152 



Rays. — Clear, 140, coarse, yellow-brown, wavy and 

 moderately sinuous around pores; show up as 

 specks on quarter; very fine rays exist between 



4,000 to 5,000 in less and 



and radially to 

 Soft tissue. 



coarse ones. Pores, 

 more porous 



zones ; 



diagonally septate, 2-3. 



single 



Date.— July, 1922. 



Native name. — Bofere (Ointatandi). 



Remarks. — A medium hardwood; should work up 



well. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



see, but occurs in rather broken, thin, concentric 



Hard to JSTo. 198 



lines, 





generally m pairs 



General.- 



and 



the 



inch radius, 

 straight-grained. 



No 



one pair to 



V mouse-grey wood, 



Solution wood colourless, no 



precipitate. Cuts firm and rather hard; weighs 



39 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Kumusi, near Ointatandi. 

 Date.— July, 1922. 



Native name. — Busa or Pusa (Buna). 

 Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



195— 



A large tree, 7^ feet in girth, with an unbuttressed 

 00-ft. bole. The branches are crowded at the 

 summit of the bole, forming; a crown of about 

 30 feet in height. 



Leaves. — Simple alternate; petiole, 5-16th inch 

 blade, 3 x lj to 5| inches x 1$ inches; 

 oblanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, glaucous 

 below. 



Bark. — Grey-brown, smooth except for a 



? 



few 

 horizontal wrinkles; the upper part of the bole, 

 where exposed to light, has a red to salmon 

 colour; inner bark pale-brown, speckled with 



white. Solution pale yellow, no precipitate. 



Sap undefined, while or pale-yellow. 



Kays. — Conspicuous, 80, yellow; coarse, straight 



Wood. 



or a little 



WJIVV, 



1,300 



to 



■J inch deep, silver lines on 

 quarter, lozenges on back. Pores. 

 2,000 small and few single, irregularly scat- 

 tered. Soft tissue. — Very fine, 250 to the inch 



across the rays. General. — A 



in ladder-rungs 



white, light wood with a pretty quarter grain. 

 Solution wood very pale yellow, no precipitate. 



Cuts soft; 29 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Kumusi, near Ointatandi. 

 Date. — Inly, 1922. 



Native name— 



Remarks. — A soft 



Onga. 



light timber. 



up well on tin 1 quarter* 



The rays show 



Materials collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



No. 196 



A large tree, 9 feet in girth, with an unbuttressed 



bole of 50 feet. 

 Leaves. — Simple, a 1 termite; petiole, 1J to 1} 



inches; blade, 6 to 10^ inches x 2} to 3} inches; 



oval, acuminate, pubescent below and on petiole 



and twig, above a few scattered hairs, margin 



fringed with hairs, glaucous below, thin. 



inch thick, scaly, scales shedding 



in 



Bark. 



irregularly-shaped plates, 1 foot across, grey and 

 yellow-brown, inner bark pale-yellow ; "solution 



pale-yellow, no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap, 2| inches, pale-yellow; heart a good 

 brown. 



Rays. — Clear, 120, yellow, sinuous around pores, 

 depth about l-100th inch, fine lines on quarter. 

 Pores. — Conspicuous, 4,000 to 4,500, rather 

 evenly scattered, single but more commonly 

 radially septate, 2-4. Soft tissue.— Thin, con- 

 centric, more or less continuous lines, often 

 double, 8 to 12 to the inch radius; also very 

 indistinct short or broken concentric line**. 



General. — A yellow-brown 

 w r ood. Solution wood colour] 

 Cuts soft; 26 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Kumusi, near Ointatandi. 



straight-grained 



»-s, no precipitate. 



A large tree, 7 feet in girth, with an unbuttressed 



bole of 60 feet. 

 Leaves.- — Compound, alternate, stalk 16 



3 



s 



to 



l 



2 



inches 

 inch; blade. 



leaflets alternate; petiole, 

 3^ to 7£ inches x 2f inches; lanceolate, some- 

 what asymmetrical, glabrous, stiff, thin. 



Bark. — | inch thick, scaly and pustular, red-brown 

 and grey-brown, scales shedding off in irregu- 

 larly circular patches, leaving bark a fresh 

 red-brown; inner bark yellow, streaked with 

 white. Solution golden-yellow, no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap straw-coloured, 2^ inches; heart a 

 fine red-brown. 



Rays. — 170, yellow, less than l-100th inch deep, 

 fine lines on quarter. Pores. — Clear, 2,500 to 

 5,000 in less and more porous zones, more often 

 radially septate (2) than single; filled with 

 sparkling deposit and some with a red resin. 



Soft 



tissue. 



Clear ; exceedingly wavy, 

 concentric lines about twice as thick as 



broken 



rays 



about 80 to the inch radius; in addition, five or 



treble 



or 

 General. 



A 



straight 



six continuous — sometimes double 

 lines occur to the inch radius, 

 good-looking red-brown wood with a 

 grain. Solution wood very pale yellow, no pre- 

 cipitate. Cuts very hard ; 46 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Kumusi, near Ointatandi. 



Date.— July, 1922. 



Native name. — Kimina. 



Remarks. — A good-looking, straight-grained hard- 

 wood, used by natives for axe-handles. 



Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark. 



No. 200 



A large tree, 8 feet in girth, with a bole of 75 feet, 

 heavily buttressed to 6 feet, 

 eaves. — Compound, alternate. Stalk, 10 to 22 



L 



blade, 4 to 10 inch 



ea 



2 to 



i 



4 inches; very 

 asymmetrical; one side of leaf terminates higher 

 than other on petiole; oval to lanceolate, 

 acuminate, glabrous, thin; juvenile leaves attain 

 5 feet in length, while the leaflets have petiole 

 \ inch; blade up to 11 inches x 4 inches, and the 

 stalk is buttressed to the branch, making an axil 



\ inch deep. 



Bark. — \ inch thick, grey, pustular; longitudinally 



lined, otherwise smooth; inner bark white. 

 Wood. — Sap undefined, pale-yellow. 

 Ka 



ys. 



120 to 160; cream, wavy, but not sinuous 

 to any degree; l-100th inch deep; fine, wavy 



Clear, 1,000 to 1,500, 



lines on quarter. Pores. 



small, rather evenly scattered, more often single 



than radially septate (2). Soft tissue — 



w a v y , 

 about 



Conspicuous; numerous coarse, white, 



broken and continuous concentric lines 



r () 



to the 



General. — A 



inch radius, often 

 white. 



run together. 



straight-grained wood sub- 

 ject to attack by blue fungus. Solution wood 

 colourless, no precipitate. Cuts firm; 37 Ik per 



cubic foot. 



Locality. — Kumusi, near Ointatandi. 



Date.— July, 3922. 



Native name. — Ondodo. 



Remarks. — A hard timber with well-defined rays 



of soft tissue. The wood is very similar to No. 



201, and in general appearance the tree is very 



easily confused with Xo. 190. Polysciax 



,i. 



Materia] 



Leaves, wood, bark. 



sp 



