EOSE-CHESTNUT— EOSEWOOB 2(j^ 



with, an ornamental silvery transparent grain, used locally in ship- 

 building ; in Chile for Fdgus obUqua, Height 100 ft. Sound in 

 contact with water. Largely used for sleepers in Argentina. In 

 Argentina the name is used for F, hetuloides Mirb., an evergreen 

 Beech growing from Tierra del Euego northwards, reaching 26 ft. 

 in height and 3 — 4 ft. in diam., and yielding a straight, very fine- 

 grained, handsome wood, resembling American Oak, and very easy 

 to work, which is extensively used for panelling in railway -carriages. 



Rose-chestnut, Indian. See Ironwood xviii. 



Rosewood. French " Bois du rose." Oerm, " Eozenholz." 

 Ital, " Legno rodie." Span, " Leno de rosa." Port. " Pao de 

 rosada." The name of a number of different species in various 

 parts of the world, mostly heavy, dense, dark-coloured woods, 

 many of which belong to the Order Leguminosce, such as the genera 

 Dalbergia, Machmrium, and Pterocdrpus, and one or two of which 

 contain a fragrant resin or oil, from which the name has originated. 

 They have nothing more to do with the Rose. 



Rosewood, African {Pterocdrpus erindceus'Poix, : OrAex Leguminosm). 

 Tropical West Africa. " Gambia Eosewood." " African Padouk." 

 French ''Santal rouge d'Afrique." "Vene," "Wene" in Jolof, 

 ''Kaayno" in Mandingo, "Irosun," ''Osun." Height 40—70 ft.; 

 diam. 4 — 5 ft. Sapwood white ; heart red-brown, moderately hard, 

 fine-grained, very elastic. Valuable as timber and as yielding an 

 astringent resin or Kino. It is imported m round logs ; but having 

 a spongy heart, is wasteful to convert, and its colour fades on 

 exposure to light. Value £5 — ^S per ton. Pterocdrpus angoUnsis 

 is similar. 



Rosewood, Australian (i) Acdcia glaucescens [See Myall (v)] ; 

 (ii) Dysoxylon Fraseridnum [See Cedar, Pencil] ; (iii) EremopMla 

 MitchilU [See Sandalwood, Bastard] ; and (iv) Synoum glandulSsum 

 A. JuBS. (Order Melidcece), North-Eastern Australia. Ejiown 

 also as ''Dogwood," "Bastard Eosewood," and "Brush Blood- 

 wood." Height 40—60 ft. ; diam. 1^—2 ft. W 41—45. Deep red 

 and rose-scented when fresh, resembling Cedar, but heavier and 

 deader in colour, taking a fine polish, firm, and easily worked. 

 Used for ship-building, the inside of houses and cabinet-work, for 

 which it has long been valued. An allied form, S, Ldrdneri, without 

 scent, and with more open grain, is known as " Pencil Cedar/' or, 

 from the smell of its bark, as " Turnipwood." 



Rosewood, Bomlbaj. See Blackwood, Indian. 



Rosewood, Brazilian, including that of Bahia, the best, Eio, the 

 second best, and San Prancisco, is probably Dalhergia nigra Mlem. 

 (Order Leguminosce), Brazil " Jacaranda cabiuna," or in^ part 

 also species of the allied genus Machcerium, such as M. scleroxylon 

 Tul, known as "Pao Perro," it. firmum Benth., "Jacaranda 



