CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Introduction 3 



Botanical characters of Cariniana pyriformis 4 



Physical properties of the wood 8 



Minute characters of the wood 8 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Page. 



Fig. 1. Cariniana •pyriformis: Twig and leaves 5 



2. Cariniana pyriformis: Fruit 7 



3. Segment of a vessel (separated) from the wood of Cariniana pyriformis . . 9 



4. Wood fiber (separated) of Cariniana pyriformis 9 



5. Wood-parenchyma fiber (separated) of Cariniana pynformis 9 



6. Transverse, radial, and tangential sections of Cariniana pyriformis 10 



7. Swietenia mahagoni: Stem, leaf, and flower 12 



8. Swietenia mahagoni: Fruit 13 



9. a, a. Two segments of a vessel; b, wood-parenchyma fiber; separated 



from the wood of Swietenia mahagoni 14 



10. Wood fiber (separated) of Swietenia mahagoni 14 



11. Transverse, radial, and tangential sections of the wood of Swietenia 



mahagoni 15 



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