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mensions. Large, fine planks are ob- 

 tained from it. The wood, which re- 

 sembles Spanish cedar, is also used for 

 making cigar boxes, turned articles, 

 images, and furniture. It is becoming 

 so depleted that it is used now only for 

 boxes for the very best cigars. 



Cumuru, known also as Tonga bean, 

 Gaiac, Cuamara, and Tonquin bean, 

 Dipterix odorata Aubl. (Order Legu- 

 minosco.) Tree, thirty to forty feet 

 high, and about three feet in diameter. 

 Wood, dark brown, with a greenish- 

 yellow coloring matter in the pores ; 

 very heavy, hard, rough, and exceed- 

 ingly cross-grained. It is durable and 

 employed for purposes requiring 

 strength and stiffness. Used for build- 

 ing purposes and, in the form of veneer, 

 for cabinet work. 



Cumary or Cuyumary, Aydendron 

 cnjumary Nees. (Order Laiiracece.) 

 Tree, tall. Wood, brown, light in 

 weight, rather soft, not very durable, 

 and easily worked. Used for building, 

 naval construction, and cabinet work. 



Gitahy, Hymencea sp. (Order Le gu- 

 mmosa:.) Tree, tall. Wood, yellowish, 

 fine grained, beautiful, very tough and 

 firm. Used for building, wheel-felloes, 

 cabinet work and parquetry. 



Grama ruiva, Machccrium hrasiliense 

 Vog. (Order Leguminosce.) Tree, me- 

 dium height. Wood, dark, sometimes 

 tinged with red ; compact, heavy, and 

 resembles the wood of some species of 

 Jacaranda. It has a very fine and even 

 grain, rendering it very desirable for 

 ornamental cabinet work, especially 

 pianoforte cases, turnery, and inlaid 

 work. 



Guarabu, Peltogyne guarubu Fr., and 

 Guarabu amarello or Pao Roxo, Pel- 

 togyne confertiHora Bth. (Order Le- 

 guminosce.) Tree, tall. Wood, dark 

 purple, hard, heavy, and fine grained. 

 Used for building, naval construction, 

 and cabinet work. The wood imported 

 into the United States imder the name 

 of Amaranth is obtained from a spe- 

 cies of this genus. 



Guarabu preto, Astronium concin- 

 num Schott. (Order Anacardiacea:.) 

 Tree, tall. Wood, dark brown, very 

 hard, heavy, close and fine grained, tak- 



ing a beautiful polish. Used for build- 

 ing, naval construction, and cabinet 

 work. 



Guarajubeira, Termirmlia acuminata 

 Mart. (Order CombretacecB.) Tree, 

 average size. Wood, light brown, very 

 hard, heavy, and very close grained. 

 Used for cabinet work. 



Jacaranda preto, Mach<Erium legale 

 Benth. (Order Leguminosce.) Tree, 

 seventy to eighty feet high, and two to 

 three feet in diameter. Wood, usually 

 with dark reddish tinge ; one of the 

 most compact and hardest woods known 

 and much in demand for building, cabi- 

 net work, inlaid work, and turned ar- 

 ticles. This name is applied to sev- 

 eral entirely different woods, chief of 

 which is Dalbcrgia nigra Allem., a tree 

 belonging to the same section of legu- 

 minous plants. Jacaranda is a general 

 term that applies to the following spe- 

 cies : Machccrimn Urmum Benth., M. 

 legale Benth., and M. incorruptible Al- 

 lem., which are all large, useful trees. 

 On account of this confusion of names, 

 the wood of these trees is often palmed 

 off on the market for the true rose- 

 wood of British Guiana. One other 

 species of this genus from British 

 Guiana is M. schomburgkii Benth., and 

 produces the beautiful mottled wood 

 called Itaka, Itiki, or Tiger wood, used 

 extensively for furniture. 



Jacare-catinga, Myrica leucadendron 

 D. C. (Order Myricacece.) Tree, 

 rather small. Wood, grayish-brown, 

 hard, heavy, and easily worked. Used 

 for building and cabinet work. 



Jacariuba. Calophyllum brasiliense 

 Camb. (Order Guftifercu.) Tree, ninety 

 to 120 feet high, and trunk sometimes 

 nine feet in diameter. Wood, usually 

 reddish brown, soft, rather light, fine 

 grained, and taking a good polish. Used 

 for building, naval construction, and 

 cabinet work. 



Louro abacate or aquacate, Persea 

 gratissima Gaertn. (Order Lauracece.) 

 Tree, tall. Wood, dark brown or red- 

 dish, very handsome, resembling ma- 

 hogany, moderately hard, heavy, and 

 easily worked. Used for building, naval 



