POPLAR QUAR. 299 



first yellowish, becoming browner and sometimes with reddish 

 discolorations. Of little value. 



Poplar, Yellow. See Tulip-tree. 



Porcupine-wood (C6cos imcifera L. : Order Palmdcece). Shores 

 of India and throughout the tropics. Height 60 100 ft. ; diam. 

 2 ft. W 70. The wood near the outside of this monocoty- 

 ledonous stem, being crowded with dense dark-coloured fibro- 

 vascular bundles resembling the quills of the porcupine, is very 

 hard, strong and durable. It is used in India for rafters, beams, 

 spear-handles and other purposes ; but in England for walking- 

 sticks, or as a veneer for work-boxes and other fancy articles. 



Portia-tree. See Umbrella-tree. 



Puriri (Vitex litiordlis A. Cunn. : Order Ferbendcete). New 

 Zealand. Height 60 ft. ; diam. 35 ft. S.G. 1100 when green, 

 1000 when dry. Yielding timber 918 ft. long, squaring 1018 

 in.; sapwood 2 3 in. wide, yellowish; heart dark-brown, very 

 heavy, very hard, close-grained, very strong and durable. Much 

 used for posts, piles, sleepers, etc. 



Purple-heart of Guiana (Copaifera piibifldra Benth., C. bractedta 

 Benth., and Peltdgynt vendsa Benth. : Order Leguminrfsce). French 

 "Amaranthe, Bois violet." Dutch " Purpuurhart." Aborig. 

 " Kooroobovilli." Germ. " Amarantholz." Large trees yielding 

 timber 20 50 ft. long, squaring 1 J 2J ft., brownish to blackish 

 purple, especially when freshly cut, close-grained, very heavy, hard, 

 strong, elastic, working easily, taking a fine polish, durable. S.G. 

 967-721. E, 231 kilos. Used for furniture, gun-carriages and 

 works of construction. 



Purple-heart of Trinidad (Peltogyne paniculdta Benth. : Order 

 LegumintfsfK). Known also as "Zapateri." Yielding timber 

 20 25 ft. long and 12 15 in. wide, of a beautiful purple when 

 freshly cut, but blackening with age, very durable. Sometimes 

 used for furniture. The allied species P. confertifldra Benth., the 

 " Pao roxo " or " Guarabu " of Brazil, is similar. 



Pyengadu and Pynkado. See Acle and Mirabow. 



Quar (Euclea unduldta Thunbg. : Order Ebendcete). Cape 

 Colony. Height 2030 ft.; diam. 1215 in. Sapwood light 



