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OCUJE — Calophyllum Calaha Jacq. ? 



Moist woods, rarC;, larger number above 2500 feet. Diameters 

 3 to 4 feet (32-inch seen). Wood white to reddish brown. 

 Furniture, etc. Price, $l60. 



PINION DE COSTA— Erythrina corallodendron L. ? 



Dry woods, rare. Diameters 2 to 3 feet. Wood hard, light 

 black, similar to Jiqui and Lignum Vitae. 



PINO — Pinus occidentalis Sw. 



On dry, craggy peaks over 1800 feet. Diameters 3 feet. 

 Height 130 feet. Pitdry, yellow-pine wood. First time col- 

 lected in Cuba. 



PURIO — Bocagea laurifolia. Benth & Hook. ? 



Moist woods, rare. Inditator of coffee lands. Small tree. 



QUIEBRA-HACHA— Copai/era hymenaefolia. R. ? 



Ubiquitous, frequent. Diameters up to 4 feet; fluted bole. 

 Wood white, hard as name implies. Specially for piles; stands 

 sea water. 



RASPA — LENGUA — Casearia hirsuta. Sw. ? 



Dry woods, rare. Small tree. Wood hard, lark, like Lignum 

 Vitae. 



RETAMA — Senecio plumbeus. Griseb. ? 



Only on high Maestra. Specimen seen 2 feet by 100 feet. 



ROBLE BLANCO— recoTOfl jjentaphylla. D. C. 



Ubiquitous, frequent, 9th in frequency. Diameters up to 4 

 and 5 feet. Wood hard yellowish. Wagon work, etc. Price, 

 $40 to $80. Ox yokes, $1 a billet. 



SABICU — Pithecolobium arhoreum (L) Urb. 



Ubiquitous, frequent, 7th in frequency. Diameters 5 to 7 feet. 

 Wood fine brown, resembling mahogany, more wavy open grain, 

 longer curly pithrays. Furniture and wagon hubs. Price, $50 

 to $200 for wide planks. Hub billets, 18 to 10 in. by 3 feet, 

 $3 to $4. 



SABICU MORURO — Peltophorum adnatum. Griseb. 



Ubiquitous, frequent. Sizes smaller than Sabicu. Wood said 

 to be of finer grade than preceding, otherwise same. Like the 

 preceding. Tan bark. 



