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diam. 2 — 3 or 5 ft., the dimensions in Cape Colony exceeding those 

 in Natal. W 36 — 44. White, very light, but soft, tough, strong, 

 easily worked. Used for yokes, hoops of waggons, etc. 



Chilauni {ScMma WallicMi Chois. : Order OameUidcece). Bengal. 

 Red, coarse-grained, durable. Much used for bridges and sleepers. 



China-berry, an American name for Melia com^posita. See 

 Bead-tree. 



Chinquapin, in the Eastern United States (Gastdnea pumila 

 Michx.), in the Western States {Gastanopsis chrysophylla A. DC), 

 small trees alHed to the Chestnut, with similar but sHghtly heavier 

 wood. 



Chir {Pinus longi folia Roxb. : Order Goniferce). India. Easily 

 worked, but not durable. Used mainly for fuel, charcoal, tar, and 

 turpentine. 



Chittagong-wood, a name appHed to several woods imported 

 to Madras, from North-East Bengal, the best of which is Gedrela 

 Toona [See Cedar, Moulmein.] GhuJcrdsia tdbuldris A. Juss. 

 (Order Melidcece), otherwise known as " Cedar, Bastard Cedar '* 

 or '' Deodar." Bengal. '' Chikrassi." Sink. *' Hulanhik." Tamil 

 " Kal-otthi," is also so-called. Height 80 ft. ; diam. 2 — 3 ft. 

 W 24 — 45. Yellowish-brown to reddish-brown, with a splendid 

 satiny lustre, fragrant, hard, seasoning and workmg well, but 

 warping and creaking in very hot dry weather. Used for furni- 

 ture and carving. 



Coach-wood {Geratopetalum apetalum D. Don. : Order Saxi- 

 fragdcece), " Light-wood " or " Leather-jacket." New South 

 Wales. Height 50 — 70 or 100 ft. ; diam. 1| — 2 or 3 ft. W 42. 

 Soft, light, close-grained, exceedingly tough, with the fragrance of 

 coumarin. Used for coach-building, tool-handles, cabinet-work, 

 boat-building, etc., and suggested for sounding-boards and stetbo- 

 scopes. The name is also applied to Schizomiria ovdta D. Don., an 

 allied reddish wood of inferior character, known also as " Cork- 

 wood, Beech," or '' White Cherry." 



Cocolbola Wood. [Humiria? : Order Humiridcece). British 

 Guiana. W 75. Sapwood brownish, heart deep orange with 

 jet-black Hnear markings, hard, heavy, coarse-grained. Used for 

 turnery, inlaying and Tunbridge-ware. 



Cocus {Brya Menus), See Ebony, American. 



Coflee-tree {Gymnoclddus canadensis Lam. : Order Leguminosce), 

 French " Chicot, Gros fevier." Germ. '' Amerikanischer Schusser- 

 baum." Span, " Arbol de cafe falso." Eastern United States. 

 Height 100 ft. ; diam. 3 ft. S.G. 693. W 43*2. E 104,822. B 771 

 kilos. Sapwood yellow or greenish- white ; heart brown blotched 

 with red, heavy, cross-grained, hard, strong, very stiif, taking a 



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