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GUASIMILLA — Trema micranthum (L.) Blume. 



Dry woods, rare. Diameters 2 to 3 feet. Wood white. 



GUAYABA — Psidium Guava Radd. Guava. (Not the Guava of 

 Porto Rico. Inga vera.) . 



Ubiquitous, up to the crest, rare. Small tree. Wood yellowish 

 white, fine smelling. Used for posts. 



GUAYACAN — Guaiacum officinale L. Lignum Vitae. 



Dry woods, rare. Diameters 4 to 5 feet. Wood dark brown. 

 Use well known. 



GUAYACAN NEJO— 



Dry woods, rare. Diameters 2 to 3 feet. Wood like the fore- 

 going, brownish black. 



GUELLA — Crescentia Cujete L. Calabash. 



Ubiquitous, frequent. Small tree to 30 feet. Wood tough. 

 Used for railroad ties. 



GUESIJO — Celtis trinervia LaM. . 



Small tree. 



JUBABAN — {Trichilla spondioides Sw. ?) 



Ubiquitous, rare. Diameters 3 to 4 feet. Wood soft, white. 



JABONCILLO — Melicocca bijuga L. 



Dry woods. Diameters 2 feet, height to 150 feet. Wood yel- 

 lowish. Used for furniture. 



JAGUA, see YAGUA. 



JAGUEY (Jave or Avey) — Ficus spec.} 



Ubiquitous, up to the crest, frequent. Parasite. Diameters 

 up to 4 feet. Wood white, soft. 



JATIA— 



Ubiquitous, frequent. Diameters up to 4 feet. Wood whitish- 

 yellow, hard. For piles in seawater. 



JELECHO— (Jilatio?) 



Large tree in the pineries. 



JIQUI — Lysiloma Sabicu Benth. Sabicu of the Bahamas. 



Ubiquitous, frequent. Diameters up to 4 feet. W^ood browner 

 and harder than Sabicu. Railroad ties, furniture. 



