CAMARA— CANARY- WOOD 15^ 



grained, tough, readily split, resisting termites. Used for building,, 

 staves, oars, sculls. 



Camara {Oeissospermum Vellosii Allem. : Order Apocyndcece), 

 Brazil. S.G-. 746. Light- coloured, moderately heavy, strong, but 

 small. Used in boat-building. 



Camphor {Oinnamomum Odmphora Nees : Order Laurdcece). 

 Formosa, etc. Height 30 — 60 ft. ; diam. 2 — 3 ft. Light-coloured, 

 fragrant, soft. Used for entomological and ornamental cabinets, 

 and the source of most of the camphor of commerce which i& 

 obtained by destructive distillation. 



Camphor, Borneo {Dryobdlanops aromdtica Gaert. : Order Dip^ 

 terocarpdcece), Malay "Teng Mang." " Kayu Kapor Barus," 

 Borneo and Sumatra. A large tree, 150 ft. high and 3 — 4 ft. in 

 diam., yielding timber 25 — 45 ft. long and 1 — 2 ft. square. W 47. 

 S.G. 895—1053. E 3,770,000. p 16,000. e' 3-36. p' 1-47. 

 c 6,790. c' -896. v' 1-561. Light red, resembling Honduras 

 Mahogany, not fragrant, plain, straight-grained, moderately hard 

 and tough, durable, but liable to star-shake. Used for planks, 

 beams, piles, etc. Camphor separates out in large masses in the 

 wood. 



Camphor, Nepal {Oinnamomum glanduliferum Meissn. : Order 

 Laurinece). India. Also known as " ISTepal " or " Assam Sassa- 

 fras," and apparently identical with " Martaban Camphor-wood " 

 and " Burmese Sassafras." A large tree yielding timber 20—30 ft. 

 long and IJ ft. in diam., floating when seasoned, brown, tough, 

 strong, durable, with the odour of Sassafras, and a grain resembhng 

 Bay-wood. Used for house-carpentry, cabinet-work, tool-handles, 

 etc. 



Camphor-wood, (Austrahan). See Cypress-Pine. 



Camwood {Bdphia nitida Afz. : Order Leguminosce). West Africa. 

 ''Irosun," "Osrin." Height 8—10 ft. W 59-5— 67-25. Red, 

 hard, coarse-grained. Imported from Sierra Leone in logs 4 ft. 

 long* and 1 ft. or less in diam., or powdered. Used by native 

 women for rubbing on their bodies to check perspiration, and in 

 England, with iron-sulphate, as a dye for red handkerchiefs. 

 Canary WMtewood. See Tulip-tree and Cueumber-tree, 

 Canary-wood {Eucalyptus hemiphloia F, v, M. : Order Myrtdceoe). 

 South-Bast Austraha. Kjiown also as " Box, Grey, White, Yellow " 

 or '' Gum-topped Box," " White Gum." Ahorig, " Narulgun." 

 Height 50—60 ft. or more ; diam. 2—4 ft. or more. S.G. 1230— 

 773. W 48 — ^74. Yellow-white or Hght buS, heavy, very hard, 

 strong, tough, cross-grained, not readily spht, durable, but often 

 hollow and subject to dry-rot and termite-attack. Used in Austraha 

 for sleepers, piles, planks, pit-props, fencing, handles, cogs, naves. 



