KAKERALLI 



Rings. Apparently clear : boundary ? a zone of poreless 

 wood at intervals : contour undulating in long waves. 



Soft-tissue. Very abundant, occupying half the transverse 

 surface and composing the light-coloured zones of the rings : 

 independent of the pores. 



Pith. ? 



Radial Section. Pores just visible scratches. Rays just 

 visible colourless flakes. Rings fairly definite by means of a 

 slight contrast of light and shade. 



Tangential Section. As the Radial, but the rays need the micro- 

 scope and a transparent section. 



Type specimen authenticated by the Forest Officer to the 

 Government of Natal. This wood displays little similarity to 

 other Myrtaceous woods. 



No. 117. KAKERALLI. Lecythis Ollaria. Linn. 

 Plate IX. Fig. 73. 



Natural Order. Myrtacese. 



Alternative Names. Monkey Pot : Sapucaia-nut (Fowl-nut) : 

 in British Guiana (78) : Sapucaia-pilao in the province of Rio de 

 Janeiro (76). Barklak in Dutch Guiana (12). 



Sources of Supply. Tropical America, chiefly British Guiana. 



Physical Properties, etc. Recorded dry-weight, 61 lbs. per 

 cu. ft. Hardness Grade 2, compare Boxwood. Smell peculiar 

 when worked. Taste none. Burns well with a noisy, short, 

 lively flame without smell : embers glow in still air : extremely 

 little ash. Solution with water or alcohol brown. , v ■> 



Grain. Extremely dense, even and smooth. Surface feels 

 smooth and cold like Ebony : a little lustre due to the ground- 

 tissue. 



Bark. ? " Bast like that of the Lime tree." 



Uses, etc. " House-framing, wharves, sluices. Said to resist 

 teredo and barnacles. More durable in water than Greenheart " 

 (78). Finishes well, not ornamental. 



Authorities. McTurk (78), No. 62. J. Smith (in), p. 368. 

 J. Collins (24). Miers (76). 



Easily confused with L. grandiflora No. 118, from which it 

 is indistinguishable from a description of the structure. The 

 chief points of difference are the colour of the wood and of the 

 solution. 



Colour. Uniform deep-brown : reddish or greyish-brown 

 heart-wood not sharply defined from the light-brown sap-wood. 



Anatomical Characters. Transverse section : — 



Por&s^ Prominent, size 2-3, little variation except within the 

 groups : evenly distributed in irregular subdivided groups of 



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