NEW ZEALAND HONEYSUCKLE 



for fire-wood only" (59). "Useful for furniture work" (61). 

 " A tree 60-70 ft. high by 1-2 ft. in diameter, . . . wood com- 

 pact, suitable for furniture but not durable in exposed situa- 

 tions" (57). Saws and planes very easily but the surface of the 

 wood tends to " pick up " in scales. 



Authorities. Laslett (60), p. 311. Kew Guide (57), p. 78. 

 Collinson (24). Kirk (59). 



Colour. White or dirty-white. A sap-wood tree. 



Anatomical Characters. Transverse section :^ 



Pores. Need lens, size 3-4, uniform : thinly and evenly 

 distributed : very few, 7-20 per sq. mm. : mostly single but 

 many subdivided pairs, rarely threes. 



Rays. Need lens. In appearance of two sizes, tapering to 

 fine ends, size 5-6 : many " middles " 3-5 per mm. or together 

 with " ends " 5-16 per mm : straight not avoiding the pores. 



Rings. Clear not prominent : boundary a fine zone of darker 

 wood accompanied by a finer and lighter-coloured line probably 

 of soft- tissue. 



Soft-tissue. Encircling the pores with a narrow, white border, 

 and probatly also the boundary line. 



Pith. ? 



Radial Section. Pores, fine scratches. Rays, narrow, dirty 

 brown lines, readily visible but not prominent. Ring- boundaries 

 not very easily located. 



Tangential Section. As the Radial, but the rays appear to be 

 of two sizes if not of two kinds : pigmented. The rings appear 

 as vague loops and lines. 



Type specimen authenticated by the Forest Officer to the 

 Government of New Zealand. 



No. 161. NEW ZEALAND HONEYSUCKLE. 

 Knightia excelsa. R. Br. 



PLATE XVIII. FIG. 159. 



Natural Order. Proteaceze. 



Alternate Name. Rewa-Rewa. The Honeysuckle, White 

 or Coast Honeysuckle of Queensland, New South Wales and 

 Victoria is a different tree (Banksia integrifolia. Linn, or Banksia 

 marginata. Cav.). The wood mentioned by Laslett is probably 

 one of these two. 



Source of Supply. New Zealand only. 



Physical Characters, etc. Dry-weight 46^-50^ Ibs per cu. ft. 

 Hardness Grade 4, compare Maple. Smell or taste none Burns 

 well, ignites readily, no aroma : embers glow in still air. Solution 

 brownish. 



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