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lowest in stature. Red mangrove, 60 to 80 feet; white, 80 feet; black, 50 feet. 

 Diameter of all, 20 inches. 



Mayflower. This is a deciduous tree, and takes a fine polish ; has a profusion of 

 purple blossoms in May, and is a handsome tree, wide-spread, and growing to 70 or 

 80 feet. Used for yokes. 



Botan (Palmetto) (Sabalsp). The leaves are nsed for thatch, the stem for staking 

 and piles ; 60 feet by 5 inches. 



Bullhoof. Plentiful ; 80 to 100 feet, 24 inches diameter. Grows straight ; not used. 



Task Nick. A beautiful cabinet wood. 



Oak (probably Quercus virens). A short, scrubby tree, 30 to 40 feet, 12 to 15 inches 

 diameter, of which the wood is not used. The bark is used in tanning. 



Walknaked (i. e., with its bark off}. Plentifully found, growing 40 to 50 feet high; 

 a tough, unworkable wood; not in use. 



Bribbi. Plentifully found, growing about 50 feet. An umbrageous tree, with an 

 edible berry. The wood is not used much. 



Cabbage-palms (Euterpe montana, Areca oleracea, and Oreodoxa regia). The moun- 

 tain cabbage, the trunk of which is used, especially by Caribs, in constructing 

 dwellings and for logwood rafts, called "bark logs." 



Cabbage palms (Oreodoxa oleracea). White and red varieties, both growing 80 to 

 100 feet, diameter 12 inches ; outside very hard, and taking a good polish. Very dur- 

 able; used in house building. 



Cahoun Palm (Attalea Cohune). The tree averages 55 feet in height; valuable for 

 its oil-bearing nuts. 



Cocoanut Palm (Cocos mucifera). The use of this familiar tree of the tropics as a 

 furniture material is, perhaps, not generally known ; it is very prettily polished; 60 

 to 80 feet. 



Tnberuce. Much used in constructing canoes. 



Crammali. The bark of this tree is used medicinally and the tree as a furniture 

 wood. 



Yemery or Emery. Much used for canoes. 



Gombolimbo (Symphonia /).). A tree of 60 to 80 feet stature, 20 to 24 inches diam- 

 eter; plentiful, and yielding a gum. The leaves are used as a decoction. 



Samun or Ramon (Tropltis americana). Its foliage makes fodder for cattle, but is 

 only used when bread nut can not be obtained. It is abundant, growing 50 feet high, 

 20 inches diameter; wood not used. 



Cockspur (Acacia spadicifera) is armed with formidable spines, one at the base 01 

 each leaf and branch, 2 inches long. 



Wire Beer (Psidium sp.). A wild guava; plentiful; height, 40 feet; diameter, 8 to 

 10 inches. Wood not much used. 



Water Wood. Plentiful, at a height of 50 feet, growing straight; wood used for 

 dwelling houses. 



" Knock-me-Back." A small tree of 25 feet elevation, found in swampy places grow- 

 ing plentifully. Wood used in house building. At the end of each leaf there is an 

 extension into a prickle or thorn, hence the local appellation. 



"Drunken Bayman." Abundant, but not used; grows straight, 60 feet high, with 

 a diameter of 20 inches. 



Wild Tamarind (T. indica).A. most umbrageous, handsome tree, the fruit of which 

 is well known, covering a wide space, and plentiful in the colony, 80 to ICO feet in 

 height. The wood is used for doreys, pitpans, etc. ; also for truck wheels. 



Bread Nut (Brosimum alicastrum) . Grows 80 to 100 feet by 24 to 30 inches. Fur- 

 nishes good fodder for cattle. 



Glar.sy Wood. A tall, slim tree, the wood of which i very tough. It grows 60 to 

 80 feet high, 12 to 18 inches in diameter; used for beams and wall plates in house 

 building. 



Iguana Blossom. A. tree so named from its being frequented by a genus of lizard 

 Iguana tuberculata of Laurenti which, being herbivorous, feeds on the blossoms. 



