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No. 17 



A medium tree, 7-ft. girth, 35-ft. bole, and 50 feet 

 over all; heavily buttressed. 



Bark. — J inch thick, greeny-grey; green just below 

 surface, pale yellow below that. Solution tawny, 

 slight greenish-brown precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap ill-defined, slightly lighter coloured 

 than heart, and about 1 inch thick; heart a pale 



pink. 



Rays. — Very fine, but not numerous; 60 to the 

 inch; hard to see; fine lines on quarter. Pores. — 

 Conspicuous, 3,000 to 4,000 single and radially 

 septate (2), more or less evenly scattered. Soft 

 tissue. — Absent. General. — A mouse-coloured 

 timber. Solution wood colourless, slight greenish- 

 brown precipitate. Cuts soft and clean; 25 lb. 

 per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Native name. — Marabo. 



Remarks. — A general purpose hard wood, but the 



tree is rare. 

 Material collected. — Wood, bark. - 



No. 18— 



A large-girthed tree, 16 feet, with a short bole, 

 30 feet, and with large buttresses. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, -} to % inch; 

 blade, 2\ x 1^-2 inches; oblanceolate, entire, 

 acute, rusty tomentose below, glabrous above. 



Bark. — J inch thick, scaly, grey-brown, jrougli, 



inner bark dark-brown. Solution tawnv, bin 

 precipitate. 



( • 



Wood.— Sap, 1$ 



inch, light-yellow, heart light- 



bro 



wn. 



» 



Rays. — 120, red-brown, very sinuous around pores; 

 l-60th inch deep, show up as specks on quarter. 

 Pores. — Very conspicuous, 2,500 to 4,000 in less 



and more porous zones. 



concentric continuous lines 



distances apart (about' 5 to the inch). General. 



Soft tissues. — These 

 occur at irregular 



Brown wood, with a walnut grain. 



Solution 



wood faint yellow, blue precipitate. Cuts soft; 

 41 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Native name. — Kava (Suku). 



R 



emar 



ks. 



V straight long-grained hard wood. 



Material collected. — Leaves. 



No. 20 



A large tree, 10 feet girth, 55 feet of bole, and 



80 feet over all, very heavily buttressed. 

 Leaves. — Compound, alternate; stalk up to 



15 



inches, bearing opposite, subsessile leaflets; blade, 

 4 to 5i inches x 1^ to 2| inches; lanceolate, 

 acuminate, shallowly crennate, glabrous. 



Fruit. — A yellow drupe, 2 inches diameter, con- 

 taining a fibrous nut. The pericarp is eaten, 

 and is acid to taste, but not unpleasantly so. 



Bark. — § inch thick, rough, grey; inner bark pale 



yellow. Solution absinthe, no precipitate. 

 Wood. — Sap undefined, pale yellow. 

 Kays. — Conspicuous; very dark brown, 



90; 



sinuous 



where crossing bands of small 



pore 



*j 



otherwise fairly straight; l-30th inch deep, show 

 up as dark-brown oblongs and specks on quarter. 

 Pores. — Conspicuous, 4,000 to 7,000 in close and 

 open sown zones septate radially (2-4), some- 

 times a group of 

 tangentially. Soft tissue. 

 A light-brown timber, showing mottled grain 



4 subdivided radially and 



Absent. General. — 



on quarter. Solution wood absinthe, no precipi- 

 tate. Soft to cut; weighs 26 lb. sap and heart 

 wood; heart wood alone, 38 lb. per cubic foot. 



Localitv. — Veimauri. 



Date.— Mav, 1922. 



Native name. — Kuli (Motu). 



Remarks. — A medium soft wood. 



Material collected. — Wood and bark and fruit. 



IS T o. 25 



A stout (9-ft. girth) short-boled (30-ft.) tree; 



heavily buttressed. 

 Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, 3 to 7^ 



inches; blade, 3x2^ inches to 5^ x 5£ inches; 



serrate; veins of lower 



cordate, acuminate, 

 surface tomentose. 



Bark. — i inch thick, grey- 

 pale yellow below surface. 

 no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, pale yellow. 



Kays. — Clear yellow, coarse and fine, 85; show up 



;reen, fairly smooth, 

 Solution faint yellow, 



indistinctly as very fine lines on quarter. Pores. 

 — Clear, 2,000 to 2,500, evenly scattered, single 

 and radially septate (2-3), show as brown streaks 

 on back and quarter. Soft tissue. — Absent. 

 General. — A grey-brown wood. Solution wood 

 colourless, no precipitate. Cuts soft and woolly, 

 hard to get a section; 17 lb. to the cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri. 



Date.— Mav, 1922. 



Native name. — Homoda. 



Remarks. — A soft wood, very similar to 188. 



Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



Xo. 32 



A l#rge tree, 8 feet girth, 50 feet of bole. Not 



buttressed. 

 Leaves. — Simple, opposite ; petiole, 



i 



4 



to 



1 

 2 



inch 



blade, 3-f x 1$ inches to 7 x 4 inches; ovate, 

 acuminate, entire, thin, glabrous. 

 Bark. — J inch thick, greeny-brown, rough, scaly; 

 inner bark pink. Solution colourless, no precipi- 

 tate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, yellow-brown; dense inter- 

 locked grain. 

 Rays. — 180, yellow, fine, sinuous around pores, not 



visible on quarter^ Pores. — 



7,000 



to 9,000, 



evenly scattered, single, exceptionally radially 

 septate. Soft tissue. — Very hard to 



see; 



fi 



ne 



lines linking up rays. General. — Yellow close- 

 grained wood. Solution wood colourless, no pre- 

 cipitate. Cuts firmly; 49 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Native name. — Kia. 



Material collected- 



Leaves, bark, wood. 



No. 35 



Bark. — J inch 



A large tree, without buttresses. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, 4 to f inch; 

 blade, 6 to 7 inches x 2 to 2\ inches ; oblanceolate, 

 entire, acute, glabrous, somewhat coriaceous. 



very dark brown, smooth; 

 inner bark dead white; solution faint yellow, no 

 precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, pale yellow; grain some- 

 what twisted. 



Rays. — 250 to 300; very slightly, if at all, sinuous; 

 broken by pores; very fine; invisible on quarter. 

 Pores. — Clear, 1,400 to 2,000, unevenly scat- 

 tered; single or radially septate (2-3), and here 

 and there tangentially septate (2). Soft tissue. 

 Very fine indeed, linking up rays. General. — 



