94 BULLETIN 354, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGKICULTUEE. 



153. Rauwolfia nitida Jacq. CacMmbo, Palo amargo, Palo de mufieco. 



Tree from 30 to 60 feet high, common to the sandy coast soils. Common also to 

 other of the West Indies. 



LII. BOREAGINACE^. 



153. Cordia alliodora (R. & P.) Cham. ( = C. gerascanthus Jacq. and C. gerascanthoides 



C. & C.) Capa, Capa prieta; Prince wood, Spanish elm (Jamaica). 



Tree from 30 to 60 feet high and from 12 to 18 inches in diameter, found commonly 

 in the mountainous interior. Although now rather scarce, this wood is very liighly 

 prized locally because of a variety of good qualities. In Jamaica it is considered 

 one of their best woods. It is used for furniture, flooring, doors, Venetian blinds, 

 beds, interior finish, carriage building, posts, and cooperage. 



Wood rich, light brown with dark streaks, fine grained, taking a good polish, mod- 

 erately hard and heavy (about 36 pounds per cubic foot), strong and durable. Pores 

 small, numerous, isolated or in groups of from two or three, evenly distributed. 

 Annual rings of growth visible on a smooth transverse surface. Pith rays narrow but 

 conspicuous, visible to the unaided eye on a smooth transverse surface. 



Note. — Other species of this genus are Cordia sebestena L. (Vomitel Colorado, 

 San Bartolome; Aloe wood [Br. W. I.]; Geiger tree [Florida Keys]), from 20 to 35 

 feet high, occurring along the eastern, southern, and western coasts. It is often 

 planted as an ornamental tree in tropical gardens. Wood brown, fine grained, 

 moderately hard, and heavj^ Cordia coUococca L. (Cereza cimarrona, Palo de 

 muneca ; Clamrny cherry [Jamaica]) , from 15 to 30 feet high, occurring in the south- 

 western part of the island near the coast. Used for barrel staves in Jamaica, 

 having a wood which is soft, brittle, and not durable. Cordia nitida Vahl. (Cere- 

 zas, Cereza cimarrona, Muneca), from 15 to 60 feet high, occurring in the southern 

 part of the island. Cordia sulcata DC. (Moral, Moral de paz), from 30 to 60 feet 

 high, found in the interior mountain forests. Wood little used. *Cordia borin- 

 quensis Urb. (Muileca, Palo de muneca, Capa cimarron), from 20 to 60 feet high, 

 found in interior mountain forests, having wood light yellow, fine grained, taking 

 a good polish, moderately heavy, and hard. 



LIII. Verbenace^. 



154. Citharexylum fruticosum L. { = Citharexylum quadrangulare Griseb.). Pendola; 



Pendula, Pendula Colorado, Palo de guitarra, Balsamo, Higuerillo. 



Tree from 20 to 40 feet high, and from 12 to 20 inches in diameter, occurring near the 

 eastern and southern coasts. It is used for furniture and in house building. The 

 natives make their guitars from it. 



Wood light red, moderately fine-grained, fairly hard, heavy (about 46 pounds per 

 cubic foot), and strong. 



Note. — Incidental species in this and a closely allied genera are Citharexylum 

 caudatum L. (Higuerillo), from 15 to 60 feet high, from the Sierra de Luquillo 

 and Cordillera Central, also occurs in the other of the Greater Antilles, the Baha- 

 mas, and Mexico; ar^d Callicarpa ampla Schauer (Capa rosa, Pendola cimarron), 

 from 25 to 50 feet high, occurring only in mountainous regions of Porto Rico. 



*155. Petitia doviingensis J&cq. Capa, Cap4 blanca, Capa sabanero, Capd de sabdna, 

 Capa amarillo, Palo de capa de sabana; Fiddle wood (Br. W. I.). 



Tree from 20 to 50 feet high and 2 feet or more in diameter, occurring chiefly in the 

 interior. Common also to the other islands of the Greater Antilles. The wood is used 

 locally for making rollers in coffee-hulling mills and is suitable for cabinetwork, inte- 

 rior finish, and general building purposes where a hard, tough wood is required. 



Wood light to dark brown, streaked with a decidedly beautiful wavy grain, moder- 

 ately fine grained, taking a good polish, hard, and heavy. Pores small, isolated, or in 

 groups of two or three, evenly distributed. Pith rays minute, inconspicuous. Struc- 

 turally similar on the radial section to the American beech. 



