146 



lilies to the inch, exceedingly wavy, thicker than 

 rays, visible to the naked eye, very crowded in 

 porous wood; here and there globules of yellow 

 resin show up in pores. General. — A beautiful 

 light-brown straight-grained wood, \rorks easily, 

 and has a penetrating fragrance like Teneriffe 

 cedar, Solution wood colourless, no precipitate. 

 Cuts firm and clean; 47 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Native name. — Motulu. 



Material collected. — Wood. 



Xo. 72 



A large tree, 8 feet in girth and 70 feet of bole, 



slight root swellings. 

 Leaves. — Simple, alternate ; petiole, 



blade, 6 to 10 inches x 2 to 4 inches; lanceolate, 

 glabrous, entire, acuminate, thin. 



Fruit. — A drupe, H on 2 inch, peduncle. 



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

 yellow, spotted and streaked with red; solution 

 colourless, no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, yellow. 



Rays. — 80 to 100, grey-brown, two-thirds coarse 

 and one-third fine; straight, except for slight 

 undulations up to l-10th inch deep, showing up 

 as grey splashes and oblongs on quarter; narrow 

 streaks on back. Pores. — 5,700 evenly scattered, 

 single and some radially septate (2). Soft 

 tissue.— Exceedingly fine lines linking up rays 

 like ladder-rungs, about 320 

 General. — Fumed-oak-coloured timber 



to the inch. 



with 



very loud quarter grain. Solution wood colour- 

 less, no precipitate. Cuts soft; 37 lb. per cubic 

 foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



"Native name. — Kebo. 



Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



No. 73 



A large tree, with a girth of 8 feet and narrow but- 

 tresses, diminishing until they become grooves 

 high up the bole. 



Bark. — Less than -J inch thick, light-brown, shal- 

 lowly ridged, stringy; inner bark pale, with yel- 

 low streaks below; solution yellow, no pre- 



cipitate. 

 Wood.— Si 



n 



own 



Rays. 



grey 



colour hard to distinguish on the quarter; about 

 1-S0th inch deep. Pores.— 



4,000 to 6,000, 



mostly single; some radially or diagonally sep- 



Soft tissue. — Exceedingly thin lines 7-10 



tate. 



ene- 



to the inch; very wavy, but continuous. G 

 ral. — A grey timber, with a wavy grain, contains 

 strong yellow dye. Solution wood yellow, dark 

 maroon precipitate. Cuts rather hard ; 49 lb. per 

 cubic foot. 



Locality. 



Date.— 



May, 



Veimauri. 

 1922. 



Native name. — Moso. 



M 



collected. — Wood and bark. 



Nos. 76 and 149 





A large tree, lightly buttressed to 3 feet. 



Leaves. — Simple, opposite; petiole, 2 to 3 inches; 

 blade, 6| to 10^ inches x 3 J to 1\ inches; ovate- 

 cordate, acute, entire, pubescent below and 

 slightly so above; stem and petiole tomentose. 



Bark.— Scaly, slightly ridged, brown; inner bark 

 yellow, streaked with orange. Solution faint 



yellow, no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, light yellow. 



Rays. — 90, yellow, coarse, sinuous around pores, 

 yellow specks on quarter, l-60th inch deep ; be- 

 tween the coarse are a number of very fine rays. 

 Pores. — 1,300 to 5,600 in zones of very porous 

 and slightly porous wood; mostly single, but 

 some radially septate (2). Soft tissue. — Absent. 

 General. — A pale yellow and grey wood. Solu- 

 tion wood colourless, no precipitate. Cuts soft 

 and woolly; 27 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri; Suputu, near Buna. 



Date.— May, 1922; July, 1922. 



Native names. — Tavili (Suku) ; Boan (Buna). 



Remarks. — A soft 

 Material collected 



oo d 



— Leaves, wood, bark. 



i ™h m > No. 77 



A large tree, unbut tressed, but with small root 

 swellings. 



Bark. — \ inch thick, fairly smooth, brown, exudes 

 latex; inner bark yellow, spotted with orange. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, yellow. 



Rays. — 120, grey brown; wavy, and somewhat 

 sinuous around, but not broken by pores; l-50th 

 inch deep; showing up as dots and thin lines on 

 quarter. Pores. — 500 to 800, single and radially 

 septate (2), surrounded by soft tissue. Soft 

 tissue. — Clear; in very wavy and broken lines 

 linking up and surrounding pores ; about 20 such 

 lines to the inch. General. — A grey wood, 

 streaked with grey brown pores. Solution wood 

 colourless, no precipitate. Cuts soft and woolly; 

 31 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Remarks. — A straight-grained softwood. 

 Material collected. — Wood. 



Xo. 78 



A large tree, 8 feet in girth and a 50-ft. bole; 



liffhth 



buttressed to 5 feet. 



Leaves. — Compound. 

 Bark. — £ inch thick 



The 



Ravs 



s. 



scales shed in irregularly circular patches, leav- 

 mg the trunk mottled and somewhat scrolled. 



Wood. — Sap ill-defined; starting pale-yellow, it 

 deepens to a red at heart. 



—210, red, exceedingly sinuous; l-30th inch 

 deep; very hard to see except in transparent 

 cross section; show up as dots on the quarter. 

 Pores. — Clear; 2,800; single, and radially sep- 

 tate (2-4) ; evenly distributed, filled with red 

 deposit. Soft tissue. — Very hard to see owing to 

 its colour — red ; fine, very wavy, very broken 

 and discontinuous lines. General. — A timber of 

 a good red colour and a straight grain; pores 

 show up as dark red streaks on back and quar- 

 ter. Solution wood colourless, faint green preci- 

 pitate. Cuts hard ; 38 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Veimauri. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Remarks. — A rare tree yielding a straight-grained 

 hardwood. 



Material collected. — Wood. 



Xo. S3- 



A large tree, 10-ft. girth, 40-ft. bole, with medium 

 buttresses. 



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

 twisted; blade, 3 to 5 inches x 2^ to 3^ inches; 

 obovate, glabrous. 



Bark. — Flatly ridged, brown; inner bark light 



bro 



wn. 



