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1:? round in great abundance within 100 miles of the Coast Region. It 

 grows to the height of about 60 feet, and is generally used for house- 

 frames, wharfs, bridges, piles and planks. Within the last twenty 

 years a large quantity has been imported into Liverpool and Green- 

 ock ; and it has been even asserted that in strength and durability 

 it is superior to English oak, than which it commands a higher 

 price. In times of scarcity the Indians obtain from its fruit, grated 

 and macerated in water, a fecula which is mixed with the rotten 

 wood of the Wallaba-tree, pounded, sifted and baked into bread, in 

 like manner with the Cassava. In the bark and also in the fruit, 

 Dr. Rodie of Demerara has discovered a substance which forms an 

 excellent substitute for quinine, and to which he has given the name 

 of bebeerine. The black greenheart appears to be a mere variety. 



Cartan-yeh of the Macusi Indians, Pao da Rainha of the Brazilians. 

 Apparently restricted to the Savannahs in the neighbourhood of the 

 rivers Rupununi, Takutu, Branco, &c. The Brazilian name is de- 

 rived from the red colour of the wood, which resembles that of the 

 Brazil-wood of Pernambuco, to which the same name (Queen's- 

 wood) is applied. It reaches a height of 80 to 100 feet ; and being 

 easily worked and of a handsome colour, promises to become of great 

 interest to cabinet-makers. It was used by the author during his 

 sojourn in Pirara for temporary tables, and the lai'ge size of its 

 planks induced the military commandant to construct of it a tem- 

 porary bridge across the river. The leaves are impari-pinnate, the 

 flowers papilionaceous, and the fruit a samara with a prickly capsule, 

 the wing being from 4 to 5 inches in length*. 



Sarabadani. Much used for furniture. It grows to a large 

 size, and is chiefly found in swampy soil and along the banks of 

 rivers. 



Ducaballi, or Guiana-Mahogany, is very scarce, and is almost re- 

 garded as superior to mahogany, whence it is chiefly employed for 

 furniture and commands a high price. 



Waranana, or Wild Orange. A large timber-tree, which grows 

 chiefly along the banks of the rivers Pomeroon, Supinama, &c. 

 Much used for boat- oars and staves for sugar hogsheads. Its fruit 

 resembles an orange, but is not eatable. 



Ducaliballi. Grows to a pretty large size, but is not plentiful ; 

 the trunk is about 40 feet high, but seldom exceeds 20 inches in 

 diameter. Wood deep red, finer, more equal and more compact than 

 mahogany, and like the Ducaballi much used for furniture. Takes 

 a fine high polish, and resembles or perhaps is identical with the 

 Brazilian Beef-wood. 



Haiawaballi, or Zebra-wood (Omphalobiura Lamberti, Dec). 

 Grows to a large size, but is very scarce. Wood of a light brown 

 with darker stripes, and considered the handsomest furniture-wood 

 of the colony : it is easily worked and makes beautiful bed-posts. 



Hubaballi. A light brownish wood, beautifully variegated with 

 black and brown streaks ; easily worked, takes a fine high polish, 



* From this description of the leaves, flowers and fruit, the tree is probably 

 Centrolobium robustum, Mart. — Secr. 



