SPRUCE-STRINGYBARK. :W1 



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 300011,500 ft. Known also as "Rocky Mountain Spruce." 



Height 100150 ft.; diam. 35 ft. Very light, soft, straight 

 and close-grained, not strong. Used locally for lumber. 



Spruce, Yesso (P. aji.inrnsis Fisher). Northern Japan, Yeso, 

 Saghalien, the Kurile Islands and Amurland. Japanese "Yezo- 

 matsu, Kuro-matsu." Height 120130 ft. Very light and soft. 

 Much used in Yeso for carpentry. 



Stavewood (Stemilw f<t'M<t L. : Order Sterculidcece). Deccan, 

 Ceylon, Burma, East Tropical Africa, Moluccas, and, though 

 doubtfully native, North Australia, and cultivated in Tropical 

 America. Known also as " Horse Almond, Bastard Poon " or 

 "Fetid Sterculia." Beng. "Jangli badam." Tamil "Pinnari." 

 Exported from Cayenne as "Bois puant." Height to first branch 

 50 ft. ; diam. 34 ft. W 2633. Whitish, grey or reddish- 

 brown, generally soft, open-grained and of little use ; but said to 

 be used for spars for small vessels. The name is also applied in 

 Australia to other little-used woods. 



Stinkwood (Owtta bulldta Benth. : Order Laurdcece). South 

 Africa. Known also as "Hard-black Stinkwood" or "Laurel-wood." 

 Height 5060 ft.; diam. 45 ft. Golden-brown, often mottled 

 and resembling Walnut, sometimes iridescent, giving off a strong 

 peculiar odour when worked, very tough and considered little and 

 inferior to Teak in strength and durability. Used in house and 

 waggon-building, for gun-stocks and furniture; but now very scarce. 



Stinkwood, Camdeboo (Ctltis Kraussid.na Bernh. : Order 

 Uln'i'icca-). South Africa. Known also as "Soft Grey Stink- 

 wood." Zulu "Umounari." Height 20 ft.; diam. 2 ft. Dark 

 greenish, beautifully veined, very heavy, close-grained, liable to 

 warp. Used in waggon-building and furniture. 



Stinkwood, Red. See Almond, Wild. 



Stringybark, a name, obviously descriptive, applied in various 

 districts of Australia to a good many different species of 

 En'-'ilf/ptus (Order Myrtdcece), especially (i) E. robusta [See 

 Mahogany, Swamp], (ii) E. &w/<-/vW// [See Gum, Cabbage], 

 (iii) E. Stu'irti'iii > [See Gum, Apple-scented], (iv) E. rmcror- 

 rhyncha, (v) E. oM-lqua, and (vi) E. armeniofdes. 



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