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No. 286, from commercial source, labelled " Assinee mahogany, figured." 

 No. 309, from commercial source, labelled " Assinee mahogany (probably)." 

 No. 310, from commercial source, labelled "Axim mahogany (probably)." 

 No. 288, from commercial source, labelled " Bonamba, from port of Duala, 

 Cameroons." 



No. 1S9, from the Colonial and Indian Collections of the Imperial Insti- 

 tute, London, labelled "Ivory Coast. Grand Bassam mahogany." 



No. 75, from commercial source, labelled "African mahogany. Grand 

 Bassam (French Congo)." 



No. 301, from commercial source, labelled "African mahogany, shipped 

 from Grand Bassam (Ivory Coast) West Africa." 



No. 157, from the Colonial and Indian Collections of the Imperial Insti- 

 tute, London, labelled "Nigeria. Lagos mahogany." 



No. 287, from commercial source, labelled " Lagos mahogany, from the 

 port of Lagos, Southern Nigeria." 



No. 302, from commercial source, labelled " Lagos mahogany, shipped 

 from Koko, Nigeria." 



No. 303, from commercial source, labelled "Lagos mahogany, shipped 

 from Koko, Nigeria." 



No. 312, from commercial source, labelled "Lagos mahogany (probably)." 

 No. 313, from commercial source, labelled " Lagos mahogany (probably)." 

 No. 158, from the Colonial and Indian Collections of the Imperial Insti- 

 tute, London, labelled " Gold Coast. Sekondi mahogany." 



No. 285, from commercial source, labelled " Zamingila or Ombega." 

 PI. XXXI, figs. 55, 56, 57. 



No. 69, from commercial source, labelled " African mahogany." 

 No. 70, from commercial source, labelled " African mahogany." 

 No. 71, from commercial source, labelled "African mahogany." PI. XXXIL, 

 figs. 64, 65, 66. 



No. 72, from commercial source, labelled " African mahogany." 

 No. 77, "from commercial source, labelled "African mahogany." 

 No. 148, from commercial source, labelled " Mahogany." 



, . Colour varies from dark brown to golden brown. Smooth cross-section 

 shows scattered vessels, sometimes indistinctly zoned, isolated or in radial 

 groups of two or three, often with dark contents. Fibres on cross-section 

 sometimes indistinctly zoned and darker than rays, which vary from pink to 

 orange. 



Parenchymatous laminae absent or occasional, sometimes forming a dark 

 line owing to dark deposit contained in them. 



Sp. gr. = about 0-50. Varies from 0-44-0-59. 



