Description of the Woods in the Collection. 09 



ANATOMICAL CHARACTERS. 



Those of Calophyllum. 



Transverse Section. Rather darker in shade than the other 

 sections. 



Pores. Readily visible with the naked eye on account of their 

 tree-like or branching arrangement; not diminishing towards the 

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

 evenly -distributed in straggling lines in a more or less Radial 

 direction (actually in disconnected groups or strings of Pores). 



Bays. Visible with powerful lens only; extremely fine, uni- 

 form, regular, much less than the width of a Pore apart, lightly 

 avoiding them . 



Eings. Boundary (?) a fine line of light-coloured Soft Tissue, 

 concentric but irregularly bent and broken; contour irregular. 



Soft Tissue of definite arrangement; type of Calophyllum. 

 See under "Rings" above. Also encircling or sheathing the 

 Pores, and connecting them into the straggling lines. 



Pith.( ?) 



Radial Section. The Pores are rather fine, darker coloured 

 lines, cross-grained, i.e., of oblique course, so that at some parts of 

 the surface they are cut across, and at others they run parallel with 

 the surface of the wood. The Rays are very fine, just perceptible 

 flakes. The Rings are difficult to trace. 



Tangential Section as the Radial, but the Rays need the micro- 

 scope, being minute, and are about '2 m/m. high. 



Type' Specimens. Authenticated by Bell, No. 57/2713. 



58.^-SPECIMEN MISSING. 



If it be Icica altissima as reported by Bell (2) it will be the 

 same as No. 69, which sse. 



59. NOT IDENTIFIED. 



Native Name, " LANABALLI " (2). Not LANA (0), 



Salient Features. A soft, light wood of a brownish or oatmeal 

 colour. 



Physical Characters. Weight (so far recorded), 38 J Ibs. per 

 <;ubic ft. Specimen was unsound. Hardness, Grade 1 7, soft; com- 

 pare Pine. Taste or smell 0. 



Colour of Heartwood " whitey-brown " (2)* Darkens but little 

 on exposure to the air. Apparently a Sapwood tree. Surface 

 lustrous. 



Bark. |-J in. thick, nearly smooth; brown; full of long white 

 bodies. Surface of log beneath Bark striated. 



Uses, Qualities, etc. "Used for making paddles, boat-oars. Is 

 readily procurable in small sizes " (2). Saws very easily. Fissile, 

 takes nails badly ; planes and turns easily but indifferently ; not 

 suitable for polishing. The conditions of the test piece were bad. 

 Of no export value. 



Authorities. 0. Rev. J. Aiken, MS. and collection. 2. Bell, p. 7. 



