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Wood. — Sap undefined, white. 



Locality. — Buna District, on the plain. 



Date. — Flowers in July. 



Native names. — Pako (Buna), Solio (Sangara). 



Remarks. — A hard wood. 



collected. — Leaves, flowers, hark, wood. 



Material 



Sideroxylon sp., !N"o. 325. 



A large tree, 11 feet in girth, 60 feet hole, and 

 95 feet over all. Wide buttress up to 12 feet. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, 5-1 6th to £ 

 inch; blade, 2| to 4| x 1 to If inches; ellip- 

 tical, tapering to a somewhat blunt point, 

 midrib prominent below; glabrous, stiff. The 

 blade is curved backwards along midrib, and is 

 half closed. Young twigs are covered with a 



creamy bloom. 



Flow 



ers. — Axillary in groups of 4 to 14. 



small, pale-green, and stand 



flower is 



a 3-1 6th inch peduncle. 



s 



The 

 on 



Wood. — Sap undefined, pale yellow. 



—§ inch thick; smooth 



Bark. 



tudinal lines of pustules. 



ongi- 



brow 



m 



, except for 1 

 Inner bark, light- 

 9 streaked with yellow. Exudes latex 

 sparingly. Solution colourless; faint precipitate. 

 Rays.— 200 to 240; yellow; very fine, and diffi- 

 cult to count; show up on quarter l-40th inch 

 deep as yellow specks. Pores. — Conspicuous. 

 2,400 to 2,800 in snake-like radial lines; 



1 to 



4, evenly distributed; 



Soft tissue. — 

 uniform wood. 



radially septate, 



filled with glistening deposit. 



Absent. General. — A yellow 



Solution wood; colourless; faint precipitate. 



Cuts firmly to hard; 36 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Vailala River. 

 Date.— December, 1922. 



Native name. — Kuakeia (Vailala), 

 . Remarks. — Medium, hard, straight grained timber. 

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



In dt,, No. 120. 



A large tree, 7 feet in girth, with a bole of 60 feet. 

 Hard to say whether this tree is spur-rooted or 

 buttressed. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, f inch; blade, 

 3 to 4 1 x If to 2 inches; obovate or oblanceo- 

 late; entire, acuminate; petiole and branchlets 

 rusty, tomentose. 



Bark. — Grey. Most evenly longitudinally fissured 

 or flatly ridged. Inner bark, white spotted with 

 yellow. Exudes latex. Solution faint; no pre- 

 cipitate. 



Wood. — Sap, 2 inches, pale yellow. Heart a red- 

 brown. 



Rays. — 200, fine yellow; very sinuous round 

 pores; show up very little on quarter. Pores. — 

 Clear, 3,000. Single and radial septate (2 to 

 7), crowded between rays. Soft tissue. — Very 

 fine rungs connect up rays. General. — A sonie- 

 'what pink wood with a very interlocked grain. 



fine, minutely 



warty, covered with yellow bloom below, and 



pale silvery sheen with a bronze effect above; 

 coriaceous. Exudes latex. 



Bark. — § inch thick; grey; very pustular. Inner 



bark red, faintly lined with white. Exudes 

 latex. Solution, pale orange; slight precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, a pale red-brown. 



Kavs.— White, 300 to 400; very 

 shallow. Pores. — Clear. 1,600 to the square 

 inch. Radially arranged in irregular wavy lines, 

 septate (2 to 7). Contain glistening deposit. 

 Soft tissue.- — Links up the rays by minute thin 

 white lines, very close together. Thin dark 

 rings of wood here and there; otherwise yellow. 

 General. — A yellow-brown wood showing little 

 grain except on the quarter. Solution wood; 

 pale orange; slight precipitate. Cuts hard; 

 50 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality^ — 7,000 feet on the spur of Mt. Obree. 

 Dat ~~ 



e. 



February, 1923. 



Native name. — Ame (Laruni). 



Remarks. — An interlocked, medium hard wood 

 .Material collected.— 



-Leaves, bark, and wood. 



Ebenaceae. 



Diospyros sp., No. 33. 



A medium-sized tree, 6 x 70 feet bole. No but- 

 tresses. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, \ to \ inch; 



blade, (! to 9 x 2 to 3 inches; lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, glabrous; shiny above; glaucous beneath. 



Fruit. — A hard, dingey, yellow, woody, pontine, 



globose, 4 inches diameter enclosing four seeds, 



1 x If inches. 

 Bark. — Green-black. Exterior very hard to cut. 



Inner bark, red-brown, Ldsfl than \ inch thick. 

 Solution tawny; strong Prussian blue pre- 

 cipitate. 



Wood. — Pale-yellow. 



Kays. — Very fine indeed; uncountable, sinuous. 

 Pores.— 1,000 to 3,500, 



very 



wood ; colourless; Strong 



irregularly 

 scattered, single and radially septate (2 to 4). 

 Soft tissue. — Very fine indeed minute lines 

 linking rays. General. — A pinky yellow timber 

 with pores showing as dark lines on back and 



quarter. Solution 



Prussian blue precipitate. Cuts soft; 53 lb. per 



cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Veimauri, Vanapa, Kuniusi. 

 Date. — April, 1922; in fruit on Vanapa. 

 Xative names. — Bar a (Suku), Gah-a (Buna), 



Ka-uka (Vailala). 



Remarks. — Not common in the Northern Division; 



quite common in the forests of the Vanapa. 

 A hard dense wood. 



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



S Y MPLOOACEAE. 



Solution wood: faint yellow; very faint green Symplocos agyrrgala White & Francis ined., No. 183. 

 precipitate. Cuts firm; 41 lb. per cubic foot. A small tree, 18 inches girth, 30 feet high. Fnde 



. . . . 



Locality. — Vanapa. . 



growth of rain forests. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Native name. — Ooka (Suku). 



Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



Tndt., No. 391. 



Large tree, 10 feet girth, and 50 feet of bole, wide 

 branching. Buttresses up to 5 feet. 



Leaves.— Simple, alternate; petiole, 1 [- to 1] 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, 1 inch; blad« . 

 8 x li : l inches; obovate or elliptical, acuminate, 



of axillary white 



tical, 



obtuse; midrib and 



veins prominent, 



glabrous. 



Flowers. — Sub-sessile; bunehes 



fragrant flowers. 

 Bark, — Grey, smooth. 



Locality. — All rain forest country. 



Dale. — Flowers in July in the Northern Division. 



[Native name. — Yandere, 



Materia] collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



