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Bark. — J inch thick, brown; scaly, scales thick; No. 292 



inner bark rose. Solution colourless, faint green 

 precipitate. 

 Wood. — Sap ill-defined, starts pale-yellow and 

 deepens through rose to a pink. 



280. yellow, wavy and sinuous; less thai 



Kays. 



i 



1 -100th inch deep, but visible on quarter as short 



yellow-brown lines. Pores. — Clear, 3,500 to 



and radially septate 2. Soft 

 General. — A cream-coloured 



4,000, 



single 



tissue — Absent. 



wood, straight-grained and yellow-streaked. 



Solution wood colourless, faint green precipitate. 



Cuts firm; 32 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Baroi. 

 Date.— October, 1922. 



Native names. — Upia (Vailala), Oni (Evara). 



Remarks. — The bark yields a strong fibre, used for 

 making nets. The wood, though soft, is appre- 

 ciated for canoe making. 



Material collected.— 



Leaves, bark, wood. 



Xo. 28(1 



- 



Xo. 2SS. 



rings, 



joined up by soft tissue; 

 even magnified ten 

 Locality. — Baroi. 



times. 



rays invisible 



Date.— October, 1922. 

 Xative names. — Burn-bum 



(Evara). 

 Remarks.— 



(Vailala), Koma 



—A sound, dense, straight-grained, hard 



timber, suitable for heavy work. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



Large tree, 10. feet in girth, with a bole of 80 feet, 

 and 130 feet over all. Narrow buttresses extend 

 up the bole, rendering it fluted to 25 feet. 



Leaves. — Simple, opposite; petiole, stout, g to 

 inch; blade, up to 11J x 7 inches; tapering to 

 base; obtuse at apex; margin recurved; veins 

 and midrib prominent below; coriaceous. 



Iiark.- 





1 



•2 



to f inch thick, grey; scaly, scales more 

 or less papery; at butt usually not scaly; inner 



bark pale-yellow, deepening on exposure. Solu- 

 tion amber, green precipitate. 

 Wood. — Sap undefined, pale-yellow; a medium, 

 hard, close-grained timber. 



Rays.' — 200, white, sinuous, l-30th inch deep, but 



not very clear on quarter. Pores. — Clear, 9,000, 

 rather evenly scattered, single and radially sep- 

 tate (2). Soft tissue. — Absent. General. — A 



cold yellow wood, 



straight-grained. 



Solution 



Large tree, 14 feet in girth, with a bole of 70 feet 

 and 100 feet over all. Not buttressed. 



Leaves. — Crowded at end of branchlets, simple, ^°- 893 



alternate; petiole, 2-]- inches; blade, up to 18 x 

 7^ inches; obovate, obtuse; pubescent below, 

 glabrous above; coriacious; midrib stout, rusty 

 tomeiitose below; branchlets stout. 



Bark. — Grey, mottled brown, very finely longitu- 

 dinally lined; inner bark red, streaked with 

 yellow. Solution pale-yellow, no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, cream to pink. 



Kays. — 140, pale yellow, a little wavy, up to l-40th 

 inch dee]); showing up as specks on quarter. 

 Pores.— Clear, 1,000, single and radially septate 

 2-8" ; sometimes tangentially septate. Soft tis- 

 sue.— Absent. General. — A pale or white wood, 

 rays showing up yellow, pore grooves lined with 

 blue fungus. Solution wood cloudy, no precipi- 

 tate. Cuts soft; 23 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Baroi. 



Date. — October. 



Native names. — Here (Vailala), Inioii (Evara). 



Remarks. — A wry light, soft wood, used for canoes. 



The young leaves are used for cigarette paper. 



Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



wood colourless; pale-green precipitate. Cutfl 



firm to hard; 44 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Xative name. — Komara (Evara). 

 Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



* ■ 



Large tree, 9 to 10 feet in girth, 75 feet of bole, and 



120 feet over all. Buttressed to 8 feet and 



grooved beyond that height. 



Leaves. — Compound, sub-opposite to opposite. 

 Stalk very variable from 2\ to 7 inches. Three 

 bud-like glands below the axils; 5-9 pairs of op- 

 posite, or sup-opposite leaflets, no terminal one; 

 petiole, % inch, bud-like gland in axil; blade, 

 2 to 3 inches x 1 to l£ inches; very variable in 

 size and shape; glabrous, thin. 



Hark.— J inch or less, grey-brown, smooth except ^°- 

 for irregular scales still adhering; inner bark 



white, streaked with yellow. 



Wood.— Sap ill-defined, starting pale, darkens to 

 yellow and on to an olive-brown; pores numer- 

 ous — the larger ones in more or less concentric 



Large tree, 9 feet in girth, with a 60-ft. bole, and 

 110 feet over all. 



Leaves. — Compound, alternate. Stalk 3^ to 6 

 inches, bearing 1-3 pairs of alternate leaflets, the 

 last pair are often opposite, and a terminal one; 



\ to i inch ; blade 4 to 6 inches x If to 

 3i inches; lanceolate, acuminate; midrib and 

 veins minutely warty; glabrous, thin. 

 Bark. — § inch thick, grey-brown; outside appear- 

 ance very like Xo. 276, but inner bark cream; 

 Exudes latex sparingly; solution yellow and no 

 precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap ill-defined, white merging into light- 

 red, and then darker red. 



Rays. — 270, red-brown, sinuous around pores, very 

 shallow; show up as fine specks on quarter. 

 Pores.— Clear, 3,000 to 5,000, single and radi- 

 ally septate, some filled with red resin. Soft 

 tissue. — Exceedingly wavy broken lines twice as 

 thick as rays, about 11 to the inch radius; in 

 addition, about 7 to the inch, concentric, continu- 

 ous, often double or treble lines. General. — A 

 good-looking, dark red-brown wood with a 

 straight grain, very like 198. Solution wood 

 pink, green precipitate. Cuts very hard; 47 lb. 



per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Baroa, Kumusi, near Ointatandi. 

 Date. — October. 



Xative names. — Loloke (Vailala), Ipu (Evara), 



Uwore (Buna). 

 Remarks. — The inner heart wood is not so red as 



that of JsTo. 276. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



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Large tree, 9 feet girth, with a 75-ft. bole, and 100 

 feet over all. Narrow buttresses up to S feet. 



Leaves.— Compound, alternate; stalk, 4 to 9 inches, 

 carrying 2-4 pairs of leaflets. (No terminal one 

 on these specimens.) Leaflets opposite; petiole, 

 3-16th to J inch, swollen; blade, 3i to 6| inches 

 x \'l to '}{ inches; ovate, oblanceolate, and ellip- 

 tical; somewhat asymmetrical, acuminate, glab- 

 rous, thin. l 



Bark. — § inch, mottled dark and light brown, latter 

 colour due to irregular shaped scales falling off 

 and exposing light bark below; inner bark red, 

 streaked with white; smells of turnips. Solution 

 colourless, cloudy precipitate . 



