. BEECH 



5-6 pe 

 portior 





. 



Tangential Section. A 



red lines, rather broad 1 



Type specimens authc-n 



nent regularly un- 



ring zon- 

 patches iml^edding the pores not 



; ct gafi 

 red or dark 



gin. 

 .dial, but 



-5 mm. : 



No. 128. CAPE BEECH. Myrsine melanophleos. 



R. Br. 



s 1 



PAysca/ Charactt, 

 cu. it. Hardness G: 

 taste none. Burns v 

 Solution with water \ 



Grain. Very fine, 

 is the brightest portio 



Bark. -f inch : 

 from the Ian 

 bark shows the im 

 PI. XIX. Fig. 165. . 



/SS, etc. " Wago; 

 ity, resemblii .' 

 well and stands v. 

 torities. > 

 Almanac (19). L 

 Zealand Hone 



Colour. B' 



Anatomi^, 



Pores. Rea-j 



the rays and 



per mm. le hi size. 



Rav 



X. FIG. 82. 



>ut. 



. Natal. 



'ecorded dry-w- 

 compare Horn 

 quietly: embers glow 

 >ood. 



fing di 



otherwise smot 

 the rays, w! 





. ton, i xxxlofex< 



but far excelling 

 r crackmg or 



^ne-tree a 



