Description of the Woods in the Collection. 77 



Rings. Ill-defined; boundary a fine line or zone of denser 

 wood, but not by any means clear enough to enable one to count 

 the number per inch ; contour regular. 



Soft Tissue of definite arrangement; in excessively fine concen- 

 tric bars connecting the Rays and making a ladder-like net-work 

 with them (microscope needed). 



Radial Section. Similar in appearance to Spruce or White 

 Pine. The Pores are fine scratches; few; empty. The Rays are 

 just visible, narrow, semi-transparent flakes, which are more 

 visible when moistened. The Rings are not indicated. 



Tangential Section as the Radial, but the Rays need the 

 microscope, being minute and about '5 m/m. high. 



Type Specimens. Authenticated by Bell, No. 75/2731. 



76. NOT IDENTIFIED. 



Native Name, " SEEBADANNI " (2). 



Salient Features. A yellow wood of medium weight and hard- 

 ness. Pores conspicuous on a transverse section. 



Physical Characters. Weight (so far recorded), 52J Ibs. per 

 cubic ft. Hardness, Grade 4, hard; compare Yew. Smell 0. 

 Taste rather astringent. 



Colour of Heartwood, yellow to brown, banded light and dark; 

 well defined from the Sapwood; darkens a little on exposure to- 

 the air; surface, lustrous, frosted. Sapwood, oatmeal colour; 

 width, f-lj ins. 



Bark. J-J in. thick, woody, rather fibrous within; full of hard, 

 white bodies ;" brown, wrinkled or lightly fissured externally. Sur- 

 face of log under Bark, smooth or striated. 



Uses, Qualities, etc. " Often sold as Greenheart and used in 

 the same way. Is readily procurable in logs up to 40-50 ft. in 

 length, squaring 10-14 inches " (2). " Used for framing purposes- 

 (house-building), and can be had in large quantities " (20). Firm; 

 sawsrather"easily. Fissile, takes nails badly ; planes easily and well; 

 turns moderately easily but badly ; polishes indifferently. A much 

 inferior wood to Greenheart, and would scarcely be expected to- 

 compete with that wood upon the European market. 



Authorities. -2. Bell, p. 9. 12. Hawtayne, p. 384. 20. 

 McTurk, p. 4. 



ANATOMICAL CHARACTERS. 



Transverse Section. Nearly as light in colour as the other 

 sections, but dull. 



Pores. Visible with the naked eye, prominent, large : yellow ; 

 not diminishing towards the close of the season's growth : little 

 variation; rather irregularly distributed; apparently crowded; 

 filled with yellow (or in the darker bands red) gum. 



