Description of the Woods in the Collection. 51 



varieties of this tree, distinguishable by the size of their leaves; 

 useful for house-framing " (20). Very hard to saw. Fissile, takes 

 nails badly; planes and turns hard and badly; polishes indiffer- 

 ently. Of doubtful value for export, but may be useful where 

 Jiardness is an important point. (Specimen was shattered, but I 

 believe that good samples will be found to have great resistance 

 to transverse strain.) Sometimes confused with Kakeralli, No. 45. 

 It is difficult to distinguish them when hand specimens of the wood 

 only, are present. 



Authorities. 2. Bell, p. 7. 12. Hawtayne, p. 385. 17. Las- 

 iett, p. 452. 20. McTurk, p. 4. 



ANATOMICAL CHARACTERS. 



Resembling those of Kakeralli and other species of Lecythis 

 <cf. Stone 27a., PL IX., fig. 73). The following differences may be 

 constant : 



Transverse Section. Darker in shade than the other sections. 



Pores. Visible with the unaided eye, prominent; considerable 

 variation in no particular order; mostly single, a few pairs and 

 threes; groups larger than three rare, if any. 



Rays. Scarcely avoid the Pores. 



Soft Tissue of definite arrangement; type of Lecythis, but 

 altogether lacking in the exquisite regularity of that genus ; uneven 

 in spacing, in size and in contour ; yet roughly crenate, undulating 

 in short! waves, like scallops. 



Pith.( ?) 



Radial Section. The Pores are almost prominent, empty 

 grooves. 



Tangential Section as the Radial, but the Rays need the 

 microscope, and will then show the red drops of gum, and also the 

 remarkably large cells of the Rays. 



Type Specimens. Authenticated by Bell, No. 49/2705. 



50. NECTANDRA SP. 



Nat. Ord., LATJRINE.E. 



By comparison with Berkhout's specimen of " Pisi," I think 

 that this species is near N. Pisi. Not the wood described by 

 Martin-Lavigne (20c), p. 66, as N. Pisi. 



Alternative Names." Keritee, Kretty " (2); " Kretti, Bastard 

 Silverballi " (9) ; " Kerati, Bucksnaff ". (J. A.). 



Physical Characters. Weight (so far recorded), 27-32 Ibs. per 

 cubic ft. Hardness, Grade 5, rather hard; compare Ash, Elm. 

 Smell and taste resembling those of cigar box Cedar. 



Salient Features. A brown, moderately coarse-grained, 

 lustrous wood; not cold to the touch. Sapwood greyish-white, 

 gradually merging into the darker Heartwood; width 1 to 5 ins.. 

 (See note.) Darkens considerably on exposure to the air. 



Bark. J-J in. thick, resembling that of Sycamore, but some- 

 times reddish in colour. Of three layers, the innermost dark, the 



