durable, and. fragrant- In Central America it is highly es¬ 
teemed because of the fact that it is not attacked by in¬ 
sects, and is employed for all -> rts of building purposes and 
for furniture. Large amounts are used in the United States 
for cigar boxes, it being the o'nly wood that is considered 
satisfactory for the purpose. About 10,000,000 board feet 
are consumed each year in the United States, but very 
little of this comes from Panama. 
3. TPICHILIA L. 
Leaves mostly with 1 leaflet; flo ;ers clustered in the leaf 
axils. Capsule pilose ..... 
Leaves usually with 5 or sore leaflets; flowers in elongate 
panicles. 
Filaments uni ted into a tube. Leaflets 6 or 7. 
.cl.) C.DC* 
2. Jh tuberculata { 
Filaments distinct to or below the middle 
Leaflets 7 to 9, usually over 4 cm. wide. 
3. T. no utanthere C. DC. 
Leaflets 9 to 21, usually less than 3 cm. wide. 
4. T. h irta L 
The capsule is commonly subglobese, c-valved, and 3- 
aeeded “ teds surrounded by a fleshy, usually red aril. 
an endemic species, is a common shrub or small 
T. unife 
tree in thickets near the pacific coast. T. tuh e raulata 
■also is endemic. .At Chepo it is called "alfaje. * 
