WOODS. 

 COCOS nucifera. W. Common Cocoanut Tree. 



Linn. Syst. Moncecia Hexandria. 

 PALMYRA-WOOD. PORCUPINE-WOOD. 



Vernacular. See " Fruits and Vegetables." 



Remarks. Found on the coast and inland, and used for water 

 conduits. PALMYRA, or PORCUPINE-W T OOD, although chiefly produced by 

 C. nucifera, is obtained also from other Palms. The cocos, or KOKRA- 

 WOOD of the West Indies, is not a Palm-wood, nor is the tree which 

 produces it known. 



Phoenix sylvestris. Rox. Wood Date Palm. 



Linn. Syst. Dioecia Triandria. 

 SINDEE. 



Vernacular. See " Narcotics." 

 Habitat. East Indies. 

 Remarks. Found inland and on the coast, and used for water channels. 



N. O. 266. GRAMINE^E. GRASSES. 



Bambusa arundinacea. Schreb. Common Bamboo Cane. 



Linn, Sytt. Hexandria Monogyuia. 

 BAMBOO. MANDGAY. 



Vernacular. See " Drugs." 

 Remarks. Dalzell gives three other species, common in Bombay. 



B. stricta. Rox. BAS. OODHA. Used for boar-spears. 

 B. vulgaris. Schreb. KULLUCK. BAMBOO. 



B. arundo. Klein, CHIWAREE, the source of " Mahableshwur sticks." 



The uses of the Bamboo are almost infinite. 



In the above list of local woods, I have restricted myself to those 

 enumerated by Dr. Gibson, as the best practical authority on the subject. 

 It would have been easy to have given a much more copious list, but the 

 effect would be to cause disappointment to practical men. Woods, like 

 fibres, are required in large quantities, and of undoubted quality, as regards 

 either their fineness, lightness, or most commonly, strength : and it would 

 be worse then useless, therefore, to refer to kinds which are either worth- 

 less, or mere curiosities. 



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