Description of the Woods in the Collection. 67 



ANATOMICAL CHARACTERS. 



Transverse Section. Darker than the other sections. 



Pores. Very prominent giving the wood a "caney" appear- 

 ance (17a); large; little variation; evenly distributed over the 

 whole section; few, 17-40 per sq. m/m. ; in groups of 1-6 Pores 

 irregularly or radially sub-divided; groups enclosed in patches of 

 soft tissue which may connect two or three of them together ; they 

 occasionally contain gum or a white deposit. 



Rays. Visible with lens, fine, uniform, equi-distant, about 

 the width of a large Pore apart; weak but scarcely avoiding them; 

 numerous, 5-7 per m/m.; of nearly the same colour as the Soft 

 Tissue. 



Rings. Well defined, but hardly prominent; boundary a very 

 fine line of Soft Tissue; contour regular. 



Soft Tissue prominent; abundant in broad patches embedding 

 and connecting the Pores in an oblique or concentrically-waved 

 fashion. Also the fine boundary line. That portion of the Soft 

 Tissue which is near the Heartwood becomes coloured earlier than 

 the woody fibres of the ground. Heartwood well, but not sharply, 

 defined from the Sapwood which is light brown and about 2 ins. 

 wide. Surface of Heartwood clean, scarcely bright. 



Pith.( ?) 



Radial Section. Considerably lighter in shade than the Trans- 

 verse. The Pores are very prominent, light brown when bordered 

 with Soft Tissue or chalky when filled with white matter. The 

 Soft Tissue is readily visible as hoary borders to the Pores, but is 

 scarcely prominent. 



Tangential Section as the Radial, but the conspicuous Pores 

 cause the wood to resemble that of a palm. The Rays need the 

 lens, and are about '5 m/m. high. The Soft Tissue is the chief 

 feature of this section, affording much contrast of colour and occupy- 

 ing at least half of the surface. 



Type Specimens. Authenticated by Bell, No. 65/2721. Berk- 

 hout,' No. 2632. Laslett, Nos. 2313, 2564. 



66. NOT IDENTIFIED. 

 Nat. Ord., SAPOTACE^E. Native Name, " MORA-BALLI " (2). 



Salient Features. A hard, heavy, reddish-brown wood of 

 uniform colour. 



Physical Characters. Weight (so far recorded), 68 J Ibs. per 

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

 Smell or taste 0. Heartwood scarcely defined from the Sapwood, 

 which has perhaps a little less red in it. Darkens but little on 

 exposure to the air. Surface slightly frosted. 



Bark. About J in. thick, nearly smooth, hard, woody outside; 

 fibrous within. Surface of log beneath Bark, smooth. 



