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the PALMYRA PALM, the undetermined PARTRIDGE 

 CANE of China, the PENANG LAWYER (Licuala 

 acutifida. Mart.), the RAJAH CANE (Eugeissonia minor, 

 Beccari) of Borneo, the WHANGEE BAMBOO (Phyllo- 

 stachys nigra, Sieb. and Zucc.) of Japan, and EBONY 

 from Ceylon. BOXWOOD, obtained from Persia, is 

 used for sticks as well as for engraving. From Aus- 

 tralia we have the LOYA CANES (Calamus australis 

 Mart.), the MiDGEN (Kentia monostachya, F. von 

 Muell.), a palm, and the scented MYALL (Acacia 

 homalophylla^ A. Cunn.), used for pipes. From the 

 West Indies, the BEEF-WOOD of Cuba, probably 

 Ardisia coccinea ; the BRIAR (Zanthoxylum Clava- 

 Herculis, L.), the little-used CEDAR (Juniperus vir- 

 giniana, L.), the COFFEE (Coffea arabica, L.), the 

 FLOWERED EBONY, or Cocus (Brya Ebenus, A.DC.), 

 the PARTRIDGE-WOOD (Andira inermis, Kunth.), the 

 PIMENTO of Jamaica (Pimento, officinalis> Lindl.), and 

 various doubtful woods, such as BLACK FORK, and 

 GRU-GRU, a palm. The valued LANCE- WOOD, used 

 for shafts, fishing-rods, bows, etc., at once strong and 

 elastic, is Duguetia quitarensis, Benth., of Guiana ; the 

 SNAKE-WOOD, also known as LETTER-WOOD or 

 LEOPARD-WOOD, is Brosimum Aubletii, Pcepp. ; and 

 the BRAZILIAN OAK, or CEYLON VINE, imported 

 from Bahia, is quite undetermined. 



As with canes, so with ornamental and even long- 

 known timber-woods, many kinds are very imperfectly 

 known to botanists, being sent down to the coast with- 

 out flowers, leaves, or even bark to aid in their deter- 

 mination. The most important woods used for furni- 

 ture, veneering, and other ornamental purposes are : 



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