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Robinia pseudo-acacia (Tree). — The wood of this tree is used in 

 India. It is hard; the sap-wood is white and the heart-wood yellowish 

 or reddish-brown. 



Sabinea rubiginosa (Tree). — The wood is very durable underground 

 and is good for joinery and carpentry. The tree is commonly known 

 in Gaudeloupe as the caconier. Density, 0*735. 



Sebania aegyptiaca (Shrub). — The wood of this species and of 

 Seshania grandifiora is soft and perishable. It is used in making toys, 

 charcoal for gunpowder, &c. 



Sophora glauca (Shrub). — The wood of this species is white. That 

 of Sophora mollis is hard, with grey sap-wood and brown heart-wood. 

 They are both used in India. 



Sophora japonica (Shrub). — The wood is compact, hard and 

 uniform, and is used in cabinet-making. 



Sophora tetraptera (Tree). — A large tree inhabiting Chili and New- 

 Zealand, the wood of which is extremely hard. It is chiefly used for 

 making cog-wheels, waggon axles, &c. 



Spatolobus Roxburghii (Shrub). — A climbing shrub sometimes ?■" 

 much as i metre in circumference. The wood is dark brown, very 

 soft and fibrous. 



Swartzia Langsdorffii (Tree). — The jacaranda hanana of Brazil. 

 Suitable for building, cabinet-making, &c. 



Swartzia tomentosa (Tree). — In Cayenne this wood is known as 

 ■pagaie hlanc (white paddle), and is used for making oars. 



Tounatea panacoco (Tree). — The wood of this tree is known as 

 Panacoco wood or -partridge-wood. It is one of the biggest and taUest 

 trees in Guiana. The trunk is supported by seven or eight wings 

 united in the centre along the whole of their height, which is from 

 2 metres 30 cm. to 2 metres 60 cm. These wings, which are known as 

 arcabaSj are from 12 cm. to 16 cm. thick and are gradually prolonged 

 as they approach the soil, forming cavities from 2 metres 20 cm. to 

 2 metres 60 cm. wide by the same depth. The wings are used to make 

 paddles. (Lanessan). 



The trunk-wood is reddish, very hard and very compact; the sap- 

 wood is white. A polished section shows a white stippling, which is 

 not so close as in the bocOj and a number of concentric white lines. 

 The wood is called partridge-wood because when sawn along its length 

 it shows white hatchings on a reddish ground roughly resembling the 

 wing of a partridge. 



Density r2o8; breaking strain 402 kilos. 



This wood is fairly common in Guiana, and is used in high-class 

 cabinet-making. It is also used for the grooved discs of pulleys. 



