140 



Licit., No. 617, 



A third-story tree, 25 feet high and a girth of 

 20 inches. 



Leaves. — Large, opposite, thin, glabrous. 

 Mowers. — White, salver-shaped, axillary, fragrant. 



Fruit. — Ovoid, 2 inches x If inches, woody nut 

 covered with fine papery scales. Shell, \ inch; 

 contains a large number of small seeds. 



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Bark. — Grey, pustular. 



Locality. — Yalu. 



Date. — December, 1923. 



Native name. — Tuwind. 



Material collected. — Leaves, flowers, fruit. 



Indt., No. 137. 



A large tree, 8 feet in girth with a bole of 45 feet. 

 Buttressed narrowly to 8 feet. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, ■£ inch; blade, 



obovate, acute, 



4 to 5 inches x 2 to 2i inches 

 glabrous, cor i aceous. 



Bark. 



L 



4- 



inch 



papery 



I 



thick ; grey-brown ; scaly, 



scales 



nner bark red-brown. Solution, 



yellow; faint green precipitate. 

 Wood. — Sap undefined, dark yellow. 



Kays. 



200, yellow; 



very indistinct, very wavy, 



and sinuous around pores. Up to l-40th inch 

 deep, but very indistinct on quarter. Pores. — • 

 7,000, so small and indistinct as to make count- 

 ing difficult; in more porous and less porous 

 zones; single and radially septate (2). Soft 

 tissue. — Absent. General. — A pale timber with 

 a pinkish tinge; straight grained. Solution wood 

 colourless, no precipitate. Cuts firm; 37 lb. per 

 cubic foot. 



Locality. — Saputu, Buna. 

 Date. — July. 



Native name. — Dandike (Buna). 

 Materia] collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



Gaertnera sp., No. 634. 



A shrub up to 10 feet high. 

 Leave*. — Opposite, rather coriaceous. 

 Flowers. — Waxy, white. 

 Locality. — Boku River. 

 Date.— 15th February, 1924. 



Native names. — Dango-dango (Mountu), Tuku 

 (Yonombo). 



Remarks. — Common undergrowth in Rain forests. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, flowers. 



CUCURBITACKAE. 



Trichosanthes brad eat a Voight, "No. 375. 



A creeper attaining 30 feet. 

 Leaves. — Acer-like. 



wers. — IVntanierous, large white. Margins of 



Flo 



petals, fimbriate. 

 Locality. — Open spaces in Rain forests or on old 



farm lands. Owen Stanley Range. 5,000 feet 



altitude. 

 Date. — February, 1923. 

 Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



Campanilackae. 

 }YJialmbergia gracilis, No. 369. 

 A herb, 18 to 24 inches high. 



Flowers. — Blue. 



Locality.— 6,000 to 7,000 feet, grass lands, Owen 



Stanley Range. 



Date.— February, 1923. 



Material collected. — Leaves 



tl 



owers. 



GoODENIACEAE. 



Scaevola novo-guineensis K. Sell., No. 371a. 

 A scrambling shrub. 



E5. 



Yellow. 



Flowei 



Locality.— 6,000 feet up Owen Stanley E 



the edge of forest and grass land. 

 Date.— February, 1923. 



tange on 



Mat 



Leaves and flowers. 



COMPOSITAE. 



Olearia sp. nov., Nos. 359, 368; Vernonia arborea, Nos. 



429, 509; Brachycome sp., No. 513; Emilia 

 prenaiithoidea, No. 537; Bluniea chinensis, No. 



■ 577. 



Vernonia arborea ITamlt., No. 429. 



A medium tree, 3 feet girth, 60 feet over all. 



Leaves. — Alternate, oblaneeolate, soft; twig very 



lenticular. 



Flowers. — Lilac. 



Bark. — \ inch, grey-brown. Inner bark yellow; 



solution tawny, faint precipitate. 

 Rays. — 80-90, pale yellow; showing up as specks 



on quarter. Pores. — Clear. 1,800 to 2,000 im- 



mersed in soft tissue; single and radially sep- 



Soft tissue. — Surrounds pores. 

 General. — A pale-yellow or white wood. Solu- 



tate 



(2). 



tion wood colourless, slightly precipitate, 

 soft and woolly; 24 lb. per cubic foot. 



Cuts 



Locality. — Iorobaiva, 3,000 



feet. . Common in 



forests that occur in the ravines of the grassy 



hills of this locality. 

 Date.— February, 1923. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, flowers, wood, 



Vernonia affinities V. arborea, No. 509. 



* 



A small tree 25 feet high. 



Leaves. — Undersurface of leaves glaucous to cop- 

 per coloured. 



Flowers. — White. 



Locality. — Sarawaket, edge of Libocedrus forest, 



and grass lands. 

 Date. — November, 1923. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, flowers, and fruit. 



Olearia vernonioicles, White and Francis ined., Nos. 

 359, 368. 



A shrub. 



Leaves. — Glaucous below. 



Flowers. — Axillary, white. 



Locality. — Main Owen Stanley Range, 7,400 feet. 



Date.— February, 1923. 



Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



Brachycome sp., No. 513. 



A daisy. 



Flowers. — White. 



Locality. — Holes in the Libocedrus forest, 10,000 

 feet, Sarawaket. 



November, 1923. 



Date- 

 Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



Emilia prenanthoidea D.C., No. 537. 

 A herb, 24 inches high. 



Locality. — Edge 

 Nomi River. 



of limestone precipice above 



November, 1923. 



Date- 

 Material collected.- — Leaves, flowers, 



Blumea chinensis D.C., Wo. 577. 



A herb. 



Leaves. — A common compositae. 



Locality. — Joangey. 



Date. — December, 1923. 



Nati 



lve name. 



Kwetskwatolong. 



