144 



Bark. — | inch thick, greeny-grey, pustular, other- 

 wise smooth. Inner bark reddish-brown. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, pale-yellow or white. 



Kays.- — 150, dark, l-20th inch deep; show up as 

 oblongs and lines on quarter. Sinuous around 

 pores and generally undulate. Pores. — 800 to 

 1,300, single and radially septate 2-3. Evenly 

 scattered. Soft tissue.- — Absent. General. — A 

 grey timber attacked by blue fungus. Solution 

 wood discoloured, strong blue precipitate. Cuts 

 very soft ; 22 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Foothills Yeimauri. 

 Date.— May, 1922. 



Native name. — Barikaba (Suku). 

 Remarks. — A soft, straight-grained timber. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



Xo. 46 



A large tree with a short bole, 10 feet in girth and 

 a bole of 25 feet. 



Bays. — 120, yellow, sinuous, l-50th 

 but not very clear on quarter. 



inch deep, 

 Pores.— 3.000 to 

 5,000 in very thickly and somewhat less thickly 



rilled with white sparkling de- 

 Absent. General. — A 



sown zones. 



posit. Soft tissue.— 

 mouse-brown timber. Zones of darker wood 

 show up on cross section, but no very distinctive 

 grain shows up. A nice wood. Solution wood 

 very pale yellow, no precipitate. Cuts hard; 44 



lb. per cubic foot. 



Bark. — J inch thick, light-brer 

 bark lighter brown to yellow. 



flaky. 



Inner 



Sap i inch, yellow-brown; heart 



Wood.- 



brown. 

 Locality. — Veimauri. 

 Date.— May, 1922. 

 Native name. — Haki (Suku). 

 Remarks. — A good hardwood, fairly 



grained, rare. 

 Material collected. -Wood, bark. 



Hght- 



straight- 



A T o. 48 



A large tree, 8^ feet in girth, with a bole of 40 feet. 



No buttresses. 

 Bark. — Less than £ inch thick, grey. Inner bark 



own 



Wood. — Sap ill-defined, starting pink deepens to a 

 light red-brown. 



Rays. — 260, very fine, yellow, sinuous around 

 pores and broken by large ones ; very hard to 

 pick out on quarter. Pores. — Conspicuous, 

 1,200 to 1,600, single, fairly evenly scattered 

 and conspicuous. Soft tissue. — Thin concentric 

 wavy rings, 160 to 190 to the inch, some are 

 double and some treble, but the bulk are single 

 rings. General. — A pinky-yellow wood with a 

 straight clean grain. Solution wood colourless, 

 no precipitate. Cuts firm to hard and very 

 clean; 46 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Xative name. — Fishua (Suku). 



Remarks. — 



Materia] collected. — Wood. 



A straight-grained hardwood. 



Xo. 40 



A large tree, 8£ feet girth and a bole of 50 feet. 



"Without buttresses. 



4 



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



blade, 5 to 7l inches x 2£ to 4 inches; ovato, 

 acuminate, entire, glabrous, membranous. 

 Bark. — Red-brown, flaky. Inner bark a lighter 

 red-brown; solution colourless, no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap ill-defined, deepening from a pale-red 

 to a red-brown. 



R ay s. — 200, yellow-brown, straight, l-80th inch 

 deep ; show up on quarter as brown dots. Pores. 

 -1,500 to 4,000 in thickly and thinly sown 

 bands, single and radially septate (2-3). Soft 

 tissue. — Conspicuous, very wavy, distinct rings 

 linking up pores, 90-100 to the inch. General. 

 — A pinky-yellow timber showing little grain 

 back or quarter. Solution wood colourless, no 

 precipitate. Cuts rather hard; 56 lb. per cubic 

 foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Native name. — Dekona. 



Remarks. — A hard interlocked wood ; a rare tree. 



Material collected. — Leaves and wood. 



Xo. 52 



A large tree, 7 feet in girth, with a 30-ft. bole. 



Not buttressed. 

 Bark. — A deep brown, very rough and scaly. In- 



ner bark red-brown. 



AY 



—Sap 



ill-defined, starting pale-yellow, 



gradually deepens through light red-brown to 

 deep brown. 

 Rays. — 170, red, very sinuous around and broken 

 by pores, l-60th inch deep; show up as reddish 

 oblongs on quarter. Pores. — 4,000 to 7,000; 

 narrow bands of thickly sown, then wider bands 

 of more thinly sown wood, single and radially 

 septate 2. Soft tissue. — Xarrow lines bounded 

 by maximum pore density on one side, about two 

 such lines to the inch. 



coloured, 



ed timber. 



General. — A pinky- 

 Solution wood 



copper, pale-green precipitate. Cuts rather sofc; 



52 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Veimauri. 

 Date.— May, 1922. 

 Remarl 



\fc. 



Material collected. — "W 



Al hard, straight-grained wood. 



No. 54 



A large tree, 7 feet in girth, 30 feet high. Heavily 

 buttressed up to 10 feet height. 



Bark. — Scaly, pustular, grey, scales sometimes per- 

 sistent in long plates about 9 inches wide; other- 



in irregular roundish patches, 

 leaving under-surface somewhat scrolled. Inner 

 bark light-yellow, but turns brown on exposure. 

 Exudes a pale latex scantily. 



Wood — 



wise 



shedding 



•Sap undefined, white with a pink tinge. 

 Clear, 70 to 100, yellow, l-80th inch deep ; 

 show up as specks on quarter, undulate but not 



Rays. 



sinuous around pores 



P 



ores. 



9,600, 



evenly 



scattered, generally single, but here and there 

 septate radially (2-3). Soft tissue. — Absent. 

 General.- — A pinky-grey timber with good ap- 

 pearance. Solution wood colourless, no precipi- 

 tate. Cuts rather hard ; 50 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Native name. 

 Remarks' 



Hoi-ata. 



wood. 



A. somewhat interlocked-grained hard- 



Material collected. — Wood. 



iSTo. 59 



A large tree, 7 feet girth, and 40 feet of bole. 



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

 4 to 6 inches x 1| to 2 inches; lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, entire, glaucous, thin. 



Fruit. — A green fruit, 1| inches diameter; peri- 

 inch, green and stringy; nut, rough, 



carp, 



brown, hard, divided into four; rats fancy it. 



