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No. 157 



V large tree, 8£ feet In girth, with a 60-ft. bole, 

 furnished with small buttresses up to 4 feet. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate ; petiole, 



i 



4 > 



blade, 2\ 



to 3 J inches x H inches; lanceolate, acuminate, 



glabrous, thin. 



Bark. — \ inch thick, delicately scaly, grey-yellow; 



inner bark white to yellow, finely streaked with 



darker yellow. Solution pale yellow, no precipi- 

 tate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, straw-yellow, soft, light -x- ^~„ 



General. — A straight but coarse-grained wood, 



light. Solution wood colourless, no precipitate. 



Cuts soft and ivoolly; 31 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Locality^ — Soputa, near Buna. 

 Date.— July, 1922. 

 Native name. — Hangeni (Kumusi, near Oitat- 



andi). 



Remarks. — A light, soft, open-grained timber, like 



a Sterculiaceae. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, wood. 



wood. 

 Rays. — Clear, 140, yellow-brown, sinuous around 



pores; l-30th inch deep; show up as dark-brown 



oblongs on quarter. Pores. — Conspicuous, 2,000 

 to 3,500, single, but as often septate ((2-4), in 



zones of porous and less 



wood. Soft 





porous 

 tissue. — Short, broken lines join up rays; they 

 are very fine, about 200 to the inch. In addi- 

 tion to these ladder rungs, there are about 10 fine 

 rings of soft tissue to the inch radius. General. 

 A grey timber, witli fine brown figure on the 

 quarter. Solution wood colourless, no precipi- 

 tate. Cuts soft; 25 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Soputa, near Buna. 



Date.— July, 1922. 



Native name. — Goro (Buna). 



Remarks. — A light softwood with a straight grain. 



Material collected. — Wood and bark. 



No. 159 



A large tree, 8 feet in girth, with a 60-ft. bole, 

 having small buttresses up to 5 feet. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate, and sub-opposite ; 

 petiole, -J inch; blade, 3i to 6 inches x 1| to 2 

 inches; lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, thin. 



Bark. — Pale yellow-brown, almost cream; de- 

 ciduous, leaving scroll-like markings; inner bark 

 lighter brown. Solution old gold, Prussian blur 

 precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, red-brown. 



Rays. — 90 to 100, dark red-brown, very sinuous 

 around pores; l-50th inch deep; show up as 

 brownish lines and oblongs on quarter. Pores. 



between 



rays 



Soft 



4,500 to 6,500, closely squeezed in 



in zones of less and more porous wood, 

 tissue. — Absent. General. — A red-brown 



wood with a sheen on the radial surface. Cuts 



rather hard ; 40 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Soputa, near Buna. 

 Date.— July, 1922. 

 ]NTative name — Moi-I. 



Remarks. — A hard timber with a straight grain. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, wood, and bark. 



No. 184— 



A large tree, 8 feet in girth, with a 70-ft. bole, 



heavily buttressed up to 12 feet. 

 Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, 1] to 3] 



inches; blade, 4 to 13 inches x 3 to 7 inches; 



oval, acuminate, stiff, short, scattered hairs be- 

 low; glabrous above, thin. 

 Bark. — Pustular, longitudinally lined, otherwise 

 smooth; inner bark yellow, streaked with white. 



Wood. — Sap, | inch, white, heart a pinky-yellow. 



Rays. — -Coarse, conspicuous, 60 to the inch, yellow, 

 straight; l-10th inch deep; show up on quarter 

 as broad bands and oblongs. Bores. — Con- 

 spicuous, 2,500 to 3,000, single and irregularly 

 septate (2), sometimes the septum is tangential, 

 . sometimes radial, and often diagonal. Soft 

 tissue. — Very fine, continuous concentric lines 



* occur at irregular distances, about 6 to the inch. 



A medium tree, 6^ feet in girth, with a more or 



less buttressed bole of 55 feet. 

 Leaves. — Simple, opposite; petiole, J to 1 inch; 



blade, 5f to 11 inches x 4 to 8 inches; obovate, 



acute, pubescent below, glabrous above, veins 



prominent below, coriaceous. 



Bark. — Light-brown, longitudinally scaly, scales 

 divided by more or less vertical pustular lines, 

 inner bark pinky-yellow, very fibrous. Solution 

 yellow, no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, dark-yellow. 



Rays. — 340, yellow, sinuous around and broken 

 by pores, about l-120th inch deep; show up as 

 fine white lines on quarter. 



Pores. 



4,500 



to 



6,000 single and radially septate (2). Soft tissue. 

 — Absent. General. — A yellow-brown wood. 

 Solution wood colourless, no precipitate. Cuts 

 hard; 51 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Kumusi, near Ointatandi, 



Date— July, 1922. 



Native name. — "Wuwura (Ointatandi ). 



Remarks. — A dense, hard, close, interlocked- 



grained timber. 



Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



No. 1SS 



Large tree: 



10 feet in girth, with a heavily- 

 buttressed bole to 10 feet. 



Leaves.-— Simple, alternate; petiole, l£ to 4 



inches; blade, 3 to 7 inches x 2| to 5 inches; 

 cordate, acuminate, bristly hairs below, glabrous 

 above. 

 Bark.— 



inch, grey, pustular, longitudinally 

 lined; inner bark white, turning mauve next 

 cambium. Solution yellow, no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, pale-yellow. 



Rays. — Conspicuous, 100; wavy, but very little, if 



at all sinuous; l-40th inch deep, showing up* as 

 shiny lines and oblongs on quarter. Pores. — ■ 

 Conspicuous, 2,000 to 3,000, single and septate, 



(i 



Soft tissue. — Exceedingly minute, fine 



lines link up rays. General. — A straight-grained, 

 open, porous wood, very light. Solution wood 

 colourless, no precipitate. Cuts soft and woolly; 



24 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Kumusi, near Ointatandi. 

 Date.— Julv. 1922. 



Native name. — Kahihi ([Ointatandi). 



Remarks. — A soft, light wood with an attractive 

 quarter grain. 



Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



No. 103 



V large tree, 8 feet in girth, with a bole of 70 feet 



heavily buttressed to 7 feet. 



Leaves. — Simple*, alternate 



? 



petiol 



in 





to 14 



inches; blade, 5 to 10 h inches x 2 to 4 inches; 



oval, acuminate, glabrous, thin. 



Bark. — Pustular. errc\\ scalv. inner bark s 



Wo 



cream and white. Solution colourless 

 cloudy precipitate. 



s 



lidit 



Sap ill defined, pale to deeper yellow. 



