Description of the Woods in the Collection. 13 



considerable value. Sometimes confused with Bastard Bullet- 

 wood, No. 86, and with Barataballi, No. 8, on account of similar- 

 ity in the local names, colour and other physical properties. 



Authorities. 1. Aublett, p. 308. 2. Bell, p. 4. 5. Cat. 

 Col., Fr., pp. 26, 148. 5a. Charpentier, p. 156. 7. DaGama. 

 10. Devenish. 20. McTurk, p. 4. Martin-Lavigne (20c), p. 141. 

 27a. Stone, p. 148, PL X., fig. 83. 28. Wiesner, p. 879. 



ANATOMICAL CHARACTERS. 



Similar to Hymarikushi, No. 40; Mamooriballi, No. 61; Mora- 

 balli, No. 66; Morakokuru, No. 68, and nearly all Sapotaceous 

 woods. Cf. frontispiece No. 40. 



Transverse Section. Much darker in shade than the other 

 sections. 



Pores. Prominent on account of their masses; little varia- 

 tion. Irregularly distributed in a tree-like pattern, appearing like- 

 long strings. The true groups are radially disposed, of two to 

 seventeen Pores, compactly arranged; 20-35 per sq. m/m. They 

 contrast but little with the ground except when filled with a white 

 substance. 



Rays. Visible with the lens, small; uniform; regular, rather 

 less than the width of a Pore apart; very numerous, 10-15 per 

 m/m. ; weak but otherwise straight. 



Rings. Doubtfully defined; boundary (if any), the lines of 

 soft tissue. These, however, appear too much interrupted and 

 irregular. 



Soft Tissue of definite arrangement; type of most woods of the 

 same order, in concentric, undulating, irregular, interrupted, 

 brown lines about the thickness of the Rays ; often mere angles or 

 scraps. Also sheathing the Pores', in which case its colour is 

 lighter than that of the concentric lines. 



Pith.( ?) 



Radial Section. Uniform in colour. The Pores are small but 

 readily visible as hoary (not black) scratches with red contents. 

 The Rays are minute, obscure, shining flakes of the same colour 

 as the ground. The Rings are not indicated. 



Tangential Section as the Radial, but the Pores are apparently 

 sinuous. The Rays need the microscope, being minute, and are 

 only visible in the solid wood, after moistening; they then appear 

 as brown lines of one row of cells, about O'l m/m. high. 



Type Specimens. Authenticated by Bell, No. 12/2668; Las- 

 lett No. 2311; Imp. Inst., No. 0157; Berkhout, No. 2624. This, 

 last has larger Pores and is doubtfully of this species. 



13. NECTANDRA CUSPID AT A. NEES AND MART. 



Nat. Ord. t LAURINEJE. 

 Synonym, OCOTEA CUSPIDATA. MART. 



Alternative jVames." Burada, Buradeah " (2), "Bastard 

 Cirouaballi " (2) 



