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TIMBER AND TIMBER TREES. 



[chap. 



officially reported upon to the Spanish Government only 

 a short time ago : — 



Table LXXX. 



Table LXXXI. 



Rbmarks.— Weight producing fracture at the bend, 1-32 lb. T co-efficient of 

 fracture by bending, or of maximum bend. 



Father Gaspard de St. Augustine says, in his manu- 

 script History of the Philippine Islands, that the outside 

 planks of the old Manilla and Acapulco galleons were of 

 Lauan wood, and that it was chosen because it does not 

 split with shot. 



THE ACLE, No. 7 {Mimosa Acle,Juga xylocropd)^ 



is without thorns or excrescences. The Indians use it for 

 the construction of their houses, and prize it for its good 

 quality. In working it causes sneezing. The bark is 



* Blanco's " Philippine Flora.' 



