LEGT7MIN0S2E-MIM0SEM 1 7 



Guiana and the neighbouring countries, is rich in tannin, and serves 

 to dye coarse fabrics and even to stain woods. 



The wood of the Mimosa, though much less useful in this respect 

 than that of the Casalpiniea, is still frequently of good quality, and 

 is prized by the carpenter, the cabinet-maker, and the turner. A. 

 arabica and Farnesiana are used in India for making axletrees and 

 wheels. The wood of A. cinerea, odoratissima, Sundra, and stipulata 

 have their value ; and that of A. speciosa, dark and fine-grained, is 

 used for furniture. It is a Mimosa from the forests of Brazil, that 

 is said to furnish the handsome wood known as Jacandra- or Rose- 

 wood of commerce ; it possesses an excellent perfume when fresh. 1 

 The useful woods of the same country, known by the names of 

 Cabuy, Jacare, Monjolo-ferro, 2 are also attributed to this group. The 

 Angico-wood of commerce comes, we are told, not from the Pipta- 

 denia which furnishes the Angico-pods, 3 but from Pithecolobium 

 gummiferum* P.filicifolium Benth., 5 from Mexico and the Antilles, 

 is used for cabinet-making ; so, too, are P. unguis-cati of the West 

 Indies, which supplies one kind of Tendre-a-caillou (so named from 

 its hardness) of the Antilles; P. montanum Benth., 6 from the 

 Indian Archipelago, whose w T ood is solid and flexible ; and P. 

 wmbellatum Benth., 7 whose hard compact wood is cleft with difficulty. 

 The stem of P. clypearia is used for making boats in tropical Asia ; 

 but its resistance to the action of water and its durability are alike 

 very limited. The wood of Calliandra tetragona* is the true Tendre- 

 a-caillou of Caraccas. Lysiloma Sabica Benth., from Cuba, is a fine 

 tree which gives the true Sabica wood of the Antilles. 



In Inga the stem is rarely very large. That of I. Bourgoni is 

 used in Guiana, under the name of Paletuvier de montagne (Mountain 

 Mangrove). The Bed Sandal- wood (Fr., Bois de Condori) is used as 

 timber; and A. falcata L., from the Moluccas, makes strong shields. 

 Arms and tools are also made in Oceania from the wood of Leucana 

 glauca* That of L. odoratissima Hassk. is highly prized for building, 



1 See Ldtdl., Veg. Kiagd., 553. 6 P.falcifolium Hassk. 



2 Salda> - ha, op. cit., 126, n. 33-35. ,,,,,- c- i r> > •■ 

 q xm i-i i e i n ' Mimusa limit llitii \ ahi., Sumo. Hot., n. 



3 Whose wood is, however, also of good quality, w.t,mv*u <■"« . 



a c ■ 1 • j ,. -a •.- • i.nco 103. — Iiioa umbellata W., op. cit., iv. 10-',. 



and fairly prized. Its tpecihc gravity is 1"063 LUO- * V ' r 



(Saldauha, op. cit., 92). s Bexth., in llool: Jotini., ii. 189. — Acacia 



4 Mart., ex Rosenth., op. cit, 1064. The tetragona \V. 

 tree also furnishes gum. 



5 Acacia arborea W., op. cit., iv. 1064.— 9 BENTH., in Hook. Journ., iv. lit',.- 

 Mimosa Jilkifolia LiilK., Diet., i. 12. glauca W. 



