Description of the Woods in the Collection. 5 



Pores. Readily visible with the naked eye, conspicuous from 

 their light colour; large; little variation. Mostly single; a few 

 pairs. Evenly distributed. Some contain a white deposit. 



Rays. Just visible with the naked eye. Red. Apparently 

 of two kinds, the smaller being of microscopic size ; irregularly 

 spaced; undulating, but not avoiding the Pores. 



Rings. Not defined; an occasional dense zone; contour regular. 



Soft Tissue of no definite arrangement; sheathing the Pores. 



Pith. (?) 



Radial Section. The Pores appear as fine, inconspicuous, shin- 

 ing scratches ; the Rays (when moist or polished) as bold, con- 

 spicuous, red patches. Rings not indicated. 



Tangential Section as the Radial, but plainer; the Rays do 

 not need the lens, being prominent when moistened. They are 

 about 3.m/m. high and very coarse-celled. 



Type Specimens. Authenticated by Bell No. 4/2669. Imp. 

 Inst. (from the Col. & Ind. Ex.), No. 0370. 



5. NOT IDENTIFIED. 



Nat. Orel., SAPOTACE.E. 

 Alternative names, " ASSAPOOKOO " (2). " ASSAPAKA " (12). 



Salient Features. A yellowish-brown, very hard, fine-grained 

 compact wood of uniform colour. 



Physical Characters. Weight (so far recorded), 64 Ibs. per 

 cubic ft. Hardness, Grade 4, hard; compare Hornbeam. Smell 

 when dry (a little when being worked). Taste 0. " Reputed 

 highly poisonous " (la). Heartwood not defined from Sapwood, 

 apparently a Sapwood tree. The specimen is from a tree but 

 9 ins. in diameter; do larger trees develop a darker heart? 

 Darkens a little on exposure to the air. Surface bright to lustrous. 

 Bark. About r V in. thick, fibrous, flaking off in thin scales. 

 Surface of log beneath Bark, striated. 



Uses, Qualities, etc. " Readily procurable up to 30 ft., squar- 

 ing 8-9 ins. house-framing" (2). Very hard to saw. Fissile, 

 takes nails badly. Planes easily and well. Turns hard and in- 

 differently well. Finishes moderately well. A piomising wood, 

 but not likely to compete with the cheaper woods of equal quality 

 already on the European market. 



Authorities. -2. Bell, p. 3. la. Bates. 12. Hawtayne, p. 387. 

 17. Laslett, p. 452. 



ANATOMICAL CHARACTERS. 

 Similar to those of Mimusops, No. 12, and other Sapotaceous 



woods (27a, PI. X., fig. 83). 



Tranverse Section. Similar in shade to the other sections. 

 Pores. Visible to the naked eye to good sight; small; not 

 diminishing towards the close of the season's growth : little varia- 

 tion ; round. Evenly distributed in short radial groups of 

 Pores; not sub-divided. 



