131 



Aegiceras ma jus, No. 233. 



Shrub. 



Leaves. — Simple, exstipulate ; petiole \ to |- inch; 

 blade 2 to 4 inches by 1\ to 2 inches; obovate, 

 obtuse, more or less coriaceous, glabrous. 



Flowers. — White axillary in groups. Perigynous. 

 Peduncle | inch. 



Fruit. — A J-shaped 



groups, 

 sistent i 



greeny yellow follicle in 

 Peduncle \ inch. Contorted calyx per- 

 inch. Style persistent at apex of fruit. 

 From point of style to base of calyx | 

 3-32 inch in diameter. Containing single green 

 (when fresh) seed. 



inch, 



Locality. — All round coast of Territory. 



Hudiliudi (M 



Date. — Flowers June to August. 

 Native names. — Monoko 

 tuan). 



Remarks.— The flowers which are very fragrant 



.are used as arm decorations in dances. 

 Mat 



collected. — Leaves, flowers, fruits. 



Ardisia Poolei White & Francis ined., No 393. 



A small tree or large shrub of the third story. 

 Leaves. — Alternate. 

 Flowers. — Red. 



Locality. — 4,000 feet, Owen Stanley Range, near 



Laruni. 

 Date. — February, 1923. 

 Material collected.- — Leaves and flowers. 



Ardisia sp., No. 358. 



A shrub. 



Leaves. — Small, alternate, very acuminate. 

 Flowers. — White. 



Fruit. — A red berry, 4-inch diameter; seed, ^-inch 



round. 

 Locality. — 7.400 feet, Mount Obree. 

 Date. — January, 1923. 



Material collected. — Leaves, flowers, fruit. 



Sapotaceae. 



Chrysophyllum Roxburghii, No. 614; Illipe sp., No. 



323; Lucuma sp., No. 123; (?) Payena sp., No. 

 204; Achradotypus sp., No. 227; Indt., No. 391; 

 Sideroxylon sp., Nos. 161, 325; Sideroxylon 

 novo-guineense, No. 386; Indt., No. 120. 



Chrysophyllum Roxhurgliii G. Don, No. 614. 



A large tree with a girth of 8 feet, a bole of 100 



feet, and attaining a height of 120 feet over all ; 



root swellings to 2 feet, often grooved to 10 feet. 

 Leaves.- — Simple alternate; petiole, 5-16th inch, 



rusty tomentose (also twig) ; blade, 3-6 by 



inches ; lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, 



thin, soft; midrib rusty, tomentose, also surface 



of young leaves, but soon rubs off. 

 Fruit. — A green to yellow apple, smells of quince; 



1-1 



If inch long by 2 inches in diameter, somewhat 

 ribbed, containing about five flattened brown 



inch wide, somewhat 



i 



seed 



kidney shaped. 

 Bark. — | inch thick; brown, splashed with grey 



lichen; longitudinally lined and roughened. 

 Inner bark white, streaked with pink. Exudes 

 a white latex. Solution colourless. No precipi- 



tate. 



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d 



Wood. — Sap undefined, white. Axes easil 



splits well. 

 Kays.— 270 distinct, pale, sinuous around pores; 



l-10th inch deep, conspicuous bands on quarter* 



Pores.— 5,000 to 6,000 single and radially sep- 



tate 2-7; seem to be arranged in irregular chains 

 between the rays. Soft tissue.— Very fine lines 



about 500 to the inch, ladder-rung the rays. 

 General. — A white wood, soft to cut, straight- 

 grained. Solution colourless. No precipitate. 



Locality. — Yalu. 



Date. — December, 1923. 



Native name. — Mafungafung (Yalu). 



Remarks. — Fruit eaten by pigeon. Wood used to 

 make planks for building houses. . 



Material collected.— 



Leaves 



fruit, wood, bark. 



Lucuma sp., No. 123. 



4 ? 



blade H to 



A medium tree, 4 feet girth, 50 feet over all. 

 Bole channelled; low branching. 



Leaves. — Simple opposite; petiole, 



4 x 1-J to 2f inches; elliptical, acuminate, 

 glabrous, thin. 



Fruit. — A red drupe, surface tomentose, ovoid; 

 3 x li, nut If x | inches. Brown, polished, all 

 but back, light-brown unpolished. Kernel, eaten 

 by rats, 1^ x ll-16th inches. 



Bark. — Grey-brown, flatly ridged. Inner bark 

 pale yellow, streaked with orange yellow. Less 

 than | in thick. Solution faint yellow, no pre- 

 cipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, yellow. 



Bays. — Vovy numerous and fine, between 400 and 

 500 to tin 1 inch; visible as very fine lines on 



Pores.— 



quarter. 



5,000 to 9,000; variation 



mainly due to sub-division of pores, which here 

 and there are radially septate (7). Soft tissue. 

 Very fine lines indeed link up rays. General. — 



A yellow wood with a dense, close, straight grain. 



Solution wood; faint yellow; faint green pre- 



Cuts hard. 



cipitate. Cuts hard. G2 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Aroa. 



Date. — Fruits in June. 



Native name. — Vokokoro (Suku). 



Remarks, — A hard, straight-grained, dense timber. 



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

 Illipe sp., JsTo. 323. 



A large tree, 10 feet in girth, 90-feet bole, and 110 

 feet over all. * An umbrella crown. Spur-rooted. 

 Leaves. 



br 



anch 



Simple, alternate; very crowded at end of 



es : 



petiole, 1 to 1^ inches, swollen at 

 base; blades, 6-8 x 2\ to 





inches, tapering 



evenly to base; obovate; apex notched, coria- 



ceous; glabrous. 

 Fruit. — Only immature 



collected. 



1 1 



inch 



longi- 



pedunele. Calyx persistent; also style. 



Bark. — -J inch thick; brown, scaly, and 



tudinally lined; scales shed in irregular patches 

 3-8 inches across, and leave depressions on bole. 

 Inner bark red, exudes latex abundantly. Solu- 

 tion colourless; a slight precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap ill-defined, pale yellow, deepening to 

 red. 



Rajs. — So fine as not to be countable; show up on 

 quarter; 1-32 inch deep. Pores. — 3,000 to 4,000 

 radially septate; 1 to 3, or radial chains up to 

 Conspicuous ; filled with sparkling deposit, 



7. 

 sh 



General. 



ows 



up on back. Soft tissue. — Absent. 



of darker wood show up, but 



Kings 



main colour is yellow; a pale brown, firm wood. 



Solution wood: orange; slight precipitate, 



firmly. 32 lb. per cubic foot. 



Cuts 



Locality . — Vailala River. 

 Date. — December, 1922. 



Native names. — Baiabu (Vailala). 



Remarks, — A hard wood. 



Material collected. — Leaves, immature fruit, bark, 

 wood. 



