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Tlic vai vai (serianthes myraidenia) is a large tree. 

 It grows to a height of ahout 70 feet, and has a trunk 

 from 35 to 10 feet in length, with a circumference of 

 15 feet. It is common in the forests of the larger 

 islands, and yields a strong, hard, white coloured 

 timber, much valued in house and ship building on 

 account of its toughness, strength, and durability. 

 taMm are sometimes made or dug out of its large 

 trunks. 



The so gall (lumnitzera coccinea), is a medium 

 sized tree which grows to a height of about 40 feet, 

 and its trunk girths about 7 feet, at 6 feet from the 

 ground. It is much valued for piles, as its timber is 

 durable in water and not subject to the attacks of 

 insects. However, the trunk seldom exceeds 20 feet 

 in height, which prevents its being used on all occa- 

 sions. It grows in salt marshes, tiri or mangrove 

 swamps near the mouths of rivers and on some parts 

 of the coast. 



The hau huru (casuarina nodiflora) is most [com- 

 mon in the district of Bua in Vanua Levu. There 

 it grows to a fair sized tree of 50 feet or so in height, 

 surmounted by a flat head of branches, and dark, 

 sombre pine-looking leaves. Its trunk attains a girth 

 of about 8 feet and a length of 35 or 40 feet. The 

 wood is white coloured, closely- grained, hard and 

 heavy. It is useful for many purposes, but does not 

 bear exposure to the weather. 



The rrmlo rrmlo (hibiscus, or thespesia populnea), 

 a common tree on the shores of nearly all tropical 

 countries. It seldom grows above 40 feet in height. 

 The trunk is From 15 to 20 feet in length, with a girth 

 of aboul 7 feet. The outside timber is white and soft 

 Likethai of the willow, but the inside, or heart timber, 

 is hard ami durable. It is of a light-brown colour, 



