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Bark. 



broAvii 



* 



Inner 



bark olive. Solution tawny; blue precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined. Saffron to yellow-brown. 



Rays.— 200-250. ^ Very fine, very shallow, show 

 up as very minute dots on quarter. Pores. — 

 Clear. 2,500-4,500, irregularly scattered 

 tate 2 and 3, also in small groups — 

 — Conspicuous; wavy lines connect up pores, 

 also here and there are single, double and treble 

 concentric lines. General.— A brown timber 

 with a well-marked walnut grain. Solution 



sep- 

 Soft tissue. 



wood : colourless ; 



slight 



greenish. 



precipitate. 



Cuts fairly soft; weighs 48 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri. 

 Date.— May, 1922. 



Native name. 



(Motu) 



Remarks. — A dense, hard, long-fibred wood. 

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



Terminal ia faveolata White & Francis ined., No. 285. 



Large tree, 15 feet girth, with a 90 feet bole, and 

 120 feet overall. Very heavily buttressed up to 



15 feet. 



Solution tawny; strong 



blue 



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Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, 7-16th to \ 

 inch; blade, 3| to 4f x If to 2^ inches. Ellip- 

 tical to ovate; acuminate, glabrous, thin. 



Fruit. — Immature fruit collected. Apparently a 

 nut. 



Bark. — | inch thick. Brown, scaly; longitudin- 

 ally lined. Inner bark purple-brown; not un- 

 like T. Okari. 

 precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap, 1 inch, pale yellow. Heart a good 

 brown. 



Kays. — 140; red-brown; sinuous round and 

 broken by pores. l-100th inch deep, and show- 

 ing up as minute specks on quarter. Pores.— 

 Very conspicuous; 3,000 to 4,000; single and 

 radially septate, occasionally tangentially 



Soft tissue. — Surrounds 





pores. 

 A nice looking brown wood, so porous 



septate. 

 General.— 



that one can blow through it and suck up water 

 through it like cane. Works up well. Solution 

 wood: pale yellow; blue precipitate. Cuts soft, 

 but clean; 34 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Baroi. 



Date.— October, 1922. 



Native names. 

 (Evara). 



Remarks. — A pretty cabinet wood; fairly hard, 

 but easily worked. 



Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



Kovo (Vailala), Koivai-a 



Terminalia sp., No. 340. 



Large tree, 8 feet girth, a bole of 75 feet, and 100 

 feet overall. Narrow buttresses up to 4 feet, 

 and grooved up to 12 feet. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; crowded at encl of 



branchlets; petiole, § to 1$ inches (average, \ 



inch) ; blade, 3 to 7£ x 1| to 2f inches; obovate, 



obtuse, notched; midrip rusty, tomentose above; 



and veins prominent, and pubescent 



(brown hairs) below; coriaceous. 



50: 



midrib 



Rays.- — Clear. (1) coarse 



(2) 



fine, 100; 



around 



little 



Conspicuous. 



brown sinuous twisting a little to get 

 pores; l-80th inch deep, showing up as 

 brown specks on quarter. Pores — 

 3,000 to 3,600; single and radially septate (2 

 to 4) ; bands of large pores occur, and then 

 bands of small crowded pores. The dark bands 



have 

 absent. 



grain. 



F.12389.— 9 



least- 



pores 

 Gfeneral. 



Soft tissue. — Apparently 

 -A brown timber uniform 



Dark bands between large and small 



pores show up well on cross section. Back and 

 quarter show cigar box grain. Solution wood; 



colourless ; green precipitate, 

 clean; 31 lb. per cubic foot. 



Cuts soft and 



Bark. 



i 



4 



inch; grey, scaly; corky, covered with 



pits or depressions. Inner bark mauve-brown. 

 Solution tawny; strong blue precipitate. 



"Wood. — Sap, |, pale yellow; heart a good deep 

 brown. 



Locality.— Vailala. 



Date- -January, 1923. 



Native name. — Id are (Vailala). 



Remarks. — Soft to cut, but a medium hardwood. 



M 



Worth attention. 



-Leaves, bark. wood. 



1 ermindia sp., No. 651. 



A large tree, 9 feet in girth, with a bole of 60 feet, 



and 80 feet over all. Buttressed to 10 feet. 

 Leaves. — Simple alternate, bunched at end of 



branches; petiole, 1 to 1^ inches; blade, 4 to 



6 x 3 1 to 3| inches; obovate to oval, generally 

 tapering to base. 



Fruit. — A walnut, only dry empty shells seen. 



Bark. — 3-16th inch thick; reddish-brown, scaly; 

 scales thin, almost papery. Inner bark yellow. 



Solution tawny; no precipitate 



Wood. — Yellow. 



Bays. — 3,400-3,700; very fine sinuous lines broken 

 by pores, 1-1 50th inch deep; show up faintly 



Ports. — Distinct, 400 



on quarter. 



to 



1,500 



inches, thickly and thinly sown bands; single. 

 Cause rather a nice back grain. Soft tissue. 

 Conspicuous, 30 to 50 wavy brown lines to the 

 inch; link up pores. General. — A mauve- 

 coloured wood; even grained, cuts firm. Solu- 

 tion colourless; no precipitate. 



Locality. — Amage, on upper Ramu. 



Date.— March, 1924. 



Native name. — Ai-isan (Amage). 



Remarks. — This mav be the alleged Jucrlane of 



German travellers tales. 



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-Leaves and fruit. 



Myrtaceje. 



Bar 



ringtonia quadrigibosa, Xo. 803; Barringtonia 



calyptrocalyx, Xo. 191; Barringtonia Forbesii, 

 Xo. 122; Barringtonia speciosa, Xo. 235; 

 Barringtonia sp., Xo. 593; Eugenia jambolana, 

 Xo. 241; Eugenia janibos, Xo. 791; Eugenia 

 javanica, Xo. 806; Eugenia sp., Xos. 68, 89, 92, 

 121, 131, 287, 384, 385, 387, 428, 579, 317, 627; 

 Eucalyptus naudiniana, No. 797; ?Metrosi- 



de K _, ... - r , — r - — ., ~~ 



534; Octamyrtus insignis, Xo. 163; Planchonia 

 timorensis, Xos. 2, 606 ; Xanthomyrtus longi- 

 cuspis, Xo. 398; Indt., Xo. 358a. 



Barringtonia calyptrocalyx K.Sch., Xo. 191. 



Small tree, 1 foot girth, 30 feet high; undergrowth, 



rain forests. 

 Leaves. — Only grows a tuft of leaves at extremity 



of tall branchless stem; simple, alternate, sub- 

 sessile; blade, 18 inches to 3 ft. 6 in. x 5 to 8 

 inches;; oblaneeolate, acuminate, ghihrous. 



Flowers. — Long, pendant spikes on old wood. 

 Pink. 



Locality. — Kumusi River, but it has a wide range 

 throughout the rain forests of the lower alti- 

 tudes. 



Date. — Flowers in July in the Kumusi forests. 



Xative name. — Sesewa (Ointatandi). 



