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No. 101 



A large tree, 8 feet in girth, with a bole of 55 feet; 



narrow buttresses to 7 feet. 

 Leaves. — -Simple, opposite; petiole, ^ to 2 inch: 



blade, 3i to 5 inches x 2 to 3J inches; ovate, 



acuminate, entire. 

 Bark. — J inch thick, ridged, grey-brown; inner 



bark cream ; solution colourless, very faint green 



precipitate. 

 Wood.- 



B 



ays 



-Sap undefined, yellow to pinky-white. 



240, yellow, exceedingly sinuous around 

 pores; very shallow and hard to pick out on 

 quarter. Pores.— 9,000 to 10,000; here and 

 there zones of less porous wood, but for the most 



scattered. Soft tissue. — Absent. 



part 

 General. 



evenly 



A close and straight-grained, good- 



looking yellow wood. Solution wood pinky 

 yellow, no precipitate. Cuts very hard; 45 lb. 

 per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Vanapa. 



Date. 



Mav, 



V 1 



1922. 



Native name. — Wasina (Suku). 

 Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



No. 106 



A large tree, 10 feet in girth, with a bole of SO feet; 



unbut tressed. 

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



6 x 3| inches, 6x3 inches, 5x2 inches; very 



variable; lanceolate to ovate, acuminate, entire, 

 venation very prominent below; margin some- 

 what recurved; lower surface pubescent; main 



veins, midrib, petiole densely pubescent. 

 Bark.- * ------ 



1 

 4 



to 



inch thick, grey-brown; inner bark 

 light-brown ; solution colourless, no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, pale yellow. 



Kays. — 200, yellow, sinuous and somewhat wavy, 

 coarse and fine, latter broken by pores; less than 

 l-100th inch deep; show up as very fine lines on 

 quarter. Pores. — 5,000 to 5,500, fairly evenly 

 scattered, single. Soft tissue. — Concentric, thin 

 continuous lines or groups of 2, 3, and 4; such 



lines 



at 



occur 



other. General.- 



a straight grain. 



irregular 



distances from each 

 ■A mouse-coloured wood with 



Solution wood colourless, no 

 precipitate. Cuts hard; 37 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Vanapa. 

 Date.— May, 1922. 



Native name. — Atu-Ia-Biahuna (Dora). 

 Remarks. — A very useful hardwood with a beech 



quarter-gram. 

 Material collect! 



Leaves, wood. 



No. 107 



A large tree, 11 feet in girth, and a bole of 40 feet. 

 Leaves. — Compound, alternate; stalk 9 to 11 inches, 



bearing 4 to 5 pairs of opposite leaflets and a 

 terminal leaflet; petiole, J inch; blade, 3^ to 7 

 inches x 2 to )! inches; oblanceolate, entire, 

 acuminate, glabrous, thin. 



Bark. — ^ to | inch thick, brown, more or less 

 ridged; inner bark red-brown, streaked with 

 white. 



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



a red-brown. 



R* 



ays. — 160-170, red, very sinuous round, and fine 

 ones broken by, pores; l-60th inch deep; pink 

 oblongs on quarter. Pores. — Conspicuous; 

 1,500 to 2,500, single, and radially septate (2, 

 rarely 3), evenly scattered; filled with sparkling 

 deposit. Soft tissue. — Conspicuous; concentric, 



irregularly spaced, some what broken, red lines, 

 linking up pores, 



and sometimes surrounding 



them ; about 60 to the inch ; three times as thick 

 as rays. General. — A nice red wood with a 

 mahogany grain, but harder and heavier. Solu- 

 tion wood : colourless ; no precipitate. Cuts hard ; 

 46 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Vanapa. 



Date.— May, 1922. 



Material collected. — Lea\ 1 s and wood. 



No. 108 



A large tree, 7 feet in girth, with a 60-ft. bole, and 

 very narrow buttresses. 



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

 51 to 8 inches x 2| to 4 inches; lanceolate, entire, 



glabrous, thin. 

 Bark. — Grey, smooth, except for pustules; inner 



bark white, spotted with yellow; solution colour- 

 less; absinthe precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, yellow. 



It ays. 



254, very fine pale-brown; more wavy than 



fine. 



sinuous, broken by large pores; very 

 scarcely distinguishable lines on quarter. Pores. 



2,500 to 6,000 m closely and more 



lightly 



sown zones. Soft tissue.- — Thin, irregularly 

 spaced (about 8 to the inch), brown concentric 

 undulate lines. General. — A mouse-coloured, 

 smooth, interlocked grain wood. Solution wood 

 pale brown, mirky-brown precipitate. Cuts hard; 

 56 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Vanapa. 



Date- 



Ma v, 



f 7 



1922. 



Native name. — Fitogo. 



Remarks. — A heavy, dense wood, with a very inter- 



locked grain. 

 Material collected. 



Wood, leaves. 



Xo. 114 



A large tree, 9-ft. girth, with a 70-ft. bole, and spur 



roots rising to 5 feet. 

 Leaves. — Simple, opposite, stipulate ; petiole, 



I to 1 inch; blade, 1§ to 3^ inches x 3^ to 7-J- 



inches; oval, acute, shallowly serrate, glabrous, 



thin. 



Bark. — Smooth, grey, finely fissured; inner bark 



red-brown. 

 Wood. — Sap undefined, white. 

 Locality. — Vanapa. 

 Date.— May, 1922. 

 Native name. — Godita (Suku). 

 Material collected. — Leaves. 



No. 118 



A large tree, 7 feet in girth, with a bole of 60 feet, 

 unbuttressed. 



Leaves. — Simple, opposite; petiole, £ inch; blade, 

 4^ to 7 inches x 2i to 3 J inches; obovate or 

 oblanceolate, entire, obtuse, glabrous, thin. 



Bark. — I inch thick, scaly, grey ; inner bark yellow. 



a pale yellow, 



Wood. 



Sap ill-defined, starting 



deepens to brown. 



Rays. — 150, yellow, very sinuous around, and 

 broken here and there by pores; up to l-40th 

 inch deep; clear lines on quarter. Pores. — Con- 

 spicuous; 5,000 to 6,000 crowded between rays 

 single and radially septate (2-3). Soft tissue. — 

 Absent. General. — A reddish wood with close 

 interlocked grain. Solution wood a faint yellow, 

 no precipitate. Cuts hard; 52 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Vanapa. 



1922. 



Date. — May, 



Xative name. 



Material collected. — Leaves, wood. 



Supu (Suku). 



