J 5^ 



Remarks. — A soft, open-grained timber, useful for 



cases. 



Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



N-o. 309 



A large tree with a girth of 8 feet and a bole of 70 



feet. More or less spur rooted. 

 Leaves. — Simple, alternate, suhsessile; blade 8 to 



11 Inches x If to 3 inches; lanceolate acute; mid- 

 rib and veins below covered with rusty brown 

 hairs; also twig. Upper surface of blade in 

 very young leaves is tomentose; in older ones it 

 is glabrous. 



Bark. — Red; covered with small ^ to 1 inch scales 

 which lie unevenly, giving the bole a pimply ap- 

 pearance; inner bark red-brown; exudes a red 

 kino or gum, freely. Solution colourless, slightly 

 cloudy precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined ; 



pink caused by gum impregnating the pores. 

 Rays. — 210, brown, wavy, 1-30 inches deep; show 

 up as brown specks on quarter. Pores. — Clear. 

 1,700 to 2,000 single and radially septate (2). Soft 

 tissue, — Brown, thin (but thicker than rays), 

 very wavy lines; they are broken; here and there 

 where two lines are so close as to appear to be 

 one they may be continuous. General. — A 



yellow, with a tinge of 



straight grained brown w 



ood 



a 



brow 



n satin 



wood ; solution wood colourless, no precipitate ; 



cuts firm; weighs 33 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Locality. — Baroi. 



Date.- — October. 



Native name. — Buhu (Vailala) Awopo (Evara). 



The winter (?) wood 



Iiemarl 



A softish wood, 

 is red, and gives timber 



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cut on back a pretty 

 »rain, which is accentuated by the kino impreg- 

 nated pores which show up as fine reddish 

 streaks. 



Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



No. 321 



A large tree, 12 feet girth, 50 feet bole, and 100 

 100 feet over all. Not buttressed, but gnarled, 

 grooved and twisted with pronounced root swell- 



ings. 



Leaves. —Simple, opposite; petiole U to 2£ inches; 



blade 5 to 10 inches x 1] to ;> inches; lance- 

 olate, acuminate, glabrous, thin; young twigs are 

 flattened to a square section and are grooved. 



JJark. — Yellow-grey; scaly, scales papery; inner 

 bark white, streaked with orange; solution 

 colourless, no precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap 1| in., yellow. Heart a very dark- 



brown indeed. 



ft 



l vs . 



Clear, 200 to 



270, brown, 



Leaves.- — Compound, alternate, trifolate ; main 



%\ inches, lateral petiole 1 inch; ter- 

 minal petiole \\ inch: blade 4 to 5i inches x 



petiole 



? 



glabrous. 



2^ to 2f inches; terminal one sometimes attains 



6 inches x 3| inches. Elliptical, acuminate, 

 thin. 



Kays. — 160-180, slightly sinuous; brown, 1-80 

 inches deep ; shows up as wavy short brown lines 

 on quarter. Pores. — 30,000, single and radially 

 septate (2). Soft tissue. — Fine lines extend 

 from each side of the pores sometimes linking up 

 a few tangentially, sometimes stopping short at 

 next ray. General. — A light-brown to pink tim- 

 ber with a pretty quarter figure and a fragrant 

 perfume like cedar. Solution wood colourless, 



ver\ 



faint precipitate. Cuts soft to firm; 33 lb. 



per cubic foot. 



Bark. — | inch thick; smooth, except for pustules, 

 grey brown, inner bark red, streaked with white; 



solution of faint old gold; a faint precipitate. 



Date. — December, li>22. 



Native name. — Horopo (Vailala). 



Remarks. — A soft timber, with a faint cedar like 



perfume. Used for canoes. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, hark. Avood. 



Xo. 324 



A. large tree, 9-ft. girth, a bole of 50 feet, and 90 



feet overall. 

 a crooked bole. 



High 



buttresses up to 15 feet, and 



inch : 



heaves. — Simple, alternate, stipules l£ 



petiole, 1| to If inches; blade, 3| to 7| inches 

 x If to 3 J inches; ovate; margin serrate, taper- 

 ing to acuate point ; base more or less cordate ; 

 petiole, midrib and veins below, pubescent; scat- 

 tered hairs on midrib and veins above; texture 

 of the leaf is thin. 



Bark. — \ inch thick, smooth ; grey-brown; inner 

 bark red; solution pale brown, blue precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, pale yellow, deepening to 



pinky-yellow, 



Kays.— dear (1), coarse 40, (2) fine 220-230. 

 The coarse ones are slightly sinuous, the fine 

 ones more so, but are broken by pores. Coarse 

 ones show up on quarter as brown streaks, and 

 oblongs up to 3-10th inch long and l-30th inch 



Pores.— 5,000 to 7,000; here and there 



(2), fairly evenly scattered. 



General. — 



deep. 



radially septate 



Soft tissue. — Absent. 



wavy turn- 

 ing around pores and here and there running to- 

 gether, shallow about 1,100th inch; showing np 



on quarter as fine dark-brown streaks. Pores. 



— Clear, 3,500 to 3,000, glistening deposit visible 

 both hack and cross. Soft tissues. — Absent. 

 General. — A dark-brown wood with bands of 

 light-brown, smells like Ocofca. Solution wood 



colourless, no precipitate; cuts hard but cleanly; ^ ^a 



— A grey-brown 

 wood with a pretty enough quarter-grain, very 

 fissile along rays, narrow bands of darker wood 

 show up on cross section. Solution wood colour- 

 less, purple precipitate. Cuts soft and 

 lb. per cubic foot. 



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Locality. — Vailala. 

 Date. — December, 1922. 



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Native names. — A-nakou (Vailala). 

 Remarks. — A medium hard wood. 

 Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



54 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Baroi and Vailala Rivers. 



Date. — December, 1922 



Native name.- — Baiah (Vailala). 



Remarks. — A hard Bound wood, having a 



faint 



scent like Ocofca. It is used to make paddles, 

 ^Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



A large tree, 11 feet in girth, 55 feet bole, and 90 



feet over all; wide buttresses up to 12 feet. 

 Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, 7-16th to 



inch; blade, 3f to 6| inches x 2 to 2§ inches; 



elliptical to oblanceolate, 



more or less coriaceous. 



s 



acuminate, glabrous, 



\o. 322 



R 



a vs. 



170-200, fine, bro 



A large tree, 9 feet in girth, 80 feet bole, and 120 

 feet overall. No buttresses, but the bole is 



grooved at butt. 



wn, wavy, twisting to turn 

 around pores; very shallow, mere wavy lines on 



Pores. — Conspicuous. 



quarter. 



2,000 



to 2,800, 



fairly evenly scattered, a few radially septate 

 (2). Soft tissue. — Absent. General. — A uni- 



