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which give the deals, firs, pines, larches, hemlocks, spruces, cypresses, 

 &c. Among the oo other important genera are Acacia (blackvvood), Acer 

 (maple), Adenanthera, Afzelia, Ailanthus, Albizzia (siris), Andira, 

 Arctostaphylos (manzanita), Artocarpus (jak), Baphia (camwood), 

 Barringtonia, Bassia, Berry a (Trincomali wood), Betula (birch), 

 Bombax, Brosimum, Brya(cocus, Jamaica ebony), Bucklandia, Bitxits 

 (box), Cabralea, Caesalpinia (Brazil-wood, sappan), Calophylliim, 

 Caraipa, Carya (hickory), Caryocai; Castanea (chestnut), Casuarina 

 (ironwood, beefwood), Calalpa, Cecropia, Cedrela (cedar, toon) , Celtis, 

 Cercis, Chickrassia (Indian red wood), Chloroxylon (satinwood), 

 Copaifera, Cornus, Cory/us, Crataegus (hawthorn), Cupania, Cur- 

 tisia (assegai wood), Dalbergia(ros&NOQ&,8tc.),Dimorfihandra (mora), 

 Diospyros (ebony, &c.), Dipterocarpaceae, Duguetia (lancewood), 

 Ebenaceae, Eperua (wallaba), Erica (bruyere, briar), Erythrina (kaffir- 

 boom), Eucalyptus (gum, karri, jarrah. &c.), Enonymus (spindle- 

 wood), Fagara (W.I. satin), Fagus (beech), Feronia, Ficus, Flin- 

 dersia, Fraxinns (ash), Garcinia, Gleditschia, Gmelina, Grevillea 

 (silky oak), Guaiacum (lignum vitae), Haematoxylon (logwood), Heri- 

 tiera, Herminiera, Hymtnaea, Ilex (ho\\j) t jacaranda,fuglans (wal- 

 nut), KKaya (Afr. mahogany), Lagerstrocmia, Laurelia, Lattrus, 

 Leguminosae, Liquidambar (satin walnut), Liriodendron (white wood), 

 Lophira (Afr. oak), Maba, Machaerium, Madura (bowwood), Me- 

 laleuca, Mclanoxylon, Melia, Mesua, Metrosideros (rata), Michelia, 

 Mimusohs, Murraya, Myoporum, Nectandra (greenheart), Nyssa, 

 Ochroma (corkwood), Ocotea (stinkwood), Olea (olive, N.Z. maire), 

 Oldfieldia (Afr. oak), Ostrya (leverwood), Palmae (several, such as 

 Borassits, Cocos, &c. give useful small timber), Pappea, Perieopsis, 

 Peumits, Pittosporum, Planera, Platanus (plane), Populus (poplar), 

 Pterocarpus (padouk, red sanders), Quassia, Quercus (oak), Robinia 

 (locus'), Royena (zwartbast), Salix (willow), Santalum (sandal wood), 

 Schleichera (Ceylon oak), Shorea (sal), Sophora, Stenocarpus (beef- 

 wood), Swartzia. (beefwood), Swietenia (mahogany), Tectona (teak), 

 Terminalta, Tilia (lime, basswood), Tristania (brushbox), Ulmus 

 (elm), Vatica, Xylia, Zelkova, Zizyphus (cogwood), and many more. 

 It should be noted that the common name of a timber is no proof of 

 its botanical origin. New timbers brought upon the market must be 

 given familiar names, and Swietenia as a source of mahogany, for 

 example, has been almost superseded by Khaya. For details see 

 Stone's Timbers of Commerce, and Gamble's Indian timbers, and 

 manuals of forestry. 



Timeroyea Montr. (Pisonia p.p. EP.}. Nyctaginaceae. i New Caled. 



Timonius Rumph. Rubiaceae (n. i). 30 Indomal. 



Timothy grass, Phleum pratense L. 



Tina Roem. et Schult. (Ratonia Bff.). Sapindaceae (i). 8 Madag. 



Tinantia Scheidw. Commelinaceae. 3 trop. Am., W.I. 



Tinctorius (Lat.), used for dyeing. 



Tinguarra Parl. Umbelliferae (in. 2). 3 Medit. 



Tiniaria Reichb. (Polygonnm p.p.). Polygonaceae (in. i). 3 N. Am. 



Tinnea Kotschy et Peyr. Labiatae (i). 10 trop. Afr. 



Tinnia Nor. Inc. sed. Nomen. 



Tinomiscium fliers. Menispermaceae. 5 trop. As. 



