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Sections of Mauritian Woods. — Continued.

Names Botanical and Local.

Remarks on uses, &c.

21 Syzygium species

Calebasse).

22 Quivisia ovata (B.

B).

23 Psathura myrtifolia.

(B. 21 Vide No. 12.

25

Ca-

23 Small tree, wood durable and elas­tic, fit for handles of axes and shafts. A valuable medicinal tree.

(There are no specimens marked 24 and 26.) Gaertnera vaginata.

27 Fropiera Mauritiana.

28 Elseodendron orientale

(B. Olive).

29 Prockia species.

30 Erythrospermum sp. (B.

Bigagnon).

31 Ehretia Betel).

petiolaris (B.

32 Drospyros melanida (B. d’Eb&ne marbre).

33 Taberneemontana Mau­

ritiana (B. de Lait a fleurs jaunatres).

34 Mimusops Imbricaria

(B. de Natte).

35 Sideroxylon cinereum

(B. Tambalacoque).

36 Mithridatea tamburissa (B. tambour).

building,

29 Wood good, durable, but liable to

crack, is therefore seldom used.

30 Wood used in ship building; valu­

able, good for piles and posts, as it is very durable.

31 Grows to 2 feet in diameter;

wood used in house but not valuable.

32 Common characters of the ebony.

D. ebenum is the true ebony; the wood of both used for square timber in building, but will not support exposure, and it is of no use for planks as it inva­riably splits. *

34 Vide “ Nattes.”

35 Tree tall, straight, large, some

5 feet diameter. Timber used in house building, planks, shingles, almost indestructible if cut in proper season, makes very good piles.