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lighter, comes from Guayaquil. There is also a timber 

 found in Cuba guayacancillo which resembles lignum 

 vitse and is used for similar purposes. Sizes about 10 ft. 

 long and upwards and 6 to 10 inches square. Some 

 " katchina vitse " was recently brought from Jamaica with 

 the true lignum vitae. 



Hackia (Siderodendron triflorum), with which the true 

 lignum vitse is often confounded, grows abundantly in 

 British Guiana ; it is an equally hard, close-grained, heavy 

 wood, and both are used for the same purposes and both 

 are about equally durable. It can be got 65 ft. long and 

 16 to 18 inches square without sap. 



Weight 50 to 60 Ibs. per cubic foot. 



Souari-pikea or Butternut Tree of the genus Caryocar is 

 plentiful on the Essequibo river ; it yields a tough cross- 

 grained timber, hard to saw, and will not smooth in places 

 as the grain " picks up " ; very difficult to split. On it grow 

 the souari or butternuts. 



There are many other excellent hardwoods in the colony 

 of British Guiana, but the difficulties of climate and 

 transport, lack of railways, etc., prevent their being 

 brought into the European market, and greenheart is the 

 only timber which is exported in any quantity. 



BRAZIL. 



Paroba Aroeira Brauua Parda Brauna do Sertao Folha de Bolo 

 Balsamo Candeia Cedro Canella Goncalo Alves Cabui 

 Ipe Icaranda Angico Jacaranda or Eosewood Vinhatico 

 Pegui Guarubu Sicupira Assu. 



Paroba Vermelha (Sapota sp.) is the finest timber in the 

 province of Minas Geraes for general purposes. It is red 



