Description of the Woods in the Collection. 39 



the Sap wood. From both of these the present species may bo 

 distinguished with *ase by a glance at the Transverse Section 

 Authority. -2. Bell, p. 6. 



ANATOMICAL CHARACTERS. 



Transverse Section. A little lighter in shade than the other 

 sections. 



Pores. Just visible with the naked eye from their slightly 

 lighter colour and masses; small, not diminishing towards the 

 close of the season's growth, little variation even in the groups; 

 a few single, mostly in linear, radial groups of 2-8 or more Pores. 

 Evenly distributed, few and widely scattered. In the solid wood, 

 under the lens, the groups look like short, light-coloured lines (or 

 rows of holes). 



Rays. Visible with the lens, very fine yet clear; uniform, 

 regular, precisely the width of a Pore apart, but sometimes lightly 

 avoiding them, yet for the most part, parallel with them, the 

 groups of Pores lying between the Rays as though in channels. 



Eings. Only apparently defined; boundary doubtful. There 

 are narrow zones of varying depth of colour, but nothing certain 

 <jan be made out with the lens; contour regular. 



Soft Tissue of definite arrangement. Exceedingly fine, short 

 bars between Ray and Ray. 



Pith.( ?) 



Radial Section. The Pores are rather fine scratches, which, 

 when magnified, are seen to be frequently in pairs, threes, etc., 

 and to be divided up into very fine chambers. The Rays are just 

 visible. The Rings are not indicated, but the Soft Tissue appears 

 as a series of exceedingly fine lines (microscope). This section 

 under insufficient magnification, simulates the Transverse, because 

 the small-chambered Pores between the lines of Soft Tissue look 

 like Pores between the Rays. 



Tangential Section as the Radial, without the lines of Soft 

 Tissue. It appears in patches, and is really more abundant though 

 not easily seen. The Pores are always solitary. 



Type Specimens. Authenticated by Bell, No. 38/2694. 



NOTE. The leaves resemble those of one or two species of 

 .Anona, but the fruits accompanying them suggest Laurineae. 



39. NOT IDENTIFIED. 



Native Name, *' HYARI-BALLI " (2). 

 FRONTISPIECE No. 39. 



Salient Features. A light, soft wood of an uniform nut-brown 

 ^colour having a very narrow Sap wood. 



Physical Characters. Weight (so far recorded), 47 J Ibs. per 

 cubic ft. Hardness, Grade 6, firm; compare Oak. Smell or 

 0. 



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