l8o TlMEHRI. 
close-grained wood suitable for making furniture. The 
bark is used by the Indians in cases of dysentery. 
ITIKIBOURA-BALLI {Machearium ?) grows in clay soil 
and on the islands in the rapids of the Essequibo. It 
is comparatively a rare tree below the rapids, and 
does not attain an average height of more than 70 feet. 
The sap-wood is white ; and its line of contact with the 
heart-wood, which is of a deep brown, almost black 
colour, is sharply defined. It can be squared to 15 
inches free of sap, and is used for making -articles of 
furniture and walking-sticks. It is one of the heaviest 
and closest grained woods in the colony. 
SEEBADANI grows in clay and sandy soil, and has 
an average height of 90 feet. The wood is used 
for framing purposes, and can be had in large quantities ; 
it will square up to 20 inches and has very little sap. 
WALLABA (Eperua jalcata, Aubl.) grows in loose 
sandy soil over extensive tracts of country, and is a wood 
known to every one in the colony. There are four varieties 
of this tree, locally known as bimiti-wallaba, itoori- 
wa/laba, karabimiti-wallaba, and sare-bebe, meaning 
Humming-bird, Baboon, Red Humming-bird, and Water 
wallaba. The two first grow on loose sandy soil, and the 
karabimiti-wallaba on clay near the river's banks. Sare- 
bebe grows in the water at the edge of the river. The 
two last are never used; from the bimiti and itoori-walla- 
ba, frames for houses are made, vat staves, paling staves, 
and shingles, both for colonial use and for export to the 
neighbouring colonies. These trees are all plentiful, 
and have an average height of 80 feet, and can be 
had to square 20 inches free of sap. The scraped 
