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POPULAR ECONOMIC BOTANY. 



cece^ — It is much doubted whether this is the wood of 

 Heisteria ; some affirm it to be the produce of Andira in- 

 ermis, a leguminous tree. It comes both from the West 

 Indies and the Brazils^ in tolerable-sized planks ; it is of a 

 reddish colour, beautifully streaked with parallel lines of a 

 darker colour. Probably the woods of several trees bear 

 the same name. 



Cocus or KoKRA Wood. Lepidostac7ii/s Roxhurghii. 

 (Nat. Ord. Scepacem) — This wood is usually imported in 

 short logs of about six or eight inches^ diameter, having 

 bark and sap-wood of a light colour, while the heart- 

 wood is of a rich deep brown, and extremely hard ; it is 

 much used in the manufacture of flutes and similar musical 

 instruments. It comes from Cuba and other West India 

 Islands. 



Zebra Wood, Guettarda speciosa (Nat. Ord. CincJio- 

 nacecB), is brought in small planks from the West Indies ; 

 its colour is intermediate between those of mahogany and 

 rose-wood ; its variegations are less dark and more wavy than 

 those of rose-wood. It is much valued for the finer kinds 

 of furniture-wood. 



Tortoise-wood is probably a variety of the same species. 



