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tough, strong, durable, with the odour of Sassafras. Used for 

 house-carpentry, cabinet-work, tool-handles, etc. 



Camphor-wood (Australian). See Cypress-Pine. 



Camwood (Bdphia nitida Afz. : Order Legumindsce). West 

 Africa. "Barwood." Height 810 ft. Eed. Imported from 

 Sierra Leone in logs 4 ft. long and 1 ft. in diam., or powdered. 

 Used by native women for painting their bodies, and in England, 

 with iron-sulphate, as a dye for red handkerchiefs. 



Canary -wood (Eucalyptus hemiphloia F. v. M. : Order Myr- 

 tdcece). South-east Australia. Known also as "Box, Grey, 

 White" or "Yellow Box," "White Gum." Aborig. " Narul- 

 gun." Height 50 60 ft. or more ; diam. 2 4 ft. or more. S.G. 

 1230773. W 48-27. Yellow-white or light buff, heavy, very 

 hard, strong, tough, cross-grained, not readily split, durable, but 

 often hollow and subject to dry-rot and termite-attack. Used for 

 sleepers, piles, planks, pit-props, fencing, handles, cogs, naves, 

 felloes, screws, tree-nails, etc. 



Canary- wood (Morinda citrifdlia L. : Order Rubidcece), 

 ( = Naudea unduldta Roxb., Sarcocdphalus corddtus Miq.). "Indian 

 Mulberry," " Leichhardt's Tree." Hind. " Al," Tarn. "Nonna 

 maram," Fiji "Kura." India and the Eastern Tropics to 

 Queensland. Height 5070 ft. ; diam. 2 2| ft. W 3041. 

 Yellow, soft, cross-grained, sometimes with a beautiful wavy 

 figure, easily worked and taking a good polish. Suitable for 

 turning or cabinet-work ; but little used, save as a dye. (See 

 also Tulip-tree.) 



Canella or Canelle, a name applied to various Brazilian 

 woods belonging to the Laurdcece, including Dicypellium caryo- 

 phylldtum [See Rosewood, Cayenne], Aydhidrm candla Meissn.. 

 Nectdndm atra, and N. mdllis. The latter is brown, light, easily 

 worked, but not durable. S.G. 744. It is procurable of a 

 considerable size, and is used for decks, house-building, and 

 carpentry. 



Cannon-ball tree (Xylocdrpus Grandtum Keen. = Cdrapa moluc- 

 cdnsis Lam. : Order Melidcece). Ceylon, Burma, Fiji Islands, etc. 

 "Sea Cocoa-nut." Burm. "Pen-lay," Fiji " Dabi." Height 



