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for flooring boards or partitions, it is also used for masts 
and spars. It is usually supplied in the colony in logs of 
from 30 to 50 ft. long and 12 to 18 inches square. The 
tree grows to a height of 120 ft. and 2 to 3 ft. diameter. 
Weight about 39 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Suradanni {Meliacea; cedrela), a dark red coloured wood 
with black streaks which takes a fine polish, used for 
making dug-out canoes, planking of boats, wheelwright 
work, and furniture. A hard substance in the wood, some- 
thing like the mineral found in teak, rapidly dulls cutting 
tools. 
Weight about 53 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Cirouaballi {Nectandra sp.), of which there are two 
varieties, brown and yellow— silverballi and siruaballi — is 
another of the many hardwoods of British Guiana, and 
can be got in very long lengths up to 80 ft. and 16 to 
30 inches square. It is used for the planking of boats and 
vessels, masts and booms, is insect resisting, works and 
turns well, and takes good polish. 
Weight about 49 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Simarupa (Picrcena oficinalis), which grows in Northern 
Brazil as well as in Guiana and the West India Islands, 
is called Maruba and Acajou blanc in Guadalouj)e. It is a 
most useful wood for partitions and other inside work, 
resists the attacks of wood ants and other insects, but will 
not stand exposure to weather ; the colour is a light 
yellow ; it saws and planes well, takes good polish, and is 
cheap and plentiful in Guiana and may be had in logs up 
to 2 ft. square. It is a similar timber to, and scarcely 
distinguishable from, the very bitter quassia or Bitterwood 
{P. excelsa) from which the so-called bitter cups are made. 
Weight about 30 lbs. per cubic foot. 
