166 WOODS OF COMMERCE 



United States. Height 80—100 or more ft. ; diam. 6—8 or 13 ft., 

 but tapering. Wood lighter and less resinous on low ground, and 

 then termed "White Cypress," reddening on exposure, soft, 

 straight- and fine-grained, not strong, but very durable in contact 

 with the soil. Formerly used in Louisiana for canoes, water-pipes, 

 and house-frames, and now for sleepers, fencing, and, on a large 

 scale, for shingles. So nearly identical with Redwood (Sequoia) 

 as to be often so-called. 



Cypress, Himalayan or Indian {Gupressus torulosa J). Don.), a 

 light-brown, fragrant, moderately hard wood, used for building, etc. 



Cypress, Japanese. See Hi-no-ki. 



Cypress, Red. See Cedar, Canoe and Cypress, Bald. 



Cypress-pine, the general name for the species of Frenela (Order 

 Gupressinece), in Northern and Eastern Austraha, especially the 

 varieties of F. robusta A. Cunn. (=GdlUfris rohusta R. Br.), " Black, 

 Common, Dark, Lachlan, Murray, Murrumbidgee " or "White 

 Pine, Camphor-wood." Ahorig. "Marung." Height 60—70 ft.; 

 diam. 1| — 2 ft. Light to dark brown, often with pinkish longi- 

 tudinal streaks and beautifully figured, with a camphor-like frag- 

 rance, straight-grained, but very full of knots, easily worked, 

 shrinking and warping but little, and taking a good pohsh, largely 

 teredo- and termite-proof. Much used for piles, building, and 

 furniture. Frenela rdb^ista, var. microcdrpa A. Cunn., the " Coo- 

 rung-coorung " of the aborigines, is a similar and valuable wood, 

 but dark-coloured and somewhat brittle, used for telegraph- 

 poles. F. robilsfa, var. verrucosa A. Cunn., sometimes known also 

 as " Rock Pine," " Desert Cypress," or " Sandarac Pine," is also 

 dark. S.G-. 691. W 43 — 44-5. It is used for telegraph-poles and 

 cabinet-making, its camphoraceous smell being said to be obnoxious 

 to insects. Frenela Fndlicheri Parlat., known as " Black, Red,' 

 Scrub " or " Murray Pine," a rich brown, beautifully mottled 

 with darker brown, presenting a superb figuring, fragrant, fine- 

 grained, susceptible of a high poHsh and durable, is a valuable 

 wood, used for internal work and for piles, sleepers, etc. Fren&la 

 rJbomhoidea Endl., known, also as " Light " or " lUawarra Mountain 

 Pine," or, in Tasmania, as " Oyster Bay Pine," is close-grained, 

 strong, easily worked, takes a good poHsh and is durable, but 

 smaller than the varieties just mentioned. W 39-25. It is used 

 for similar purposes. 



Cypress-pine, Mountain {Frenila Parlatorei F. v. M.), also known 

 as " Stringybark Pine." Height 40—60 ft. ; diam. 1 — 2 ft. Light 

 straw-colour, fragrant, close-grained, soft, easily worked. Much 

 used for joinery. 



Bagame [Calycophyllum candidissimum DC. : Order Rubi- 

 dcece). Cuba. Known also as *'Degame" or " Degame Lance- 



