Decanaria. 
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tifully variegated with red ; is a strong durable woody 
susceptible of a good polish, and affords the famous 
Braziletto wood, extensively employed in dyeing. 
H-ematoxylon Campeachianum, Logwood, or Cam- 
peachy-wood ; stigma of the pistil notched at the sum- 
mit, pod with boat-shaped valve. Native of the bay of 
Campeachy, from which the specific name is derived ; 
it rises to the height of 16 or 20 feet, and is furnished 
with pinnated leaves, each having four pairs of small 
leaflets ■, has been introduced into Jamaica, where it 
grows luxuriantly, and is employed as a fence against 
cattle ; but the wood of this tree is better known, as it 
is imported into Europe for the purpose of a dye-stuff. 
Swietenia. Gen. char . — Nectary tubular, ten- 
toothed ; caps, woody, five-valved ; seeds imbricated, 
with a membranous border. 
Swiet. Mahagoni, Mahogany Tree ; with pinnated 
leaves, four paired, panicle axillary. Native of Jamai- 
ca, Cuba, and the Spanish Main ; becomes a magnifi- 
cent tree, and has been long celebrated as a commer- 
cial commodity, and for its extensive use in cabinet- 
work ; it thrives well in almost every soil ; but the wood 
of the closest texture, and most beautifully veined, is 
obtained from trees which grow on rocky ground. 
Ruta Graveolens } Common Rue. Germen with ten 
honey-bearing points ; caps, five cleft, five celled and 
many seeded, with supra-decompound leaves ; leaflets 
wedge-shaped. Native of the south of Europe, but 
common in gardens ; and once in great estimation ost 
account of its medical virtues. 
