62 The Timbers of British Guiana. 



but as the wood is so little likely to be mistaken for any other, I 

 feel sure that it is correctly named as above. H.S. 



61._ tfOT IDENTIFIED. 

 Nat. Ord.j SAPOTACE^. Native Name, " MAMOORIBALLI " (2). 



Salient Features. A hard, heavy, dull brownish-red wood, 

 something like Balata wood, No. 12. Close and fine-grained, solid 

 and compact. 



Physical Characters. Weight (so far recorded), 39 Ibs. per 

 cubic ft. Hardness, Grade 2, extremely hard; compare Boxwood. 

 Smell 0. Taste insipid, unpleasant. 



Colour of Heartwood darkens but little on exposure to the air ; 

 not well defined from the Sapwood. Surface dull. Sapwood (?). 

 The whole of the wood is of much the same colour. 



Bark. J-J in. thick, flaking in thin, almost papery scales; 

 brown within. Inner layer of soft, bristly fibres ; the outer, woody. 

 Surface of log beneath bark, finely striated. 



Uses, Qualities, etc. " House framing, and by the Indians for 

 arrow heads grows to a height of 50 ft., but small" (2). 

 " Average height 70 ft., can be had to square 16 ins. The wood is 

 tough and hard, suitable where it will not be exposed to the 

 weather " (20). Rather hard to work. Fissile, takes nails badly; 

 planes moderately hard but well; turns hard and badly; polishes 

 indifferently. Of doubtful export value. 



Authorities. 2. Bell, p. 8. 12. Hawtayne, p. 384. 20. 

 McTurk, p. 3. 



ANATOMICAL CHARACTERS. 



Similar to those of Bullet-wood, No. 12, Hymarikushi, No. 40, 

 see Frontispiece, Morakokuru, No. 68, and Mora-balli, No. 66, 

 with the following differences : 



Transverse Section. Darker than the other sections. 



Pores. Conspicuous, readily visible with the unaided eye, con- 

 trasting strongly with the ground, but less so than in No. 68; con- 

 tents sparkling. 



Radial Section. The Pores have no red contents. 



Type Specimens. Authenticated by Bell, No. 61/2717. 



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Nat. Ord., GUTTIFER^:. Native Name, " MANNI-BALLI " 

 " ANANY " IN BRAZIL, PROV. D'AMAZONAS (2). 



Salient Features. A greenish-brown wood of medium weight. 

 Soft. Transverse Section exhibits a mass of fine, light-coloured, 

 concentric lines. Sapwood dark. 



/V///.V/V,// Characters. Weight (so far recorded), 89J Ibs. per 

 cubic ft. Hardness, Grade 7, soft; compare Pine. Smell or taste 0. 



Colour of Heartwood quite uniform greenish-brown ; darkens 

 somewhat on exposure to the air; sharply defined from the Sap- 

 wood; lustrous in Radial Section. Colour of Sapwood dark grey, 

 much darker than the Heartwood ; width about J in. 



