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axils of the leaves; uf^iially tetramerovis, sometiraes 3, 5 or 

 6-meroas; jjedicels 4 to 6 oiiii, long.i.ube scent; calyx turbi- 

 nate, ijubescent, about 4 ran. long, lobalate; jjetals lanceo- 

 late, about 3 :xn, long, yellov/ish or ^air^lish white, ei;bQr- 

 nating -vith the calyx lobes; stamens 7 to 12, included or 

 exserted; ovary globose, stijjitate, 2-celled, each cell 

 ^luri-ovalate , ^'ruit a ijink:ish white berry, about 4 mn. in 

 diameter, surrounded at the base by the persistent calyx.) 



Jescrijjtion of the wood 



Sax^wood li£-ht cream colored or nearly .vhite; heartwcod 

 light yellovi/ turning slightly darker or reddish upon ex^^c- 

 sure to light and air. ',7ood moderately soft, light in 

 weight, not strong though tough, very fine and straight- 

 grained, susceptible of a ^ood polish. Annual rings of 

 growth visible only unj^er the high power microscope. 



Pores HTansveraa.aac-tieiT)' numerous, small (.03 ram. in 

 diameter), round when isolated and radially flattened when in 

 grou^js, open aoth in sa^^wood and heartv/ood, and generally 

 arranged in groups of from two to four. Vessel vjalls fl^a— 

 gltudlnai section) v;ith numerous small, round bordered pits. 

 i:'erf orations sim^^le. .vood fibers about 1.22 mm. long- v/ith 

 moderately thin walls and comj.yaratively large luraina , and 

 small simple slit-liice pits. Jood-parenchyma fibers nit 

 abundant, usually surrounding vessels and almost always only 

 two cells long. Pith rays very numerous and inconspicuous 

 under the hand lens. They are usually one cell wide, rarely 

 two, and from 15 to 25 cells high. 



Distribution, common names and uses 



The idenaria is ^principally a 3oath American tropical 

 plant, reaching from the Canal ^one even as far as Argentina. 

 In Gentx'al ^imerica, it is re^jorted from Caxaca Clexico) out 

 not from the countries southward. It is known in Colombia 

 as chaparral , in Veneauela as guaya b ito , and the vk od is of 

 little , if any use , 



