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Fores t Flora of Portuguese East Africa. 
Nha \^“;!cLX£:;. 8 c,m - diameter - A close ' Brained erey timber ° f s,w g ™ th ; fibres ^ ^ ^ • *» Wy under varnish . 
Mebi — z: s re h rr a,most b,ack at the — 
“'S. dear 600d — -*■ to0 - - - ~ — 
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thick, grey, resinous, slightly cracked. 5 b A f 8 ber for P Iank,n & house-building, boxes, &c. Bark 6 m.m. 
Bata. (No locality.) Too small for technical work. Timber grey, dense, heavy ; bark smooth, nearly white. 
Naiope. (No locality.) Specimen small. A nearly white timber of fairly rapid growth. Bark grey, smooth. 
Vico From Jaguia. A poor cracked specimen of a close-grained timber, nearly black in the hear.wood and with softer grey sapwood. 
‘ Zld’ZZZTda “r I “Z'g and aZt pZn 1,“^ S h is found Tb bl ‘ T ^ resin0US ‘ A «"»«• ‘™ber, 
building, wharves, &c„ and shipped to coast ports from Union and ZZmZ for he e n Zt 9 Zw t “ *° *' lths,#nd whi,e “* Used •>» in boat- 
the Province, but may require to be bored for bolts or spikes The Admini inMrl ’ h l m U * * b 6 g. s,eepers ' and shou,d supply all the requirements of 
limber, and is in good order. I, dresses to a good suZe^ and Leps wilZ^m Mage " ,a ' bU ‘" h*"” 4 ° “ d S ° * 8 °' is "“*>7 <* this 
Qualities mentioned uv Mr. P. Dupont Mr. Stem, and others- 
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Fongo , (4 ), higeha pinna, a. A hgh, and tough white timber, does not split , good for felloes, naves, yokes, & c. 
Goane (4), Albizzia fastigiata. The principal timber for naves, used also for felloes. 
clumps of this one kind in the mountain klo^ ,h Usld^^es, iTnituX&c!^ ^ l0 " g Straight logS U P t0 1 metre diameter. Makes 
Mhlumi (4). A durable yellowish timber, good for wagon-wood, spokes felloes beams SPg , 
Tomboti (13, 15), Excoecaria africana. Beautiful dark heartwood grained acr ' ^ ' V 1 ' ^ ^ Ul t0 ° °‘ V glUC l ° h ° ld faSt ' Grows t0 Iar 8 e size - 
in KafTraria and Natal is worn as rough scented beads by the Kafir girls ’ ' 8 ^ SapW00d • Has a stron § and Permanent smell ; is called Sandalwood ; and 
Mon rr7 srs, ; n diam r - “ - * -» « 
hard and heavy. Not much used because so difficult to work, as chisels are damaged^ one or t d ^ T 5 *" ***“ a " d f ° r P ° Ies in the S round - Ver y 
hues by the nat.ves before iron hoes were introduced. Present in considerable quantity and as large Zs horn im ° *” ^ 35 
