Description of the Woods in the Collection. 33 



ANATOMICAL CHARACTERS. 



Transverse Section. Darker in shade than the other sections. 



Pores. Visible with the unaided eye as a whole, especially in 



^ Sapwood; small, not diminishing towards the close of the sea- 

 son's growth; little variation except in the groups. Evenly dis- 

 tributed and widely spread; few; mostly single, but a few groupt 

 of as many as nine radially or tangentially sub-divided Pores, 

 also. 



Bays. Just visible with the unaided eye ; more so when, 

 moistened. Red, fine, uniform, irregular, rather more than th 

 width of a Pore apart; weak but not avoiding the Pores. 



Rings. Apparently defined ; boundary (?) a zone of denser 

 wood with fewer Pores, at intervals; contour regular; average 

 13 per inch of radius in my specimens. 



Soft Tissue of no definite arrangement. 



Pith. (?) 



Radial Section. The Pores, when magnified, appear as fine, 

 shining scratches. The Rays are like a fine shading or dotting; 

 very narrow flakes ; much more conspicuous in the Sap wood. The 

 Rings are not indicated. 



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

 the microscope, being minute and about '25 m/m. high. 



Type Specimens. Authenticated by Bell, No. 32/2688. 



33.-CONNARUS GUIANENSIS. LAMB, (probably). 

 Nat. Ord., CONNARACE>E. 



Synonyms, OMPHALOBIUM LAMBERTII, D.C. CONNARUS 

 AFRICANUS, LAM. 



Alternative Names. " Hiawao-balli " (2); "Zebra-wood, 

 Hiawa-balli (?)" (4) ; " Palmalatto " (17 a). 



Salient Features. A hard, heavy, compact, fine-grained wood 

 of an uniform mahogany colour and cold to the touch. 



Physical Characters. Weight (so far recorded), 62J-66J Ibs. 

 per cubic ft. Hardness, Grade 4, hard. Smell 0. Taste spicy 

 (not strong). Heartwood resembles light-coloured Mahogany. 

 " Reddish-brown " (17). Darkens very much on exposure to the 

 air, becoming a richer colour. Well, but not sharply, defined from 

 the Sapwood. Surface bright. Sapwood oatmeal colour, 1J-1J 

 ins. wide. 



Bark. About J in. thick. Sloughs off in dark, brittle, 

 squarish flakes, which are very sharply marked off in section. 

 Surface of log beneath Bark, wrinkled and striated. 



Uses, Qualities, etc. " 60 ft., squaring up to 16 ins. Scat- 

 tered and scarce. Is used for making furniture " (2). "Of 

 great beauty has a sticky gum similar to Houbooballi " 



