ECONOMIC FORESTRY, 495 
country, contain hundreds of species of timber trees, suitable for 
almost every purpose, growing together in a mixed virgin forest. 
The kinds most used in the colony are—for building, “ green- 
heart,” “mora,” and “ wallaba;” and for furniture, “ crabwood.” 
These timbers are almost imperishable, resisting damp and vermin, 
and can be readily brought to market. Among the chief sorts 
determined are— 
Aspidosperma excelsum. ‘* Wheel-tree,” ‘‘ Paddle-wood,” ‘‘ Yarooro” ? 
Apocynacee. ) 
Anacardium rhinocarpus. ‘‘ Hooboodie,” ‘* Wild Cashew.” Not durable. 
Fruit and bark medicinal. (Anacardiacee.) 
Brosimum Aubletii, Poep. (= Paratinera guianensis, Aubl.). ‘‘ Buro-koro.” 
‘*Letter-wood,” ‘*Leopard” or ‘‘Snake-wood.” (Artocarpacee.) Specific 
gravity, 1°333. 
*Carapa guianensis, Aubl. ‘‘ Caraba,” ‘‘Crabwood.” Bark used in tan- 
ning ; seeds yield crab oil. (JMeliacew.) 
‘Caryocar tomentosum, DC. ‘* Souari” or ‘ Pekea,” ‘* Butter-nut.” 
(Rhizobolacee.) Specific gravity, 932. 
Coumarouna odorata, Aubl. (= Dipteryr). ‘‘ Cuamara,” ‘‘ Tonkin bean.” 
Cogs, etc. Hard, durable ; oil from seeds. (Leguminose.) 
Copaifera pubifiora and C. bracteata, Benth. ‘‘ Kooroobovilli,” ‘‘ Purple 
heart.” Handsome furniture wood. (Legumvinose.) 
*Eperua falcata, Aubl. ‘‘Wallaba.” Dark red. Or £. rubiginosa, Miq. 
(Casalpiniee.) Bark febrifuge. 
*Hymenea Courbaril, L. ‘‘Simiri,” ‘‘ Locust.” (Leguminose.) Yields 
**Gum animi ” or ‘‘ Locust gum.” 
Humiria floribunda, Mart. ‘*Tawaronero,” ‘‘ Bastard bullet-tree.” Good 
dark brown furniture wood. (Humiriacee.) 
Tcica altissima, Aub]. ‘‘ Kurana,” ‘‘ Cedar.” Very valuable. (Burseracee.) 
Izora triflorwm, Benth. and Hook. fil. (=Siderodendron). ‘‘ Hackia.” 
Good dark brown furniture wood, equal to ‘‘lignum-vite.” (Rubiacee.) 
Lecythis grandiflora, Aubl. ‘* Wadadura,” ‘‘ Monkey-pot.” Fine oil from 
edible nuts. (Myrtacec.) 
L. Ollaria, L. ‘* Kakaralli.” Takes a polish. 
Macherium, sp. ‘‘Itikiboura-Balli.” Inlaying, ete.; very heavy. 
(Leguminose. ) 
Maclura tinctoria, Don. “ Fustic.” Inlaying and dyeing. (Urticacee.) 
*Mimusops globosa, Gaertn. ‘‘ Bullet tree,” ‘‘ Buruch,” ‘‘ Balata” gum. 
(Sapotacee) (=Sapota Mulleri, Miq.). Oil from seeds. 
*Mora excelsa, Benth. ‘‘ Mora.” Furniture, ship-building; bark in 
tanning, and medicinal. (Leguminose.) Sp. gr.=1°029. 
*Nectandra Rodicwi, Schomb. ‘‘ Bibiru,” ‘‘ Sipiri,” ‘‘Greenheart.” Bark 
yields Bebeerine, febrifuge, and tonic. Sp. gr., 1°210. (Lawracee.) 
N. sp. ‘‘ Waibaima,” ‘‘ Ciroua-Balli.” More valuable than NV. Rodiai. 
N. sp. ‘‘ Lallifer,” ‘* Ciroua-Balli.” 
Omphalobium Lamberti, DC. ‘* Hiawa-Balli,” ‘‘Zebra-wood.” Hand- 
some furniture wood. (Connaracee.) 
