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Haematoxylon campechianum, Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753), p. 384. 
A small tree 15-20 ft. high; stem straight in young trees, at 
times ultimately becoming gnarled or twisted. ‘Leaves pinnate 
with 4 or sometimes 5 pairs of leaflets, obcordate, glabrous, 
green. Inflorescence a lax axillary raceme; flowers small, 
petals 5, yellow. Pod membranous, flat, lanceolate, 14-2 in, 
long, 1-2 seeded. 
Palo del Campeche, Palo del Brasil, of Tabasco, Mexicot; 
Logwood, Campeachy wood, Poachwood,t Jamaica wood, Blue- 
wood, Blackwood. 
There are specimens in the Kew Herbarium from the following 
places: Jamaica, Trinidad, Tobago, New Providence, Bahama 
Islands, Mauritius, Dominica, St. Lucia, Porto Rico, Martinique, 
Cuba, St. Dominique, Guadeloupe, Rodriguez, Madagascar, Gold 
Coast, Calcutta. 
the original home of the plant being Campeachy, ucatan and 
British Honduras. In Southern Nigeria it is well established at 
Oloke Meji, and in Old Calabar a tree planted about 1892 was 
bearing seeds in 1897. 
The principal commercial sources are Campeachy, Yucatan, 
British Honduras, Mexico, Haiti, St. Domingo, Jamaica, etc. 
In the Republic of Honduras it is reported§ that Logwood ecan- 
not be found there in commercial quantities. 
Of all the countries into which Logwood ‘has been introduced 
it is probable that Jamaica is the most important commercial 
duced ripe seeds.”? In 1876 it was calculated that the tree 
occupied at least 200 square miles of the island.{ It appears to 
have been introduced to New Providence about 1722. Catesby* 
mentions that ‘‘in the year 1725 I saw three of these trees in 
the island of Providence which were raised from seeds brought 
p. 66. 
tt Report of the Development Board o the Bahamas, 3lst March, 1916: 
West India Comm. Cire. July 27th, 1916, p. 286. 
