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Remarks.— There is also another species or variety Barringtonia sp., No. 593. 



with white flowers. 

 Material collected. — Leaf and flowers. 



Barringtonia Forbesii Bak. fil., ISTo. 122. 



Small tree. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, ^ to 1 inch; 

 blade 4 to 6 by 2 to 3 inches; elliptical, acute, 



glabrous. 

 Flowers. — Stamen tube, 1J inches long; white. 



Fruit. — ISTot seen. 



Locality.- — Vanapa. 



Date. — Flowers in June. 



Native name. — Me-a (Dora). 



Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



Barringtonia Quadrigibosa Lauterb., No. 803. 



A small tree, 20 feet over all, with a stem 10 inches 

 in diameter. Undergrowth in rain forest. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; bunched at end of 

 branchlets; petiole, 1 to 1^ inches; blade, 10 

 to 14 x 2^r to 3^ inches; oblanceolate, acuminate, 

 glabrous, thin. 



Flowers. — Hanging in pendant spikes, 2 to 3 feet 

 long. The flowers apparently come out at night, 

 for though the ground under the tree is littered 

 with petals and filament tubes only buds are 

 available on the branches. 



Bark. — Grey-green, longitudinally lined. 



Locality. — Likdin. 



Date.— August, 1923. 



Native name. — Ta-autim. 



Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



Barringtonia speciosa Linn, f., No. 235. 



A large tree on sea coast; 12 feet girth, and 60 

 feet overall. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate, sessile; crowded at end 

 of stout ribbed branchlets; blade, 9 to 14 x 4} to 



6 inches; obovate, emarginate, glabrous, fleshy; 

 stout midribs. 



Flowers. — Terminal racemes; peduncle, 2^ inches; 

 bract, | x | inch; bud, l'l by 1 inch. 



Fruit. — A large indihiscent pedunculate (2 inches) 



In cross section it is rectangular, 4 



In 



it is 



capsule. 



inches square. 



pear shaped 8 \ inches long. The exterior is 



(when fresh) green and shiny and hard; turns 



longitudinal section 



b 



rown 



later. 



The calyx and style persist at 

 apex. Within the shell (£ inch) is a wall of 

 fibrous tissue, ranging in thickness from \ to 1 



inch. 



Lining 



this 



is a 



tough 



fibrous coating 



l-32nd inch thick, and within this is a single 

 diploid seed 2^ x 2 inches. 



Wood.— Sap undefined. White. 



Rays. — 140. Coarse and fine; former rather sinu- 

 ous, latter almost straight; yellow. Do not show 

 up on quarter. Pores. — Clear, 2,000 to 2,500, 

 rather evenly distributed. Single and less often 

 radially septate (2). Soft tissue. — Conspicuous. 

 50 lines to the inch; white, wavy; thicker than 



rays, and continuous. General, 

 wood showing little or no grain. 



-.V white light 

 Solution wood : 



colourless; no precipitate. Cuts soft and clean; 

 31 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Sea beach just within reach of spring 

 tides. Northern Division. 



Date. — Flowers and fruits in July and August in 



Northern Division. 

 Kemarks. — The fruit is sea-borne, and is to be 



picked up all round the Territory. 

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



bark. 



A small tree, 35 feet high. 



Leaves. — Large alternate, bunched at the end of 



the bunches. 



Flowers. — Terminal pendant, 3-feet spikes, bearing 

 shortly pedunculate flowers. Pink calyx and 

 white filaments. Ornamental. 



Fruit. — 4 to 5 by 3 inches diameter; stand out 

 at right angles to the spike. Urn-shaped calyx 

 and style persist at end. Purple coloured. Mezo- 

 carp \ inch thick, with a hard nut with a -|-inch 

 shell, and within that a kernel 2\ inches long 

 and 1 inch diameter. It is eaten, and so the 

 tree is prized by the natives. 



Locality. — Sibam. 



Date. — December, 1923. 



Native name. — Pao (Laluan). 



Eemarks. — The pendant flowers are very showy, 

 while the fruits give the tree a curious 

 appearance. 



Material collected. — Leaves, flowers, buds, fruit. 



Eucalyptus Naudiniana F. v. M, No. 797. 



A giant tree, 25 feet in girth, 150 of bole, and 



attaining 230 feet over all. 

 Leaves. — Simple, opposite 



an 



d 



sub-opposite ; 



petiole, i to f inch twisted ; blade, 3 to 6 x 2 to 

 2 inches ; lanceolate ; acuminate ; a little leathery. 

 Twig rectangular in section and grooved. 



Flowers. — In axially and terminal panicles. 

 Rachis up to 4 inches, bearing groups of flowers 

 on pedicles, which shorten from 1 inch to nothing 

 from base to apex of panicle. The group con- 

 sists usually of four flowers with \ inch 

 peduncles. Filaments, f inch, cream; style, \ 

 inch, exserted. Cap, dome shaped, % inch 

 diameter. 



Fruit. — Last years capsules picked up were a little 

 over J inch across with exserted valves. 



Bark. — Less than J inch, decorticates all the year 

 round in thin papery ribbons which quickly 

 blow down. When first exposed the surface is 

 bright green, and this gradually changes through 

 blue to purple, and finally as it dries to shed it is 

 of a red brick colour. The inner bark is white. 

 From 1 foot to 18 inches from ground the old 

 . bark persists. 



Wood. — Sap, 1 to l:t inches, white; heart, red- 

 browm. Axes firmly. 



Rays. — Very fine indeed, 290-300. Sinuous around, 

 but not broken by pores. Indistinct on back and 



Pores. — Four thousand 



quarter, 

 inch : 



small, but visible owing to 



per square 

 soft tissue 



surrounding and linking them up in broken lines 

 running diagonally across the rays. On longi- 

 tudinal sections red encrustations are con- 

 spicuous. Soft tissue. — Exceedingly fine lines ; 

 about 300 to the inch link up the rays, ladder 

 fashion, and in addition link up the pores and 

 surround them. General. — A hard, general 

 purpose wood of a light red-brown colour. Works 

 up well for eucalyptus timber. Weighs 52 lb. 

 per cubic foot. 



Localitv. — Korindal. 



Date. — 1st August, 1924. 



Native names. — Komo (Nakenai), Kamarere 

 (Rabaul). 



Remarks. — It is social in habit, and it occurs in 

 the Island of Xew Britain. Occurs also in 

 Zamboanga and Cot aba to in the Philippines. 



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

 bark. 



