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heart small, dark-red, a deep claret colour when hollow, resembling 

 Mahogany, hard, very strong, said to be durable in Cochin-Ohina, 

 but apparently variable in this respect. Used in India for furni- 

 ture, spokes, and carriage-building, in Ceylon for gunstocks, and 

 also in boat-building, and in the Pacific Islands for carving. 



Umzimlbit {Todddlia lanceoldfa Lam.: Order Xanthoxyldcece), 

 South Africa. Known also as " White Ironwood." Height 20 ft.; 

 diam. 2 ft. W 60-37. E 772 tons. / 8-56. /c 4-33. White, hard, 

 tough, elastic, resembling Ash or Hickory. Used chiefly for ploughs, 

 axles, and waggon-building. The name is also applied to MilUtUa 

 cd-ffm Meissn. (Order Leguminosce), which has a white sapwood, and 

 the heart purplish-pink, greasy, intensely hard, and seven times 

 as durable as Lignum- vitse. Used for walking-sticks, and excellent 

 for machine-bearings. 



Uroobie (Nephelium tomentosum F. v. M. : Order JSapinddcece) . 

 North-East Austraha. Height 20 — 30 or 80 ft. ; diam. reaching 

 3 ft. Yellow, close-grained, hard. Occasionally used for building. 



Valval {Seridnthes vitUnsis A. Gray : Order Leguminosce), Eiji. 

 Light, tough. Valued for planks ia boat-building. 



Venatico. See Mahogany, Madeira* 



Vau, in Fiji. See Corkwood-tree. 



Varnish, Black or Burmese {Melanorrhdea usitdta Wall. : Order 

 Anacardidcece), Further India. Known also as ** Lignum- vitse 

 of Pegu." Burm. '* Thit-si." Manipuri " Kheu." Height 30 — 

 40 ft. to lowest branch ; diam. 2 — 4 ft. W 54. Bark-red or brown, 

 with yellowish streaks, heavy, very hard, fine- and close-grained, 

 tough, durable, the black gum which exudes from it repelling 

 termites. Used for anchors and tool-handles, and recommended 

 for blocks, gun-stocks, or sleepers. The varnish is largely used in 

 lacquering and gilding. 



VesL See Shoondul. 



Vesi-vesl. See Beech, Indian. 



Vine {Vitis vinifera L. : Order Vitdcem). Originally a native of 

 Armenia. Small. Sapwood narrow, reddish- white ; heart reddish- 

 brown ; pith large ; autumn-wood narrow ; spring-wood full of large 

 vessels. Light, pliable, and elastic. Suitable for walking-sticks. 



Violet-wood. See Purple-heart. In England the name is 

 applied, on account of perfume, to Acacia pendula. See Myall. 



Viler {Nuxia floribunda Benth. : Order Loganidcece). Cape 

 Colony. "Elder." Height 40—50 ft.; diam. 1—2 ft. W 44. 

 Light-coloured, hard. Used in waggon-building, and excellent for 

 turnery, resembhng Box. 



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