THE TIMBERS OF COMMERCE 



8-13 per mm., but apparently one to each row of cells : snort : 

 taper : slightly undulating. 



Rings. Very indistinct, just traceable with microscope : 

 beautifully uniform : scarcely any contrast between the inner 

 and outer side of the ring : contour undulating. 



Ground-tissue. Spongy and coarse : extremely uniform in the 

 size of the cells, but some variation one row with another : cells 

 in regular radial rows with little reduction in size outwards : no 

 resin cells. 



Pith. ? 



Rays. In radial section scarcely perceptible through lack of 

 contrast, yet evident in certain lights. Rings almost impercep- 

 tible. Ground-tissue lustrous, frosted and brilliantly crystalline 

 when viewed under the lens. 



Type specimens authenticated by the Forest Officer to the 

 Government of Natal : also from a log sent to the Colonial and 

 Indian Exhibition. 



No. 224. COMMON YELLOW-WOOD. Podocarpus 



elongata. Herit. 

 PLATE XVI. FIG. 140. 



Natural Order. Coniferae. 



The P. elongata, E. Mey, is the P. Meyeriana, Endl. The 

 specific name is frequently spelt " elongatus." 



Source of Supply. South Africa. 



Alternative Names. Outeniqua : South African Yellow- 

 wood : African Podocarpus. White Yellow-wood and Geelhout 

 in Natal (19). Bastard Yellow-wood : Umkoba in Cape Colony 

 (12). 



Physical Characters, etc. Recorded dry-weight 34-45 Ibs. per 

 cu. ft. Hardness Grade 8, compare White Pine (P. Strobus). 

 Smell or taste none. Burns well with a quiet, lively flame and 

 rather pleasant smell. Solution colourless. 



Grain. Extremely fine and even. Surface satiny : warm to 

 the touch. 



Bark. Hard, about -J inch thick : brown, smooth, not fis- 

 sured nor fibrous but wrinkled : of one layer only. 



Uses, etc. " Beams, planks, 3-7 ft. wide " (19). Works of 

 construction generally. Saws exceptionally easy. 



Authorities. Kew Cat. Conif. (58), p. 23. Nordlinger (86), 

 vol. iv. p. 7. Laslett (60), p. 385. Cape Land Almanack (19). 

 Boulger (12). 



Colour. Brownish-white. 



Anatomical Characters. As thos? of P. Thunbergii, No. 223. 

 Rings sometimes clear : at others very indistinct, and just 



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