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of Pato on the Caribbean coast east of Colon, being known 

 there by the very unappropriate name of calabazuelo * The 

 wood is considered as a good timber and is used for rafters 

 and other small pieces in house-building. 



The western Bone-wood 



garamea occidentalis fl.) A. Rich., Men. 3oc. Hist. Mat, 



Paris 5: 176. 1834. 



Description o f the tree 



A small tree up to 6 m. high, the trxrnk straight, covered 

 with a gray, smooth bark, the branches opposite, horizontal, 

 forming a pyramidate or elongate crown; branchlets trichoto- 

 mous, with a glabrous, green bark. [Leaves opposite, coria- 

 ceous, entirely glabrous, the petioles broadly canaliculate, 

 7 to IE mm. long, the blades ovate-elliptic to el_i^tic- 

 laneeolate, cuneate at the oase, obtusely acuminate, 8 to 20 

 cm. long, i^ to 6 cm. broad, minutely reticulate, the costa 

 and veins ^rominulous on both faces; stipules short, broad 

 and rounded, but ending In a poi&ted awn up to 5 mm. long, 

 Flowers glabrous, in axillary or terminal, few flowered, tri- 

 chotomous cymes; calyx very short, funnel-shaped, truncate: 

 corolla white, sa Iver- shaped , the tube narrow, about 12 ram. 

 long, the 4 lobes lanceolate and long acuminate, about as 

 long as the tube, valvat* in the bud; stamens 4, inserted 

 into the corolla-tube, the anthers linear, sessile, subexaerted; 

 ovary 1-celled, 2-ovulate; style elongate with bifid stigma. 

 Berry globose, about 8 mm. in diameter, dry, 1-seeded.] 



Description of the wood 



Sapwood very thin, nearly white; heartwood darker, tinged 

 with yellow, v/ood hard, moderately heavy, very tough, close- 

 grained, taking a good polish. Annual rings of growth not 

 clearly defined even under the high power microscope. 



