CHAPTEE V 
timbbks of south america, central america, and west 
india islands 
British Guiana. 
Greenheart — Mora — Bullet Tree — Towaronero — Wallaba — Purple- 
heart — Houbooballi — Crabwood — Suradanni — Cirouaballi — 
Simarupa — Cedar — Locust — Kakaralli — Waibaima — Ducalliballi 
— Letterwood —Lignum Vitae — Ilackia — Souari-pikea. 
Greenheart {Nectandra rodiei), which is so highly prized 
for all classes of submerged work, such as timber wharves, 
piers, dock gates, etc., and for heavy constructional work, 
comes from British Guiana. It is generally known as Dema- 
rara greenheart. It grows in belts, and a large quantity 
of small timber has to be cut in order to obtain large-sized 
logs. It is imported chiefly in hewn logs ; some may be got 
16 inches a side in the centre and 65 ft. long, and 
occasionally larger, but it is not nearly so easy now as 
formerly to obtain timber of this size, as it is necessary to 
seek it much further in the forests, where communication is 
difficult and the ways of getting very jjrimitive. In a cargo 
inspected a short time ago of between 300 and 400 logs, the 
author could not get an average of 14 inches square for about 
120 logs which he required from 45 up to 65 ft. long; they 
varied from about llj up to 16 inches. The dimensions 
given are at the centre of the log, as greenheart, being a 
hewn timber, tapers a good deal ; there is often a good deal 
of wane on the edges, and sometimes the logs are bent or 
