143 







A grey timber, subject to blueing; solution wood 

 colourless, muddy discoloration; cuts soft; 29 lb. 



per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Foothills behind Veimauri. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Native name. — Ivue (Suku). 



Remarks. — A medium soft wood. 



Material collected. — Leaves, wood, and bark. 



No. 37- 



A medium tree, 7 feet in girth with a bole of 35 

 feet. No buttresses. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, If to 2 



to 12 inches by 3£ inches; 



inches 



? 



blade, 10! 



oblanceolate, acuminate, entire, glabrous, thin. 

 Bark. — | inch thick, very rough; brown; 



scalv, 



scales longitudinal. Inner bark red, streaked 

 with very dark red-brown kino. Exudes red- 

 brown kino; solution colourless, no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, pale-yellow. 



Kays. 



190, yellow-brown, sinuous around 



and 



fine ones interrupted by pores, 



latter require 



l-50th 



» 



on quarter. 



transparent section to show them up. 

 inch deep; shows up as brown oblongs and specks 



Pores. — Conspicuous, 900 to 1,700 

 single and radially septate (2-4). Soft tissue. — ■ 

 Irregular broken lines linking up pores; show 

 up on translucent section. General. — A grey- 

 brown timber, with a pretty enough quarter 



Solution wood colourless, no precipitate. 

 Soft to cut; 22 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Foothills behind Veirnauri, 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Native name. — Kibore (Suku). 



Remarks. — The kino exuding from bark is said to 



gram. 



blist 



*r 



v • 



the skin. The tree is rare. 



Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



Ts T o. 38 





bark pink. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, saffron-yellow. 



Kays. — -170, bright yellow, very wavy, and very 

 sinuous indeed. l-60th inch deep; show up as 

 oblongs on quarter. Pores. — Conspicuous, 2,500 

 to 5,000 irregularly scattered, some big, some 

 small, single and radially septate 2-4. Soft 



. tissue.— Absent. General. — A saffron-coloured, 

 straight-grained wood. Solution wood faint yel- 

 low, no precipitate. Cuts firm; 35 lb. per cubic 

 foot. 



Locality. — Foothills behind Veimauri. 



Bate.— May, 1922. 



Native name. — Hodi (Suku). 



Kemarks. — A hard straight-grained wood. A rare 



tree. 

 Material collected. — "Wood and bark. 



No. 39 



♦ ■* 



A large short-boled tree, 8 feet in girth and 30 feet 

 of bole. No buttresses. 



Rays. — 250-300, brown, coarse and fine, latter re- 

 quire translucent section to show them up, l-50th 

 inch deep; show up as wavy lines on quarter. 

 Pores. — 1,900-3,900, irregularly sown in zones. 

 Soft tissue. — About 40 to the inch, thin, some- 

 what sinuous lines crossing rays. Often two, 

 three or more are close together with rows of 



pores between them. General. — A particularly 



pleasant timber; cuts into fine sections, has a 

 pretty grain and should make a good cabinet 



Solnt 



ion 



wood. Its colour is a grey-mauve. 



wood colourless, no precipitate. Cuts hard but 



very clean ; 44 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Bark. — £ inch thick, brown, fairly smooth. Inner 



bark yellow. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, yellow-brown. 



Locality. — Veimauri foothills. 

 Date.— May, 1922. 



Native name. — Pede. 



Remarks. — A somewhat interlocked hard wood. 



The tree is rare. 

 -Material collected. — Wood and bark. 



No. 40 



A large tree, 8 feet in girth 2 with a bole of 30 feet. 

 Buttressed. 



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

 blade, 6 x 2i inches to 10 x 3^ inches. Lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, glabrous, thin. 



Bark. — \ inch thick, smooth, brown. Inner bark 

 white, streaked with brown. Solution, no pre- 

 cipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, pale yellow. 



Kays. — Clear; 



is from too near the buttresses so that rays are 

 in wide curves. The individual ray is straight 

 and unbroken, and very uniform; show up very 



1*50, a green-brown. My 



little 



Pores.— 2,000 



sown zones 



to 4,000 in 

 single and 



Soft tissue. — Absent. 



A medium-sized tree, 7 feet in girth and a bole of 



40 feet. Buttressed. 

 Bark.- — 1 inch thick, greeny-brown, rough. Inner ^°* " 



on quarter, 

 thickly and thinly 

 radially septate (2). 



General. — A fumed oak colour; pores show up as 



dark streaks. A nice looking and nice working 

 timber. Solution wood colourless, no precipitate 4 . 

 Cuts firm and (dean; 37 lb. per -nine foot. 



Locality. — Foothills of Veimauri, 



Date.— May, 1022. 



Native name. — lluroro (Suku). 



Remarks. — A hard wood with a rather interlocked 



grain. A rare specie's. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 





A large tree, 11 feet in girth, with a bole of 50 

 feet. Small spur roots. 



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

 blade, 3 to 8 inches x 2 to 4J inches; oval, en- 

 tire, apex sometimes acute, sometimes obtuse, 



pubescent below, glabrous above. 

 Bark. — \ inch thick, brown, rough. Tuner bark 

 red-brown. Exudes latex sparingly; solution 



colourless, no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap \ inch thick, pale yellow, heart a 

 yellow-brown. 



Ha vs. 



to 300, pale, straight; do not show up 



on quarter, — Pores. — 6,000 to 9,000, single, and 



here and there radially septate; evenly scat- 

 tered. Soft tissue. — Absent. General. — A yel- 

 low-brown wood. Solution wood faint green, 

 strong Prussian-blue precipitate. Cuts hard; 4.~ 

 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Foothills Veimauri 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Native name. — Iloroko (Suku). 



Remarks. — A hard den^e wood, 



grain. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



showing littl 



i 



No. 4:> 



A large tree, 9 feet in girth and with a bole of 

 40 feet. No buttresses. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, i to J inch; 

 blade, 4 to 5| inches x If to 2£ inches; oval, 



acuminate, glabrous, thin. 





