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Piper Clusii, oe represented by specimens from the Yoruba country 
by Mr. Barber; from Sierra Leone by Dr. Clark ; from Bahia, brought 
oon the West Coast t of Africa by negroes, under the name of “ Irre oH $ 
y Mr. J. Wetherell; and from the Sierra Leone exhibits at 
Colonial and aay Exhibition, 1886, under the name of “ Yaray,” ey 
the Commissio 
In addition ps “these there are samples of cubeb oil and cubebine, 
see the products of Piper Cubeba; and samples of false 
cubebs as usually used for purposes of Sialieratian, which are probably 
the fruits of Piper crassipes. 

XXII.—SABICÙ WOOD. 
(Lysiloma Sudicu, Benth.) 
In the Bahamas Court at the Jate Colonial and Indian Exhibition 
there were o specimens in th: form o of s ee knees of a timber 
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known locall “ Horse-flesh Mahogany.” It was described as a 
“ heavy and erwe. hard wood, much valued for ihe training of houses, 
higb class joinery, and ship- builders’ purposes t was said to be 
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“impervious to all insects and of very great durability, having been 
Gardens, Kew, but its botanical peery was then unknown. The value 
of the timber being unquestionably of a high order, it was thought 
b i if 
desirable to ascertain more about it, and, if possible, ah determine 
exactly the species yielding it. With this view, a c unication, 
dated 27 November — was addressed to the Colonial Office, and at 
the instance of H.E., H. A. Blake, C.M.G., Governor of the Bahamas, 
Mr. Fred. Taylor was instructed to prepare specimens of the foliage, 
flowers and fruit of “ Horse-flesh Mahogany” and forward them to 
ew. The specimens were recently received here, and Professor Oliver 
arrived at the conclusion that they were identical with Lysiloma Sabicu, 
Benth., a species which has long been known to yield the celebrated 
Sabica "wood of Cuba, Hence, the point would appear to be established 
that the Horse-flesh Mahogany of the Bahamas and the Sabicú wood of 
Cuba are botanically one and the same thing. 
Sabici wood, also known as Savacú and Savicé wood, has been 
imported in considerable ‘quantities from ee whens alone the tree was 
supposed to exist. It is described as a “dark coloured wood, ve 
large. 
Since the seers identity of oe Mahogany and Sabici 
w h has n found that timber, under the 
ms of “ Sabicea, had already been arorik in small quantities from 
e Bahamas, aii in the “ Report of Governor Robinson on the Blue 
