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maxima) which grows in the same places with 

 the luma, and frequently to the height of tieventy 

 feet; the wood of this is a|so very valuable. 



Among those trees which produce the most 

 useful woods, besides the cedars already men- 

 tioned, are the cave?!, the quillai, the lithi, the 

 mai/ten, and the teimi. 



The caven (mimosa caven) called by the Spa- 

 niards espino, resembles much the accacia folio 

 scorpiodis leguminosa of Egypt. The trunk is 

 winding and solid; the bark black and filled 

 with cracks ; the branches scattered and furnish- 

 ed with thorns ; the leaves disposed in pairs on a 

 common footstalk, and two inches in length ; 

 the flowers are flosculous and yellow, and form 

 around bouquet like those of the acacia nilotica, 

 but differ in being attached without peduncles to 

 the boughs, which they completely cover, and 

 their odour is so very fragrant that they are de- 

 nominated aromas. The pod is from three to 

 four inches long; it is cylindrical, of a dark 

 brovr'n, and contains many oval seeds marked 

 with a yellov/ stripe ; these are enveloped in an 

 astringent mucilage, from which a very good 

 ink is made. The caven grows spontaneously 

 In all the midland provinces, chieflv between the 

 S4th and 37th degrees of latitude, where lU 

 wood serves as fuel. It is more natural to the 

 richest soih, and frequently grows to the height 

 of an oak. The wood h hard- and compact, of 



