302 WOODS OF COMMERCE. 



On a radial section lustrous golden-yellow with pretty wavy warm 

 red-brown silver-grain, perishable on exposure and becoming 

 " foxy " unless thoroughly seasoned. Valued for inlaying and 

 cabinet-work. 



Rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum Solan d. : Order Taxinece). New 

 Zealand. Known also as " Ked Pine." Height 4080 or 100 

 ft. ; diam. 2 5 ft. ; sometimes 40 50 ft. to the lowest branch. 

 S.Gr. 678 when seasoned. Yielding timber 20 50 ft. long, 

 squaring 10 30 in. Chestnut-brown near centre, lighter out- 

 wards, figured with light red or yellow streaks, moderately heavy 

 and hard, very strong, working well and taking a good polish, 

 but not durable in contact with soil. Extensively used in build- 

 ing for beams, girders, etc., for panelling, fencing, railway-ties, 

 native canoes and furniture. 



Roble, the Spanish for Oak, used in Trinidad for Platymisdum 

 platystdchyum Benth. (Order Legumintisce), a hard, tough wood 

 with an ornamental silvery transparent grain, used locally in 

 shipbuilding. 



Rose-chestnut, Indian. See Ironwood xviii. 



Rosewood. French "Bois du rose." Germ. "Rozenholz." 

 Ital "Legno rodie." Span. "Leno de rosa." Port. " Pao de 

 rosada." The name of a number of different species in various 

 parts of the world, mostly heavy dense dark-coloured woods, 

 many of which belong to the Order Legumindsce, such as the 

 genera Dalbdrgia, Machcerium and Pterocdrpus, and one or two of 

 which contain a fragrant resin or oil, from which the name has 

 originated. They have nothing more to do with the Kose. 



Rosewood, African (Pterocdrpus erindceus Poir. : Order 

 Legumindsce). Tropical West Africa. Known also as " African 

 Teak." French "Santal rouge d'Afrique." Sapwood white- 

 heart red-brown, hard, very elastic. Valuable as timber and as 

 yielding an astringent resin or Kino. 



Rosewood, Australian (i) Acdda glauctscens [See Myall v] ; 

 (ii) Dysdxylon Fraseridnum [See Cedar, Pencil] ; (iii) Eremophila 

 MitcUlli [See Sandalwood, Bastard] ; and (iv) Syndum glandu- 

 Idsum A. Juss. (Order Melidcece). North-eastern Australia. 



