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wood darker tinged with red. Jood moderately hard, heavy, 

 fairly strong and orittle, straight and fine grained, taking 

 a good polish. Annual rings of growth visible only under 

 high pov/er microscope. 



{ Pores; ( transverse section) very numerous, small (about 

 .10 mm. in diameter) , radially elong-ated, open, and arranged 

 1^ chiefly in radial rows. Vessel walls (long itiidinal section) 

 with numerous, small, bordered pits. Perforations scalariform, 

 sometimes 15 bars, ;;ood fibers about 2.395 mm. long, with 

 very thiol: v/alls and very small lumina , and numerous small, 

 bordered ijits. Wood parenchyma considerably developed and 

 arranged chiefly in short, irregular, tangential rows of one 

 cell v/ide, also bordering vessels and pith rays, ilays nume- 

 rous, wide, very conspicuous under the hand lens, from 1 to 

 6 cells wide and from 8 to 15 times as high.^' .^ 



distribution, common names and uses 



This tree is found in several of the Caribbean Islands, 

 and on the Isthiaus of Panama, where it grovvs ooth in the 

 cool forest of the Atlantic ccast and on the putskirta on 

 the low savannas of the Pacific slope. ^At Ilombre do Dios,' 

 it is known under -che name cf Ilangle mata-pescado and the 

 mashed bark is used to stupefy fish and so make its capture 

 easy. Around Panama City, the same species is called 

 Llanglillo and its flov/ers are much sought for on account 

 of their delightful fragrance.) The v/ood is a good timber, 

 hard and lasting, but its dimensions are reduced and the supply 

 of it is short. 



The Hog-Gum Tree 



Symphonia globulifera . Linn. fil. Suppl. 302. 1731. 



Description of the tree 

 A tree up to 45 meters high and 1,20 m. in diameter, 



