145 



Bark. — J inch thick, grey-brown, smooth. Inner 

 bark red-brown ; solution colourless, no pre- 

 cipitate. 



Wood. — Sap ill-defined, merging from pale-yellow 

 to a pinky-red. 



Kays. — 170, yellow, sinuous around pores, l-100th 

 inch deep ; show up as thin lines and specks on 

 quarter. Pores. — Clear, 3,000 to 4,000 single, 

 evenly scattered. Soft tissue. — Clear, close, 

 rather thick, very sinuous lines. Here and 

 there they double up; usually average ten to 

 the inch. General. — An even-grained, brownish 

 timber, smooth working and straight-grained. 

 Solution wood faint green, strong prussian-blue. 

 Cuts hard; 55 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri; also found on foothills up -^°- 60 

 the Vanapa. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Native name. — Waranoka (Suku). 



Remarks. — A hardwood. 



Material collected. — Leaves and wood. 



No. 62 



No 



A large tree, 9 feet in girth and 45 feet of bole; 



spur roots up to 2 ft, 6 in. 

 Leaves — 



e 



\ 



inc 



h 



—Simple, alternate ; 

 blade, 9 to 15 x 3| inches; lanceolate, entire, 



acute, glabrous, coriaceous. 

 Fruit. — Mango-like, 5 x 3^ 



inches, purple spotted 



with brown ; kernel contained in fibrous, woody 

 covering; eaten by cassowary. 

 Bark. — \ inch thick, smooth, grey, inner bark 

 brown. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, yellow; exudes a pale- 

 yellow r jelly-like gum from cambium layer. 



Rays. — 280, pale-yellow, 



broken by pores ; 

 quarter, shallow. Pores. 



sinuous 

 show 



around and 



little 



on 



up very 

 -Clear, 600 to 2,200 

 in close and scattered bands. Soft tissue. — Thin 

 lines, about two to the inch. General. — A grey 

 timber lined with dark-pore channels on back 



and quarter. Solution wood colourless, fain.1 

 green precipitate. Cuts soft and woolly; 23 lb. 

 per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri foothills; also Vanapa. 

 Date. — May, 



Native name. — Monato (Suku). 

 Material collected. — Leaves, wood. 



A large tree, 11 feet in girth and a 50-ft. bole; 



narrowly buttressed up to 8 feet. 

 Bark.- — \ inch thick, light-brown, scaly; scales 



papery; inner bark brown. 

 Wood. — Sap ill defined, pale-yellow deepening to 



darker yellow. 



Rays. 



around 



170, yellow, exceedingly sinuous 

 and very much broken by pores ; do not show up 

 on quarter. Pores. — About 5,000, but very hard 

 to count, single and radially septate (2-3), very 

 crowded : here and there bands of less porous 



followed bv bands of 



wood occur 



very 



porous wood. Soft tissue. — Absent. General. 



Mouse-grey, straight-grained wood. Solution 



wood colourless, faint green precipitate. Cuts 



rather hard; 38 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Veimauri. 

 Date.— May, 1922. 

 ^Native name. — Yata-ata (Suku). 

 Remarks- 

 Material collected. — Wood 



A hard, straight-grained timber. 



No. 65 



A large tree; unbuttressed, but with root swellings. 

 Bark. — \ inch thick, grey, smooth, except for 



brown pustules; inner bark light-brown. 



Wood. — Sap ill defined, pale-yellow, deepening to 

 yellow. 



Rays.— 



110, clear, wavy and more or less sinuous 



around pores, but unbroken; a number of fine, 

 very shallow ones occur; do not show up on 

 quarter. Pores. — 5,000 to 6,000, single, a few 

 radially septate (2), rather evenly scattered. 

 Soft tissue. — Conspicuous, thin lines, about 14 

 to the inch. General. — A yellow-grey wood, 

 with a straight grain. Cuts firm; 39 lb. per 



cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri. 

 Date.— May, 1922. 

 Material collected. — Wood. 



A large tree, with medium buttresses up to 5 feet. 



Bark. — Grey-brown, more or less scaly, longitu- 

 dinally lined; inner bark pale-yellow; rapidly 

 changes on exposure to a dirty green. 



Wood. — Sap ill defined, merging into heart; pale- 

 yellow, deepening to a darker yellow. 



Rays. — 200 to 250, grey-yellow, wavy and some- 



what sinuous here and there, l-50th inch deep ; 

 clear on quarter, showing up as lines. Pores. — 

 9,000, very minute, single and septate, regularly 

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

 pale-yellow wood, very porous. Solution wood 

 colourless, no precipitate. Cuts rather hard; 49 

 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Remarks. — A hardwood. 



Material collected. — Wood. 



No. 70 



A large tree; narrow buttresses up to 7 feet. 



Bark. — Fairly smooth, grey-brown. Inner hark a 

 pinky-yellow ; exudes a milky resin scantily. 



Wood. — Sapwood ill defined, pale-yellow deepen- 

 ing to a reddish-yellow. 



Rays. — 130, coarse, yellow, sinuous around pores, 

 l-50th inch deep ; show up as specks and lines 

 on quarter; in addition, there are some very fine 

 rays which are not countable. Pores. — 5,000 to 

 6,200; single, less often radially septate (2), 

 rarely (3) ; evenly scattered. Soft tissue. — 

 Absent. General. — A grey timber with a pink 

 tinge, straight grained. Solution wood colourless, 

 no precipitate. Cuts rather hard; 39 lb. per 



cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Veimauri. 

 Date.— May, 1922. 

 Xative name. — Agadave (Suku). 

 Material collected. — Wood. 



No. 71 



A medium-sized tree, unbuttressed. 



Leaves. — Compound, alternate, stalk 5 to 9 inches, 



leaflets alternate, blade 3 to 5| inches x \\ to If 

 inches; lanceolate and oval, entire, acuminate, 



glabrous, asymmetrical, thin. 



inch thick, ridged, light-brown, 



inner 



Bark.— \ 



bark red-brown; exudes latex *from next 



cambium. 



AVood. — Sap ill defined, deepening from pale- 

 yellow to a yellow-brown. 



Bays. — 220, yellow, with a shade of pink; fine, 

 close-set and very sinuous around pores, but not 

 broken; between 1-S0tli and l-100th inch deep; 

 show up as fine lines on the quarter. Pores. 

 8,500 to 15,000, in zones of more or less porous 

 wood, very minute, some single, but mostly radi- 

 ally septate (2-3-4-5). Soft tissue.— 80 to 160 



