Description of the Woods in the Collection. $9 



Bark. About T V in. thick, smooth like Beech; red within, 

 fibrous, full of hard, light-coloured bodies; outer layer brittle. 

 Outside of log beneath Bark, smooth or striated. 



Uses, Qualities, etc. " Oars and paddles readily procurable in 

 logs up to 35 ft. in length, squaring 8-10 ins/' (2). " Doors, etc." 

 (20). Fissile, takes nails badly. Works moderately hard, but 

 well, with all tools; polishes indifferently. Of little, if any, export 

 value. 



Authorities. 2. Bell, p. 5. 12. Hawtayne, p. 386. 17. Laslett, 

 p. 452. 20. McTurk, p. 5. 



ANATOMICAL CHARACTERS. 

 These can be seen in the solid wood only when it is kept wetted. 



Transverse Section. Rather lighter in shade than the other 

 sections. 



Pores. Visible with the lens, small, contents usually black; 

 little variation. Scattered, few, evenly distributed and difficult 

 to see in the solid wood. 



Rays. Just visible with the naked' eye to good sight; crowded 

 and very numerous; fine, uniform, regular, about the width of a 

 Pore apart; gently undulating, not avoiding the Pores. 



Rings. Not defined; boundary doubtful; vague zones of vary- 

 ing depth of colour here and there; contour regular. 



Soft Tissue of definite arrangement; type of Lecythis, No. 45. 

 <cf. Stone, 27a, PI. IX., fig. 73), which should be compared. 



Pith.( ?) 



Radial Section. The Pores are fine, inconspicuous scratches; 

 the Rays are very inconspicuous, narrow bars; the Rings are not 

 indicated. 



Tangential Section as the Radial, but the Rays need the lent, 

 being minute. 



Type Specimens. Authenticated by Bell, No. 28/2684. 



29. NECTANDRA RODIOEI. HOOK. 



Nat. Ord. y LAURINE.E. 

 Synonyms, N. RODIER. SCHK. OCOTEA RODIEI. MEZ. 



Alternative Names. ' Bibiru, Black Greenheart" (2); " Geel- 

 heart, in Dutch Guiana; Itauba branca, in the N. Prov., Brazil; 

 Itauba vermelho, in the Amazonas region " (21) ; " Tugue, Tugul " 

 {A.B.K.); " Rora-ek, in the Accawoi dialect'' (22); ( ?) 

 " Mainop " (61). Not the " Groenhart " described by Martin - 

 Lavigne (20c), p. 147. 



Salient Features. A hard, heavy, coarse-grained wood of 

 more or less pronounced green or greenish-brown colour, with pro- 

 minent light-green Pores, which give the wood a " cane-like " (I7tf), 

 appearance in Transverse Section. 



