Description of the Woods in the Collection. 91 



Bark. About in. thick; brown; of three layers, the inner- 

 most stringy; the middle hard and brown, and the outer of 

 readily-detachable scales that fall off, exposing the brown inner 

 layer in bright spots. 



Uses, Qualities, etc. "Superior to Greenheart " (21). Firm; 

 saws somewhat hard. Fissile, takes nails badly; planes easily but 

 badly, being cross-grained in parts; turns moderately easily and 

 well; polishes well. 



Authorities. 4a. Boulger, p. 425. 21. McTurk. 

 ANATOMICAL CHAEACTEES. 



The same as those of Yellow Cirouaballi, No. 18, and No. 89, 

 Frontispiece, but the Pores in Transverse Section, though visible to 

 the unaided eye, are not very clear,, and are mostly single. 



Type Specimens. Authenticated by Bell, No. 89/2745. No. 

 0231, described in 27a., p. 181, though a Nectandra, is a different 

 wood to the present species. 



90. LECYTHIS SP., near L. LACUNOSA. MIEES. 



(It is not L. grandiflora as often reported.) 



Nat. Ord., MYETACE^E. 



Alternative Names. " Wadaduri " (20); " Guy as de 

 Macaco" (A. R. Wallace, "Travels on the Amazon," p. 34); 

 " Canari-Macaca, Pao Macaco" (21); " Sapucaia, Marmites de 

 Singe iiT Brazil ' ' (90) . Some of these names appear to be applied 

 to more than one species of Lecythis. 



Salient Features. A dense, smooth, hard, heavy wood, of an 

 uniform light or orange-red colour; cold to the touch, but less 

 so than Kakeralli, No. 45. 



Physical Characters. Weight (so far recorded), 53J-74 Ibs. 

 per cubic ft. Hardness, Grade 2, extremely hard ; compare Box- 

 wood or Greenheart. Taste or smell faint, if any. Heartwood 

 clearly denned from Sapwood ; surface lustrous ; darkens some- 

 what on exposure to the air. Sapwood, lighter and whiter; width 

 about J in. 



Bark. J-f in. thick; very rough and rugged; deeply fissured 

 vertically; scaling in thick, tough, laminated flakes, which may 

 be separated into bast-like strips. The laminae are clearly marked 

 off in section (lens). Inner layer soft and bast-like. Surface of 

 log beneath bark finely striated. 



Uses, Qualities, etc. "Turnery, furniture and barrel staves" 

 (20). Polishes almost naturally as it leaves the tool. The shav- 

 ings are sticky when compressed in the hand and retain the form 

 of the palm ; planes badly and hard ; hard to saw. Fissile, takes 

 nails badly; turns hard but well. Very strong; transverse re- 

 sistance great; it should find a market on this account for spokes 

 and like articles. " May be met with in logs up to 28 sq. ins., 

 free of Sapwood. The tree sometimes attains a height oi) 100 ft." 

 <20). 



