Description of the Woods in the Collection. 4 1 



Uses, Qualities, etc. " Procurable (not readily), squaring up 

 to 10 ins. by 45 ft. in length" (2). Fissile, takes nails badly. 

 rlanes and turns hard but well. Polishes well. Should be use- 

 ful for purposes similar to those for which Bullet- wood is used. 

 (See No. 12.) Sometimes confused with Bullet-wood, on account. 

 of similarity of colour and of structure. 

 Authority. 2. Bell, p. 6. 



ANATOMICAL CHARACTERS. 



Those of Bullet-wood, No. 12, with the following variations. 

 Compare this. 



Transverse Section. Similar in shade to the other sections. 



Pores. Contrast well with the ground, being much lighter; 

 very plainly visible as branching lines, but not so bold as in 

 No. 68. 



Rays: About the width of a Pore apart, rather firm, not 

 avoiding the Pores. 



Sings. Well denned; boundary (?) see Soft Tissue; contour 

 regular. 



Soft Tissue the same as in all Sapotaceous woods. 



Eadial Section. The Pores have little or no red gum. The 

 Rings are not indicated, but the concentric lines of Soft Tissue 

 appear as regular, fine, parallel, continuous lines (like " machine- 

 ruling "). 



Type Specimens. Authenticated by Bell, No. 40/2696. 



41. NOT IDENTIFIED. 



Nat. Ord., LEGUMINOS.E. Native Name, " INEERI-BALLI " (2). 



Salient Features. A light, rather soft, light reddish-brown,. 

 lustrous, coarse-grained wood. 



Physical Characters. Weight not recorded. Specimen was too- 

 unsound to rely upon. Other details, also, should be read in the 

 light of this. Hardness, Grade 7, soft; compare Pine. Smell. 

 little, if any. Taste faint, like Pine. 



Colour of Heartwood as above, light and dark in bands;: 

 darkens but little on exposure to the air. Surface lustrous in 

 patches. Sapwood not defined from Heart, but passing gradually 

 into it ; colour as of oatmeal ; width about 3| ins. 



Bark. J-J in. thick, reddish; fibrous within, smooth exter- 

 nally with a granular layer between. Surface of log beneath 

 Bark, smooth. 



Uses, Qualities, etc. "Plentiful logs up to 40 ft., squaring 

 7-9 ins. house-framing unusually lasting " (2). Saws easily; 

 takes nails fairly well ; planes and turns easily but badly. Unsuit- 

 able for polishing. Of no export value. 



Authority. 2. Bell, p. 6. 



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