Description of the Woods in the Collection. 61 



Smell 0. Taste faint, insipid. Heartwood sharply denned from 

 Sapwood ; surface lustrous ; darkens considerably on exposure to the 

 air. Sapwood brownish-yellow, like Boxwood; width from 

 3J-6 ins. 



Bark.(1) " Blueish " (21). 



Uses, Qualities, etc. Walking sticks, inlaying, bows, Tunbridge 

 ware, etc. An extremely beautiful wood which takes a superb 

 finish, but it is already rare, and is becoming more so. Procurable 

 in small pieces only. Very hard to saw; too hard for nails; planes 

 hard and is very variable; turns hard and badly when light- 

 coloured and stripy; polishes well. Well-known and appreciated in 

 Europe. Never confused with any other wood except on account 

 of the similarity of one of the native names with Barracarra, 

 Angica, False Letterwood, No. 87, etc. 



Authorities. 1. Aublett. 2. Bell, p. 7. 4. Boulger. 5. 

 Cat., Col., Fr., p. 27. 6. Coudreau. 7. DaGama. 9. Dalton, 

 p. 211. 12. Hawtayne, p. 387. 13. Royle, p. 106. 10 

 Devenish, p. 423. 16. Icones Lignorum, PL IV., No. 2. 17. 

 Laslett, p. 450. 20. McTurk, No. 57. 21. Miers. 270. Stone, 

 p. 203. PL XIII., fig. 112. 28. Wiesner, p. 905. 20c. Martin- 

 Lavigne, p. 51. 



ANATOMICAL CHARACTERS. 



Transverse Section. Much darker than the other sections. 



Pores. Rather prominent; little variation; sub-divided in 

 groups of from 2-13 Pores; not very numerous, from 10-17 per 

 square m/m.; filled with ruby or dark resin or "curious thick- 

 walled Thyloses" (28). 



Rays. Visible with the lens; fine; uniform; equi-distant ; 

 lightly avoiding the Pores; brown. 



Rings. Doubtful; boundary a zone richer or poorer in Pores 

 here and there. 



Soft Tissue. Encircling the Pores and extending laterally into 

 wings; width of wings equal to that of the Rays. 



Pith.( ?) 



Radial Section. This is the section showing the markings from 

 which some of the popular names are derived. Pores incon- 

 spicuous, though large, being lost amongst the black markings; 

 usually filled with dark resin. The Rays are fine, narrow, brown 

 flakes; lustrous; abundant at times and obscuring the black zones 

 in patches, thus causing the characteristic markings.. The Rings 

 are not indicated, but the dark or black pigment zones are very 

 prominent. 



Tangential Section as the Radial, but the effect caused by the 

 Rays is, of course, absent; the latter appear as minute, incon- 

 spicuous lines about '5 m/m. high. 



Type Specimens. Authenticated by Bell, No. 60/2716. Imp. 

 Inst., No. 0420, and others from commercial sources. The species 

 has not been identified by means of the leaves (there were no fruits), 



