159 



form brown wood with a pleasant grain. Solu- 

 tion wood colourless, blue-black precipitate. Outs 

 medium hard; 34 lb. per cubic foot. 



Bark. — | inch thick, scaly, scales thick and longi- 

 tudinally arranged so as to make bob? appear 

 ridged; inner bark cinnamon brown; solution 

 pale red, strong blue-blaek precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap ill-defined, about 4 inches, yellow to 



pale pink, heart red-brown. 

 Locality. — Vailala River. 



Date*— December, 1922. 



Native name. — Koboharua (Vailala). 

 Materia] collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



Xo. 32!) 



Large tree, 8-ft. girth, 60-ft. bole, and 100 feet 



over all; no buttresses, slight root swellings. 

 Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, 1 to 11 inch, 



pubescent; blade, 6 to 75 inches x 3 to 3| inches; 



ovate, acuminate; midrib and veins prominent 



and pubescent below. 



Lark.— \ inch, grey, smooth, except for numerous 

 small pustules j inner bark light brown, streaked 

 white; solution colourless, faint precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, pale yellow. 



Ri 



scattered evenly, mostly single, but here and 

 there septate radially or tangentially, or 

 diagonally. Soft tissue. — Absent. General. — 

 A pale, light timber. Solution wood colourless, 

 no precipitate. Cuts soft, but woolly, hard to cut 

 a section ; 29 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Vailala. 



Date. — December, 1922. 



Native name. — Opa (Vailala). 



Remarks. — Soft, light, straight-grained wood. 



Material collected. — Leaves, wood, and bark. 



No. 330 



Large tree, Si feet in girth, 90-ft, bole, and 



115 



feet over all. A tall, graceful tree, with small 



flattened crown. Xo buttresses, but the bole is 

 much grooved and channelled. 

 Leaves. — Simple, alternate ; petiole, 3-16th inch ; 



blade 



tical 



' 



3| to 6 : j ! inches x \% to 2| inches; ellip- 

 acuminate, thin. The 

 arise from branches in such a manner as to lie 



t w i gs 



and leaves 



flat in one horizontal plane. 

 Bark. — J inch thick. 



brown, longitudinally lined, 

 otherwise smooth; inner bark light brown; solu- 

 tion colourless, no precipitate. 



"Wood. — Sap undefined, saffron. 



Kays.— 200 "to 240, brown, about l,20rh inch deep, 

 show up poorly on quarter. Pores. — 2,500 to 

 3,000, evenly scattered, but hard to see; radially 

 septate (2-3). Soft tissue. — Very fine lines of 

 soft tissue link up rays. They run about 200 

 to the inch, and make section cutting difficult, as 

 the wood breaks up along these lines. In addi- 

 tion, the pores are immersed in soft tissue, which 



togetl 



ier. 



now and then joins 3 or 4 pores 

 General. — A pale yellow wood, showing little or 

 no grain. Solution wood colourless, no precipi- 

 tate. Cuts soft and woolly; 37 lb. per cubic foor. 



.Locality. — Vailala. 



Date. — December, 11*22. 



Native name. — Koran. 



Remarks. — A firm, straight-grained, dense wood. 



Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



Xo. 33J 



Large tree, 8 feet In girth, 90-ft. bole, and 120 



feet over all. 



No. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; 



1 



2 



petiole, 



i n eh , 



inches; shape variable, elliptical, oral, o borate, 

 ovate; midrib wide, grooved, yellow, prominent, 

 Literal veins wry distinct and regular, acute. 

 thin, glabrous. 

 Bark. — 4 inch thick, grey, smooth, except for small 



pustules which form faint longitudinal lines; 



inner bark white, speckled with yellow; solution 



colourless, no precipitate. 

 Wood. — Sap undefined, yellow. 

 Kays. — -Clear, 70 to 100, light brown, some coarse, 



some fine, l-40th inch deep, conspicuous on 



Pores. — 3,000, single and radially sop- 



(2), evenly scattered. Soft tissue. — Very 



quarter. 



tate 



jys. — 143., yellow, l-40th inch deep, show up a 



little on quarter. Pores.— Clear, 2,000 2,500, No. 337 



fine lines linking up rays about 320 to the inch. 

 General. — A pale timber with a mottled quarter- 

 grain. Solution wood colourless, no precipitate. 



Cuts soft and woolly; 28 lb. per cubic foot. 



Locality. — Vailala. 

 Date. — December, 1922. 

 Native name. — Deke (Yailala). 



Kemarks. — Soft, straight-grained timber, with 



lace grain on the back. 

 "Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



a 



Brown, smooth, except lor longitudinal li 



iie- 



Large tree, 9-ft. girth, (50-ft. bole, and 100 feet 



over all; buttresses to 6 feet. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate, petiole, .] to § inch; 



blade, 5| to 8 inches x 2j to 2 if inches; oblanceo- 



late and Lanceolate, acute, finely sen-ate, glab- 

 rous, thin. 



Bark.- 



of pustules; inner bark yellow-brown; solution 



colourless, faint precipitate. 

 Wood. — Sap 5 inches, pale yellow, heart walnul 



brown. 

 Rays. — 70 to 80, distinct and between them ft 



large number of \( i ry faint rays too fine to ke 



counted. Pores. — Conspicuous, 1,500 to 1,800, 



radially septate (2-J>), evenly scattered. Soft 



tissue. — Absent. General. — A pale timber. 



Solution wood colourless, faintly precipitate. 



Cuts soft and clean; 37 lb. per cubic foot. 

 Local i ty. — Ya i 1 a 1 a . 

 Date. — January, 1923. 

 Native name. — Abaobua. 



Remarks. — A soft, straight-grained timber, used 



for canoes. 



Material collected. 



ood 



).)6 



V medium-sized tree, 7 feet in girth, with a bole of 



45 feet, and 60 feet over all. 

 Leaves. — Compound, 1 to 2 pairs and a terminal 



inches; petiole, -J inch, 



one ; rachis, 



2i to H 



terminal one longer; blade, 2 to 4 inches % 1 to 

 2 inches; lanceolate, acuminate; with prominent 

 warts at the axilla of manv of the veins and 

 the midrib; thin. 



Bark. — i inch thick, grey-brown, scaly, pustular, 



scaling in irregular patch; its grevne-s is due 

 to lichen; inner bark red-brown; solution 



colourless, bine precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap ill-defined, pale yellow at first, deepen- 

 ing to a pink. 



Kays.— 240 to 250 to the inch, pale, l-70th inch 

 deep, very inconspicuous on quarter. Pores.- 

 Distinct, 5,500, single and radially -eptate (2-4), 



up as dark 



tions. Soft tissue. 



show 



groove! on longitudinal ^'c- 



— Absent. < General. — A pale 



pink open-grained wood ; solution colourless, 

 blue precipitate; cuts easily. 



