96 The Timbers of British Guiana. 



93. NOT IDENTIFIED. 



Native Name, " WARANANA " (2). 



Salient Features. " A yellow, close -grained, heavy hard- 

 wood " (2). 



Physical Characters. Weight (so far recorded), 57J Ibs. per 

 cubic ft. Hardness, Grade 3, very hard. Smell or taste little, 

 if any. 



Colour of Heartwood as above, sometimes a slight greenish tinge ; 

 surface bright; darkens little, if at all, on exposure to the air. 

 Perhaps a Sapwood tree. 



Bark (?). Surface of log beneath bark, finely striated. 



Uses, Qualities, etc. " Used by Indians for house framing 

 small sizes but tall " (2). Fissile, takes nails badly; planes and 

 turns moderately easily but badly; polishes badly. The wood 

 resembles an inferior quality of Greenheart, but its export value 

 will depend solely upon its reputation, concerning which there is 

 little on record. Sometimes confused with Warananaballi, No. 

 94, on account of the similarity of the names. 



Authority. 2. Bell, p. 10. 



ANATOMICAL CHARACTERS. 



Similar to those of some Nectandras, compare Greenheart, 

 No. 29 (cf.. Stone 27 a., PL XI., fig. 99), from which it differs as 

 follows : 



Transverse Section. Similar in shade to the other sections. 



Pores. Readily visible with the naked eye; conspicuous; 

 white. 



Rays. Also readily visible; the width of a Pore or more 

 apart. 



Rings. Sometimes defined; boundary (?) a denser zone of 

 wood; contour regular. 



Tangential Section. The Pores are very inconspicuous. The- 

 Rays are semi-transparent flakes, visible by reflection. 



Type Specimens. Authenticated by Bell, No. 93/2749. 



94. GRIAS SP. (not G. Aublettiana). 



Nat. Ord., MYRTACE.E. 

 Native Name, "WARANANABALLI" (2). 



Salient Features. A light, soft wood of an uniform reddish 

 to dirty brown colour. 



Physical Characters. Weight (so far recorded), 44 Ibs. per 

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

 Taste, cedar-like; very faint. Heartwood not defined from Sap- 

 wood which merges into it ; the latter is rather lighter and redder. 

 Surface lus'trous. 



Bark. About J in. thick; smooth and skinny outside; bright 

 red and fibrous inside. Surface of log beneath bark, finely 

 etriated. 



