161 



Remarks. — Used for cases by the sawmill here; 

 worthy of a better use. 



Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, white; a 



easily splits 



No. 60C 



fwt 



Le 



feet over all; buttressed to 3 ft. 6 in. 



Compound, alternate. 



Kachis, 11 inches, 

 swollen at base, bearing 4 to 6 pairs of alter- 

 nate and sub-opposite leaflets, the terminal pair 



Petiole, ^ inch, swollen; blade, 

 to 6 inches by 2 4 to 2^ inches; lanceolate, 



are opposite. 

 4 



acuminate, glabrous, thin. 



Lark. 



red 



cleanly and leaving bark smooth to slightly 

 scrolled; inner bark red, streaked with white; 

 solution pink, cloudy blue precipitate. 



Wood. — White, deepening to light pink; axea 



easily, but does not split, being interlocked. 



do not show 



Kavs. 



on 



-2S0, disitnct, pale, sinuous, 

 longitudinal sections. Pores. 



1,500, dis- 

 tinct, radially septate (2), reddish grooves on 



quarter. Soft tissue. — Conspicuous, 80 to 150 



thicker than ravs. sinuous. General.— 



lines, 



A soft, open, easily cut woolly timber; solution 

 colourless, no precipitate; 32 lb. to cubic foot. 



Locality. — Yalu. 



Date.— December, 1923. 



Native name. — JNTarunkuf (Yalu). 



Material collected. — Leaves, bark, wood. 



No. 604 



A large tree, 7^ feet in girth, a boh 1 of 60 feet, and 



80 feet over all; wide buttresses extending to 

 15 feet up. 



Leaves. — Compound, alternate; rachis 2 to '1 ft. 6 

 in., bearing 7 pairs of opposite leaflets and a 

 terminal one. Leaflets — Petiole, '\ inch ; blade, 

 5 to 12 inches x 2 to 3[ inches; acuminate, 

 glabrous, thin. 



Flowers. — Axillary panicles of white flowers. 



Bark. — 3-16th inch thick, brown and grey, scaly, 



shedding in irregularly circular plates leaving 



bark below a light brown; inner bark white, 

 streaked with faint yellow; exudes latex. Solu- 

 tion colourless, pale blue precipitate. 



Wood. — Sap undefined, pale near bark, but deepen- 

 ing rapidly to a pink or red. 

 Pays. — 170. Pores. — Conspicuous , 1,200 to 3,600, 



in thickly and evenly sown bands, single and 

 radially septate (2-4, but more usually 2). 



Soft tissue. General. — A soft, woolly, pink 

 wood; cuts soft. Solution pale pink, blue pre- 

 cipitate. 



Locality. — Yalu. 



Date. — December, 1923. 



Native names. — Timbong (Yalu), Quonzong 

 (Sattleberg). 



Material collected. — Flowers, wood, bark. 



No. 605 



A large tree, 12 feet in girth, with a hole of 80 feet, 

 and attaining 1 10 feet over all. Pronuounced 

 buttresses which extend in heavy grooves up the 

 bole to the crown. 



Leaves. — Simple, alternate; petiole, \ inch.; blade, 



4.1 to 71 inches by li to 3 inches, or even o'j 

 inches; usually lanceolate, more or less hastate 

 leaf bracts at base of young leaves soon fall off. 



Bark. — Grey to yellow-brown, scaly, on edge of 



buttresses ridged; inner hark white; used for 



constructing temporary houses^ and hunting 



hilts: solution colourless, no precipitate. 



better on the 1 back than on the quarter. 



Kays. — 130, pale, sinuous around pores; Up to 



l-40th inch deep; show up as bands on quarter. 

 Pores. — 600 to 1,000, in bands of very thinly and 



more thickly sown tissue; single and radially 

 septate (2-3, rarely 3). General. — A white wood, 

 showing little grain; cuts soft; solution colour- 

 less, no precipitate. 



Locality. — Yalu. 



December, 192 



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o. 



Date. 



Native name. — A mint (Yalu). 



Material collected. — Leaves, wood, hark, and dry 

 seed vessels. 



No. 615 



A large tree, 9 feet in girth, 90-ft. hole, and 120 

 feet over all; not buttressed, but grooved at the 

 butt. 



Leaves. — Compound, alternate, in false whorls at 

 end of branches; rachis 17 inches, bearing 5 



pairs of opposite leaflets, but no terminal one; 



. petiole, s inch; blade, 3 to 8 inches x U to 3 

 inches; lanceolate, glabrous, thin, oblique, 

 reaches further down one side of the petiole 1 than 



the other. 



Bark. — f inch thick, grey, pustular, otherwise 

 smooth; inner bark speckled white and yellow; 

 solution a little discoloured, no precipitate. 



undefined, pah 1 yellow; axes easily, 



Wood. — Sap 

 splits easily; smells of linseed oil. 



Kays. — Conspicuous, 100, straight, or only very 

 slightly kinked around pores, show as shining 

 hands on quarter; l-20th inch deep, conspicuous. 

 Pores. — 1,000, conspicuous, single 1 and radially 

 septate (2-5), often septum is diagonal; show 

 as < la l'ker grooves on longitudinal section. Gene- 

 ral. — A white wood, showing some grain on the 

 quarter; soft to cut, splits very easily. Solutioi 

 colourless, no precipitate. 



Locality. — Yalu. 

 Date— December, 1923. 



Native name. — Kuwi (Yalu). 



Material collected. — Leaves, wood, bark* 



i 



Xo. 616 



A large tree, 10 feet in girth, !)0 feet of bole, and 

 115 feet over all; buttresses well developed, 10 



feet high. 



Leaves. — Simple, opposite; petiole, | to \ inch; 

 blade, 4 to 8 inches x 1^ to 2 inches; lanceolate, 

 acuminate, glabrous, thin ; the axilla of most of 

 the veins is pitted. 



Bark. — | inch thick, yellow, brown, scaly; the 

 scales adhere partially in an untidy manner; 

 inner bark red; exudes gum from inner layer; 

 solution faint yellow, no precipitate. 



Wood. — -Sap 2j inches, yellow, heart a good 

 brown; axes easily, splits well. Rays. — Clear, 



1 pores, pale; l-40th inch 



deep, conspicuous red-hrown hands on the 



quarter. Pores. — Conspicuous, 1,800 to 3,r>o0, 



in thickly and thinly sown hands, single and 

 radially, or diagonally <cptate (2, more rarely 

 8), show li]) as brown grooves on longitudinal 

 sections. (Jeneral. A brown, open, bin straight- 

 grained wood; solution colourless, no precipitate. 



Locality. — Yalu. 



t25j sinuous arouiu 



I >ate. — I December, L923, 



Native name. — Tizo ( Yaln). 



Material collected, — Leaves, wood, hark. 



