Description of the Woods in the Collection. 9 



Pith.( ?) 



Radial Section. The Pores appear as fine grooves and occasion- 

 ally contain clear red beads. The Rays appear as small flakes 

 that are prominent when moist or polished. The Rings are not 

 indicated. 



Tangential Section similar to the Radial, but the Rays do not 

 need the lens, being readily visible when moist; about 1 m/m. 

 high. 



Type Specimens. Authenticated by Bell, No. 8/2664; Berk- 

 Jhout, No. 2634. 



9. ORMOSIA COCCINEA. JACKS. 



Nat. Ord.j LEGUMINOS^E. 

 Synonyms, ROBINIA COCCINEA. AUBL. 



Alternative Names. " Barrakarra " (2); "Petit Panacoco de 

 Cayenne; Petit Panacoco, in French Guiana " (1) ; " Apoetoe " ( ?) 



Salient Features. A light-reddish wood, lined and flecked with 

 white. Of medium weight and lustrous surface. 



Physical Characters. Weight (so far .recorded), 44 J Ibs. per 

 cubic ft. ; floats high in the water when seasoned. Hardness, 

 Grade 3, very hard. Smell or taste 0. 



Colour of Heartwood light red, with a milky appearance caused 

 by the abundant soft tissue (see this). Darkens a little on 

 exposure to the air. Colour of the Sapwood, reddish-white, well 

 defined from the Heartwood ; width about 1 \ ins. Surface lus- 

 trous ; not cold to the touch. 



Bark. About J in. thick, rather smooth (indented and rather 

 warty) ; hard and woody within, crumbling externally. Outside 

 of the log below bark, striated. 



Uses, Qualities, etc. " Scantlings, railway-sleepers and wood- 

 paving, readily procurable in logs up to 60 ft. in length to square 

 16-18 ins." (2). "A valuable wood" (38). Saws easily. Fis- 

 sile, takes nails badly. Planes badly and moderately hard. Turns 

 moderately hard and indifferently. Polishes passably. The speci- 

 men was worm-eaten and had apparently been attacked by ants. 

 A handsome wood which might compete with inferior qualities 

 t)f Mahogany. Sometimes confused with Bourracourra, No. 60, on 

 ^account of the similarity of the name, also with Barracarra 

 (Erythrina corallodendron) of Brazil (7). 



Authorities. 1. Aublett, p. 773. 2. Bell, p. 3. 6'. Coudreau. 

 ISa. Lindley. 12. Hawtayne, p. 387. 38. Wiesner, p. 87. 

 7. DaGama. 



ANATOMICAL CHARACTERS. 



Transverse Section. Mottled. 



Pores. Visible with the naked eye on account of their size 

 -and their broad borders of soft tissue ; large, not diminishing dur 

 ing season's growth; little variation; nearly all single, a few 



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