164 WOODS OF COMMERCE 



high, polish, handsome, and durable. Used for fencing, building, 

 and cabinet-work. 



Cogwood {Ceanothus GUoroxylon 'Nees-Zizyphus GUoroxylon W. : 

 Order Bhamndcece). Jamaica. " Cerillo." W 67. Dark nut- 

 brown, hard, heavy, very fine-grained, elastic and durable under 

 water. Used for cogs in sugar-mills. 



Compass {Koompdssia malacensis Maingay : Order Leguminosce) . 

 Borneo. W 58, Red, heavy, tough, strong, coarse-grained, but 

 liable to termite-attack and nc t durable. 



Cooper's wood (AlpMtonia excelsa). See Ash, Mountain. 



Cork-wood tree of Missouri {Leitneria Floriddna Chapm. : Order 

 Leitneridcem). S.G. 210. The lightest known wood. 



Cork-wood tree of the Antilles {Hibiscus tilidceus L. : Order 

 Malvdceoe), ''Mahoe." Grown throughout the Tropics. Nut- 

 brown, very Hght. Used for floats for fishing-nets. 



Cork-wood in Australia (i) {Duboisia myoporoides R.Br. : Order 

 Solandcem). Also known as " Elm." New South Wales and 

 Queensland. Height 15^30 ft. ; diam. 1—2 ft. W 30—30-75. 

 White or yellowish, very soft, close-grained, and firm. Used for 

 carving. Named from its bark resembhng that of Cork Oak. 

 The name is applied (ii) to Schizomeria ovdta [See Coachwood], and 

 (iii) to Wdnmdnnia rubifolia E. v. M. [See Marrara.] 



Cork-tree, Indian {MilUngtonia horUnsis L. fil. : Order Big- 

 nonidcece). Yellow- white, soft, taking an excellent pohsh. Used 

 for furniture. 



Cornel and Cornelian-wood. See Dogwood. 



Coromandel-wood. See Calamander. 



Cotton-tree {Bombax Geiha L. : Order Bomhdcece), Identical 

 with B. malabdricum DC. Southern India, Burma, Northern 

 Austraha. "Malabar Silk-cotton," *' Red- Cotton tree." French 

 '' Promage de HoUande." Hind, " Shembal." Height 60 ft. or 

 more; diam. 5 ft. W 20—32. Light, soft, coarse-grained, not 

 durable. Used for planks, packing-cases, tea-chests, cof&ns, 

 canoes, and fishing-floats. 



Cotton-wood. See Poplar and Dogwood, in Tasmania. 

 CourbariL See Locust. 

 Cowdie-pine. See Kauri. 



Crab- wood {Gdrapa guianensis Aubl. : Order Melidcece). Guiana, 

 Trinidad, etc. " Caraba, Carapo, Andiroba." Height 60—120 ft. 

 upward ; diam. 1—3 ft. S.G. 894—349. W 39-25— 46-25. fc 3-29. 

 fs -433. R 80 kilos. Reddish-brown, moderately heavy and 

 hard, straight-grained, resembHng inferior Mahogany, but affected 

 by shakes and sphtting in seasoning, taking a good polish, little 



