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Avocado Pear (Pfrsea gratimma Gaertn. : Order Lauracece). 

 Cuba " Aguacate." West Indies. S.G. 661. Grown chiefly for 

 its fruit. 



Axe-breaker (Notelcea longifdlia Vent. : Order Jasmindcece). 

 "Mock Olive." Aborig. " Coobagum." New South Wales. 

 Height 48 50 ft. ; diam. 1 1 \ ft. Hard, close-grained, and 

 firm. 



Babela (Termindlia belerica Roxb.). See Myrobalan wood. 



Babul (Acacia ardbica Willd. : Order Legumindsce). Hindi 

 "Babul." Bengali "Babla." Punjabi "Kikar." Height 50 60 ft. ; 

 diam. 2 2J ft. W 45. Heartwood, pinkish to brown, mottled, 

 hard, and, if well seasoned, very durable. Used extensively in 

 Northern India for wheels, sugar and oil presses, rice-pounders, 

 agricultural implements, and tool-handles ; and in Sind for boat- 

 building, rafters, occasionally for railway-sleepers, and for fuel. 



Bagasse, the name of two similar but distinct timbers of 

 French Guiana : (i) Bagdssa guiane'nsis Aubl. (Order Artocarpdcece), 

 a large, straight-growing tree. S.G. 1130730. R 215 kilos. 

 Very durable and excellent for flooring ; and (ii) Idea altissima 

 Aubl. (Order Burserdcece), known also as "Cedre blanc," 

 "Kurana" or " Carana," also of large size. S.G. 1036842. R 

 226 kilos. Soft, but of excellent quality. Used for canoes and 

 for cabinetmaking. 



Bakula (Mimusops EUngi L. : Order Sapotdcece). Sinhalese 

 " Munamal." Tamil " Makulai." India, Ceylon, Moluccas. 

 S.G. 736. W 4661. Red, hard, strong, fairly durable. Used 

 in house-building in Southern India and Ceylon, and for furniture 

 in the latter country. 



Balata, Bully, Bullet-tree, or Buruch (Mimusops globdsa 

 Gaertner, Sapdta MulUri Miquel : Order Sapotdcece). Apparently 

 identical with Mimusops Bdlata Crueg. Surinam " Balata rouge," 

 "Horse-flesh wood." S.G. 12321032. W 80-97. E 1097. / 8-58. 

 fc 4-77. /* -494. R 353 kilos. Height 100 ft. ; diam. 25 ft. In 

 logs 20 50 ft. long, squared up to 36 in. or 42 in. Dark red- 

 brown, fine, straight and close-grained, very heavy, hard, strong, 

 easily worked, taking a fine polish, very durable ; but subject to 



