155 



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X 



o. 



Large tree, 10 feet in girth, with a bole of 50 feet, 

 and 100 feet over all. Large buttresses up to 



15 feet. 

 Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, 



and twisted; blade, 6 to 8 inches x 2* to 



inch, curved 



9i to 3 ; ; 



incites; ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous 



thin. 



Fruit. — A large fruit, 5| to 5^ inches long, 2| 

 inches diameter, terminating in a blunt point. 



Surface grey, with a texture of the grain side 



i 



The seed is covered with a 

 testa 1-1 6th inch thick, the surface of which 



of pigskin. Pericarp, | to I inch thick, con- 



taining the seed. 



carries 



six 



ribs, and when dry is somewhat 

 woody. The seed is eaten in the same way as 

 many other vegetable products, as an accessory 

 to the vice of betel-nut eating. 



Bark. 



1 



thick. 



grey, smooth except for 



slight 



horizontal wrinkles at butt; inner bark pale 

 yellow-brown. Solution colourless, no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, pinky yellow. 



Kays. — 260, brown, sinuous around and broken by 

 pores; less than l-100th inch deep, and showing 

 up faintly as specks on quarter. Pores. — Clear, 

 2,000, very evenly scattered, single and radially 

 septate (2). Soft tissue.— About 10 undulating, 

 thin (finer than rays), usually in pairs, con- 

 centric, continuous lines to the inch, General. — 

 A mahogany type of wood. Solution wood 

 colourless; no precipitate. Cuts firm; :57 lb. per 

 cubic foot. 



Locality. — Baroi River. 



Date.— October, 1922. 

 Native names. — Haikaka 



(Evara). 

 Remarks. — A 



work. 



Material collected. — Leaves, fruit, bark, and wood. 



(Vailala), Mori-a 



soft light wood. 



erood for internal 



280 



Not 



Large tree, 10 feet girth and 80 feet bole. 

 buttressed, 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole. 5 to i) inches; 



blade, (5 to 9 inches x 4i to 8 inches; cordate, 

 acute to somewhat acuminate, glabrous, thin. 



Bark. — 3 to 1 inch, grey; .scaly; scales papery; 

 inner bark yellow; solution faint yellow, no 

 precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap yellow, 14 inch; heart red. 



Rays. — Clear, 160, very dark brown, l-40th inch 

 deep; show up well as fine lines on quarter. 

 Pores.— Clear, 2,000 to 3,000 in less and more 

 porous zones; single more often than radially 

 septate (2); about 500 to the square inch; are 

 filled with a ruby resin. Soft tissue. — Absent. 



General. — A red-brown wood between a cedar 



and a mahogany, but not too straight in the 

 grain. Cuts soft to firm. Solution wood faint 

 yellow, no precipitate; 38 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Baroi River in Purari Delta. 



Date.— October, 1922. 



Native names. — Medupu (Vailala ), Qi-ekono 

 (Evara). 



Remarks. — A good hard wood, with a more or less 



interlocked grain. 



Material collected.— heaves, bark, wood. 



No. 281 



Large tree. 



over all. 



P. 12389— 11 



9 feet girth, 60 feet bole, and 120 feet 



Xot buttressed. 



Leaves. — Compound; alternate; stalk, 9 to 15 

 inches; leaflets simple, alternate; petiole, \ inch; 

 blade, If to 6 inches x $ to 2| inches; lanceolate, 

 acuminate, asymmetrical, glaeous, thin. 



Twig. 

 Bark. 



Grey covered with brown lenticels. 

 i inch thick, purple-brown; scaly; scale- 

 papery, but shedding in fairly large pieces; 



inner bark dark brown. Solution colourless; pale 



green precipitate. 

 Wood.— Sap undefined; pale yellow, deepens to a 



pink after exposure of a few weeks. 

 Kays. — 400, white, sinuous, broken, hard to see, do 



not show up on quarter. Pores. — 9,000 to 



10,000, rather evenly distributed; single and 

 radially septate. Soft tissue. — More or less 

 conspicuous, wavy, broken lines in zones closer 



and wider set. General. — A white or very faint 



yellow wood, showing little or no grain — the 

 sap wood, which first deepens to a pink, finally 

 turns to a brown. Solution wood colourless, no 

 precipitate. Cuts rather hard; 47 lb. per cubic 



foot. 



Locality. — Baroi River in Purari Delta. 

 l)at 



e. 



October, li)22. 



.Native name. — Averavn (Vailala), Pai-ake-a 

 (Evara). 



Remarks. — Hard wood, with a dense interlocked 



M 



gram. 



Collected. — Leaves, hark, wood. 



No. 283 



Large tree, 9 feet in girth, 60-ft hole, and 100 feel 



over all. 

 Leaves. 1 — (Y.mpound, alternate. Stalk, !» to 15 



inches, hearing four to six pairs and a terminal 



very 



leaflet; leaflets opposite; petiole, \ inch 

 thickened; blade, 4 to 11 inches x 3 to 5 inches; 

 glabrous; midrib very stout and prominent; base 

 of main stalk much swollen; branches covered 

 with scars of fallen leaf stalks. 

 Hark. — £ inch thick, brown, pustular, faintly 

 longitudinally lined; inner hark cream, streaked 



with* white; solution pale yellow; absinthe 



precipitate. 

 Wood. — Sap undefined, pale yellow. 

 Kays. — 180, very sinuous around and often broken 



by pores; l-50th inch deep, hut hard to see on 



quarter. Pores. — Clear to conspicuous, 1,400 



to 3,000, irregularly scattered, single and septate 



2-5. Soft tissue. — Clear, wavy lines thicker 

 than rays, continuous, 80 to the inch. General. 

 A pale wood streaked with brown-encrusted 



CO 



lourl 



ess, no 



pore channels. Solution wood 



precipitate. Cuts soft and woolly, 37 lb. per 



cubic foot. 



Locality. — Baroi River (Vanapa). 



Date.— October, 1922; May, L922. 

 Native names. — Pa-uka (Vailala), 



(Evara), Xaniuta (£?uku), 

 Remarks.— The hark makes a strong fibre. The 



Makai-i 



is straight-grained and free-splitting 



wood 



moderately hard. 



Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



\o. 284 



Lara.' tree, feet in girth, with a GO-fi hole and 



100 feet over all; narrow buttresses up to 8 feet. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate. Stipules, i to i] inch, 

 auricled; petiole, 5-Hith inch; blade, 2 to 4 



inches x 1 to \\ inch; ovate or lanceolate, serrate, 



pubescent on midrib and veins, and rough 

 generally below; somewhat rough above; 

 acuminate. 



