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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



ting, and has closed pores. Used for 

 cabinet and inlaid work. A beautiful 

 red coloring matter is extracted from 

 the wood. 



Balsamo or Catholico, Myrospermum 

 sp. (Order Lcguminosce.) Tree, dark 

 brown, resembling mahogany, very 

 hard, heavy, and very close grained. 

 Used for ornamental objects, cabinet 

 •work, turnery, and parquetry. One of 

 the species of Myrospermum yields the 

 Balsam of Peru. 



Barbatimao, Stryphnodendron har- 

 batimam Mart. (Order Leguminosce.) 

 Tree, small, rare, but occurs in all the 

 provinces situated north of the Rio de 

 Janiero. Wood, grayish brown, mod- 

 erately hard, very durable and beauti- 

 ful. Used for cabinet work and turnery. 

 6". guianense Benth., native to the Gui- 

 anas, yields the Hoobooballi wood, also 

 suitable for cabinet work. 



Bicuhyba, or Bicoiba, Myristica 

 bicuhyba Schott. (Order Myristicacece.) 

 Tree,' tall. Wood, light brown, with 

 darker streaks, moderately hard, tough, 

 rather light in weight, and very durable. 

 This wood remotely resembles ma- 

 hogany. Used for coffins, building, and 

 cabinet work. 



Brazil-wood or Brazilletto, Ccesalpina 

 brasiliensis Sw. (Order Leguminosce.) 

 Tree, average size. Wood, light red, 

 very hard, heavy, and close grained. It 

 contains bright red coloring matter, 

 which is often extracted for commercial 

 purposes. Used for violin bows and 

 for small articles of furniture, turnery, 

 and parquetry. The available supply of 

 this wood is now almost exhausted, 

 and consequently it is high priced. 



Brazil, Ccesalpina echinata Laur. (Or- 

 der Leguminosae.) Tree, forty to fifty 

 feet high, and from one to two feet in 

 oiameter. Wood, well known for its 

 use in making dyes ; also used for inlaid 

 work and for making small articles of 

 furniture. It is now becoming very 

 rare. Other dye woods are now being 

 substituted, and the remaining trees are 

 often cut down for use as fence posts 

 and other purposes requiring strength 

 and durability. It is also known as 

 Peach wood, Lima, Nicaraqua, and 

 Pernambuco wood. In British Guiana 



it is called Bresil de St. Martha. The 

 wood of this species is inferior to 

 Brazil-wood, CcEsalpina brasiliensis Sw. 

 Cabui vinhatico, Enterolobium, lates- 

 censM^iVt. (Order Legumittosce.) Tree, 

 from sixty to eighty feet high, and from 

 two to four feet in diameter. Wood, 

 light brown, soft, with large open pores 

 and not strong. Used for building, 

 naval construction, and cabinet work. 

 The wood is very durable and light in 

 weight, and therefore very valuable for 

 making small boats. 



Cajueiro bravo. Curat ella americana 

 Linn. (Order Dilleniaccce.) Tree, or- 

 dinary dimensions. Wood, hard, mod- 

 erately heavy, and usually curly, which 

 renders it very desirable for cabinet 

 work. It is also used for general con- 

 struction purposes. The rough leaves 

 of this tree are used extensively for pol- 

 ishing. 



Cumussin, Carapa grandifolia Mart. 

 (Order Meliacece.) Tree, sixty to sev- 

 enty feet high, and one to three feet in 

 diameter. Wood, reddish brown, with 

 lighter colored veins, moderately heavy, 

 hard, and straight grained, resembling 

 mahogany. Used for building and naval 

 construction, and especially suitable for 

 cabinet work. 



Candeia, Lychnophora ericoides Mart. 

 (Order Composites.) Tree, usually 

 small. Wood, white, rather hard, close 

 and straight grained, taking a beauti- 

 ful polish. Used for cabinet work and 

 turnery. 



Carnaiiba, known also as the Wax 

 palm of Brazil, Copernicia cerifera 

 Mart. (Order Palmcv.) Palm noted 

 for the uses made of it. Besides the 

 w^ood, used in cabinet work and eboniz- 

 ing, it furnishes gum used for wax, oil, 

 vinegar, salts (still little known), and 

 starch. The wax yielded by this tree 

 is used on graphophone cylinders. The 

 fibers are used for making cords, nets, 

 and baskets. 



Cedro, Cedrela nssilis Veil. (Order 

 MeliacecE.) Beautiful tree of remark- 

 able size; the trunk is sometimes ten 

 feet or more in diameter. Found in all 

 the provinces north of the Rio de 

 Janeiro and especially in the valley of 

 the Amazon, where it attains great di- 



