508 The Andes and the Amazons. 



Rio Negro are species of Malonetia, while the Orejones 

 use the hollowed trunk of the Iriartea Palm. 



TocTE, or "Walnut." — An undescribed species of Ju- 

 glans growing on the eastern slopes of the Quitonian An- 

 des, at the altitude of 5000 feet, and at Chachapoyas. 



Beead-fruit-tkee. — The"Jak"of the Amazons, intro- 

 duced and cultivated from Para to the Andes. It fur- 

 nishes a valuable timber for building-purposes, very dura- 

 ble and strong. A native species — Artocarpus Brasili- 

 ensis — grows on the Lower Amazons. 



AsNA and Punchana, resembling Maple; Espino and 

 PucA-MOTNA, hard, red woods ; Alfako and Cacha-moyna, 

 white woods; Quilla - moyna, a yellow wood; Huayna- 

 CASPA, resembling cedar; and Indano, very strong and 

 durable, are valuable construction woods, growing on the 

 Maran on, particularly around Moyobamba. 



