sound hardwood. This species forms 



a social-two-species-forest with A fzrlta hijuf/a 

 in the foot-hills of the Hydrographers up to 

 1,000 feet; above that it is more scattered, and 



Mat 



trees), fruit, wood, bark. 



Leaves (from young and old 



Indt., No. 112. 



A large 



tree, 10 feet girth with 80 feet bole. 

 Possesses root swellings, but is not buttressed. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole 



11 



•I 



inches 



turned at right angles at junction with blade; 

 blade, ?>} 2 to 8 J- inches x 2 to 5 inches; obovate; 

 glabrous, entire; margin undulate, acute, thin, 

 stiff. 

 Bark. — 1 inch thick, (irey-brown ; smooth, except 

 for pustules when young, and flatly ridged when 

 old. Inner bark, pale-yellow, streaked with 

 light-brown. Solution colourless; no precipitate. 



Starting cream. 



Wood. — Sap ill-defined. 



d 



eepens 



through yellow to a light-brown. Resinous. 



Rays. — 90 to 110 to inch. Yellow-brown, con- 

 spicuous. l-20th inch deep; show up well on 

 quarter. Pores. — Single, 4,000 to 6,500 to the 

 square inch; evenly distributed. Soft tissue. 

 — Absent. General. — A yellow to brown resin- 

 ous timber. Solution wood: colourless; no pre- 

 cipitate. Cuts hard, but cleanly; 41 11). pea- 

 cubic foot. 



Locality. — Yanapa. 



Date— May, 1922. 



Native name. — Demo (Suku). 



Remarks. — A timber that resembles the Deptero- 



carps of commerce. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



Hoped papuana Diela (Affin.) ?, No. 113. 



^Medium tree, 6 by 00 feet bole. Not buttressed. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate, exstipulate ; petiole, 

 ■J inch, curved to turned at right angle*; blade, 

 5| to 7 x 2 to 2f inches; lanceolate acuminate, 

 entire, margin recurved; glabrous; thin. 



Fruit. — One-seeded, 3-16th inch long, enclosed in 



five lobed persistent calyx. Two of tbe lobes 



developed into wings 2J inches long by \ inch 

 wide; oblanceolate. 

 Bark.- — § inch thick; dark-brawn, somewhat 



scaly; inner bark white. Solution faint yellow; 

 no precipitate. 



