Description of the Woods in the Collection. 1& 



cannot be called an ornamental wood, and is of doubtful value for 

 export. Sometimes confused with other Cirouaballis (Nectandras) . 

 Authorities. 2. Bell, p. 4. 3a. Berkhout, p. 6. 4a, Boulger, 

 p. 424. 12. Hawtayne, p. 387. 17. Laslett, p. 451. 20. McTurk, 

 No. 60. 27a. Stone, p. 177. 



ANATOMICAL CHAKACTERS. 

 As those of other species of Nectandra. Fig. 89, Frontispiece. 



Transverse Section. Much darker than the other sections. 



Pores. Clear, scarcely prominent, rather coarse, little varia- 

 tion; evenly distributed, but with a slight tendency to form loose, 

 straggling, oblique lines. Some single, mostly sub-divided in com- 

 pact groups of 4-5 Pores; few 9-15 per square m/m.; glistening at 

 times. 



Bays. Need lens, fine, uniform, almost equi-dista.nt, slightly 

 less than the width of a large Pore apart, and slightly avoiding 

 them; many 7-9 per m/m. 



Rings. Very regular bands of light and shade, corresponding 

 with certain zones of pores when they form straggling lines, but 

 nothing of the nature of a true boundary line; contour regular. 



Soft Tissue of no definite arrangement; very little; narrowly 

 encircling the Pores, and a few lines of single cells here and there. 



Pith ( ?) 



Radial Section. Much lighter in shade than the transverse, 

 brilliant; a greenish tinge occasionally. Pores rather prominent, 

 coarse, colourless, chambered grooves, containing drops of resin 

 or gum, which look like silver beads under the lens. Rays visible 

 in certain lights; very inconspicuous flakes. Rings vague or rarely 

 indicated. 



Tangential Section. As the Radial, but a little darker. Rays 

 minute, on the limit of vision; about '5 m/m. high. 



Type Specimens. Authenticated by Bell, No. 18/2674. Imp. 

 Inst., No. 0233. Berkhout, Nos. 2623, 2627. 



19. NOT IDENTIFIED. 



Nat. Ord.< MELJACE.E according to AIKEN. 



Alternative Names." Dalli " (2); " Dali; Dari " (3c) ; " Voi- 

 rouchi; Virola; Jeajeamadou; Dayapa " (1); Vayamadou de 

 montagne " (20). Not the " Jeamadou " described by Martin - 

 Lavigne (20c) under the name of Virola surinamensis. Warb. 



Salient Features. A coarse, soft, light, lustrous wood of an 

 uniform reddish grey or dirty white colour. 



Physical Characters. Weight (so far recorded), 29 Ibs. per 

 cubic ft. Hardness, Grade 7, soft; compare Pine. Smell 0. 

 Taste flat. Heartwood, if any, scarcely defined from the Sapwood ; 

 surface brilliant on a cleft section. Colour ' ' blanchatre " (1)~ 

 This is probably a Sapwood tree, 

 fc. (?). 



