XXIV. ] ANGELIQUE. 159 
Colonial Government of St. Laurent du Maroni. They 
were imported into Havre only recently (1874). 
1. Angélique. A species of Teak. This tree is of 
straight growth, and yields timber 12 to 22 inches square, 
by 20 to 54 feet in length, clear of branches. 
The wood is of a reddish-brown colour, clean and 
even in the grain, moderately hard, tough, strong, elastic, 
and not difficult to work, although it does not cleave 
readily. Occasionally afew logs are found with a 
waviness or figure in the grain, which would make them 
valuable to the cabinet-maker. There is little sap-wood. 
The timber is very sound and free from knots, and, 
except that a small percentage of the logs have a slight 
heart, or perhaps, star-shake at the pith or centre, there 
are no defects affecting the conversion of it into planks, — 
boards, &c., as may be required. This wood, therefore, 
seems fit for employment in architecture for most of 
the purposes to which African, Mahogany, Oak, Teak, 
Sabicu, &c., &c., are used. 
It is reported to have been used for some time in the 
French dockyards as backing to armour plates on ships, 
and as it does not appear to contain any acid, it might 
be employed in lieu of Teak for a similar purpose in the 
royal dockyards in England. It has been said that it 
does not rot in water, that it is proof against attacks from 
many insects to which other timber is liable, and that it 
is durable. The specific gravity is estimated to be about 
770 to 820 when seasoned.* 
* Since the above was written, an opportunity has offered of practically 
testing a few logs of partially seasoned Angélique timber, s. g. 916. They 
opened very sound, and were tough, strong, and elastic. There was 
very little waste in the conversion—in reducing it to planks, &c. In work- 
ing, however, it was found that some of the logs emitted an unpleasant 
odour, and—unless in seasoning the odour should evaporate—this may 
possibly prove detrimental to its value for general purposes, perhaps for the 
inside of ships, or in close, damp places. 
