141 



Remarks. — Common in old grass lands and open 



spaces. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, flowers. 



E 



PACRIDACEAE. 



Styphelia sp., No. 501. 



A shrub up to 15 feet high. 

 Flowers. — R 



CMnalL "white. 



Locality. — Grass land and on edge of Libocedrus 

 forest, Sarawaket, 6,000 to 12,000 feet. 



Date.- ~ 



Material collected. — Leaves and flowers. 



20th November, 1923. 



-FIELD XOTES DESCRIBING THOSE TREE!- 

 WHOSE IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN 



DETERMINED. 



No. 3 



A large tree; 8 feet girth, a bole of 70 feet and 

 100 feet over all. Heavily buttressed. 



Leaves. — Compound, alternate; stalk, 6^ to 10 

 inches long; leaflets alternate, about 11; 

 petiole, I inch; blade, ovate to lanceolate, 2| x 

 1J inches to 4x1} inches; acuminate, entire, 

 glabrous, thin. 



Bark. 



i 



4 



inch thick, greyish-green, scaly, 



what rough through the scales coining 

 irregular patches of 



some thickness. 



some- 

 off iii 



Inner 



bark salmon. Solution tawny, dirty brown pre- 

 cipitate. 



Wood. — Sap a pale red; 2\ to :5 inches thick; heart 

 a deep red-brown. 



Rays. — 200, red-brown, sinuous around and broken 



by pores; do not show up on quarter. Pores. — 



Conspicuous; 3,000 to 4,000 scattered in groups 

 of small and large pores, single and radially 



septate (1 to 2 and rarely 3 or 4). Here and 



there narrow bands of very small pores. Pores 

 contain red-brown deposit. Soft tissue, 

 visible in translucent section, thin red-brown 

 wavy concentric lines joining up rays and goin 

 around pores. General. — A red-brown mahogan\ 

 like wood. Solution wood colourless, no precipi- 

 tate. Cuts soft and clean; weighs 35 II). to the 

 cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Material collected near Veimauri Creek. 

 The tree occurs all over the country falling to 

 Galley Reach, but nowhere else did I find 



Only 





It. 



Date. 



May. 



1922. 



Native name. — Medobi (Suku and Motu). 



Remarks. — A very useful and beautiful cabinet 

 wood, much prized by all who have used it. 

 Given the name of Silky Teak, under which 

 small quantities reached the Australian market. 



Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. Leaves 



sent to Mr. White. 



Eo. 7 



A large tree, 8 feet in girth, but with a relatively 

 short bole — 15 feet at most, and 80 feet over all. 

 Not buttressed. 



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

 blade, 4 to 8 inches x 2 to 3J inches; ovate, 



obovate, acuminate, thin, glabrous. 

 Baric.— 1^ inches thick, yellow-brown, scaly, ridged 



Inner bark burnt umber. Solu- 



flatly, 



t/ 7 



rough. 



tion light tawny; heavy blue precipitate. 

 AVood. — Sap 1 inch, light-yellow or white. Heart, 



light-brown, streaked here and there with dark- 

 brown veins. Exudes resin. 



Rajs. — 120, yellow; l-f>()th inch deep, show up a* 

 white lines on quarter, straight or x^vy slightly 

 sinuous around larger pores. Pores. — Con- 



* These are ;trraiiKe<l ''» numerical order. 



spicuous, 4,500 to 7,500; evenly scattered except 

 where bands of soft tissue occur, when they are 

 closely sown and very small. Soft tissue. — 

 Clear; very wavy concentric hands generally 

 occur in double or treble rows. General. — A 



yellow-brown wood, with streaks of red-brown ; 

 these may be due to gum which this tree exudes. 

 Solution wood colourless, a very faint green 

 precipitate. Cuts on the hard side; weighs 4-1 lb. 

 to the cubic foot. 



Locality. — Collected leaves at Veimauri. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Native names. — Xamanu (Motuan), Okoia 

 (Suku). 



Remarks. — The natives burn the resin and collect 

 the lamp black, which they use for tattooing. 



Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



No. 11 



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



No buttress roots. 



Loaves.— 



Hark. — Less than 3 



Compound, leaflets opposite; petiolate. 



smootl 



i 



scalv, 



scales shed in more or less 



irregular patches, leaving surface scrolled; inner 



hark 



a light-brown. 



Solut i 



on 



colourless 



faint green precipitate. 



Wood. Sap undefined, pale yellow. 



very 



A 



n »> 



fragrant gum exudes from the wood, and this is 

 much in demand for perfume among the natives. 



Lavs. 



( Hear, 140, yellow-brown, somewhat 



llll- 



7 —J 



brown specks on quarter. 



as minnle 



dulate. l-60th inch deep, show up 



Pores. — i \>iis|>icnous, 

 ;{,S()() single, rarely radially septate (2). Soft 

 tissue. — Absent. General. -Lands of dark and 



light 



wood show up on cross section, otherwise 

 mouse coloured. Solution wood colourless, very 

 faint green precipitate. Cuts rather hard; 

 weighs 4T> lb. per cubic! foot. 



Locality. — Material collected on hills behind 



Veimauri Creek. It occurs in all parts of the 

 Territory, and the scented gum is known to all 

 natives I have met on the lowlands and foot- 



Dat 



hills. Nowhere is it plentiful. 



e. 



Ma> 



Native name. — Hanoi (Motu). 

 Material collected. — Wood and bark. 



A T o. 14 



A medium to large tree, 6 feet girth, 4:> feet of 



bole, and 70 feet over all. 



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



8x3 inches to JO x 4£ inches; ovate, entire, 



midrib and 



acuminate, 

 pubescent. 



coriaceous ; 



ems 



Lark. — So dark a brown as to be almost black; 



red-brown immediately below surface*; inner 



bark yellow. 

 \\ r ood. — Sap not defined; cream. 

 Ill 



I vs. 



200 to 220, do not show up on 



quarter. 



Pores. — Conspicuous, 1,800 to 3,100 in zones of 



thinly and thickly sown wood, singly and 



radially septate (2-4). Soft tissue. — Very fine 



close lines link up the rays, about 20<> to the 



inch. (Jenoral.. A <rrey Mood which blues 



y. Solution wood eolourle8S, no precipi- 

 tate. Cuts soft and clean; 41 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri. 



rapidl 



Dat 



< 



M 



ay 





Native name. — .Maruruvani (Suku). 



Remarks. A straight-grained medium hard wood. 



Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



