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something like greenheart in colour, very durable in water, 
and excellent for shingles. It is difficult to burn and will 
not flame. 
Angelin (Andira inermis), sometimes known as the 
cabbage tree, which grows in Brazil and tropical America 
as well as the West Indies, produces a fine timber when 
full grown. There are two varieties, the red and the white. 
It is strong, moderately hard, lasts well in water, and is 
suitable for piles. It is used for building and engineering 
work generally, and in St. Lucia for treads of steps, also for 
cabinet work and turnery. The wood has a brown 
streaky grain, resembling the wood of the cocoanut palm, 
and is coarse but even in grain. The bark, which is known 
in England as "worm bark," or bastard cabbage bark, is 
a narcotic drug. Can be got in logs 20 to 50 ft. long and 
12 to 20 inches square. 
Weight 48 to 57 lbs. per cubic foot. 
Angelin Coco (Andira stijjulacea), of grey colour, is used 
in Brazil for general building work, also for sleepers, where 
it lasts six years. Another of the same class, but a better 
sleeper timber, is Angelin amorgoso {A. anthclumthica). 
The "Partridge wood" of commerce is probably the 
wood of one of these andira ; it is used for umbrella handles 
and sticks. 
Fustic {Chloropliora tinctoria), which lives in almost any 
soil, is a good-sized tree producing timber of a bright 
canary colour, and in lengths up to 20 ft., but which is 
generally seen in pieces of 2 to 4 ft. long and up to 8 inches 
diameter. It is chiefly used as a yellow dyewood under 
the name of " Old Fustic," but is a handsome cabinet and 
turners' wood, and is found in tropical America and 
