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Notes respecting the Isthmus of Panamà.
there is a considerable quantity of this wood, but no particular use is made of it.
Negrite.—Whitish, soft, and brittle; long, spotted grain; grows the size of about one foot six inches diameter, and is common.
Olivo.—Whitish, hard, tough, close grain, and heavy; grows to three feet diameter, and is common; the same as bird-lime tree.
Paiquillo.-White, close-grained, hard, not tough, and heavy; grows to a small size, and is scarce.
Pilon.—A reddish brown, close-grained, hard wood; very tough and smooth; grows to two feet diameter, and is common.
Pironel.—Soft.
Pali monton,—A whitish, close-grained, hardish wood; rather tough; grows from six inches to one foot diameter, and rather scarce; is generally used in house-building.
Palo blanco.—A white, shiny, 1ong-grained wood; light and soft, with a very small pith; grows to one foot diameter; is common.
Quajado.—Hard, close, very tough, and untractable grain; a most excellent wood; grows to the size of two feet diameter; indestructible; common, and much used in house-building.
Quira.—A tough wood; very hard, close-grained and heavy; of different colours—from light brown to very dark; has an agreeable odour when newly cut; grows to the size of three feet six inches diameter, (but generally from one foot to two feet six inches,) and very high; it is plentiful, and much used in house-building.
Roble.—Whitish grey, and long-grained, like deal: grows to a large size, and very common; used much in house-building, but particularly by the Indians for paddles for their canoes.
Sigua amarillo.—A yellowish wood; softish, fine-grained, brittle, and light; grows to the size of one foot, or one foot six inches diameter; is very straight, and not scarce.
Sota cavallo.—Hard, close grain; a whitish, stringy wood; excellent for hoops; long-grained, and tough; grows to a small size, but common.
Sereso.—Like beech.
Siti.—A hard, close, long-grained, dirt, brownish white wood; tough, and grows to a large size.
Sapo.—A whitish, soft wood, little prized.
Sangrillo.—White, long grain, and soft; common, and grows from four inches to one foot diameter.
Totumo.—The calabash tree; a common wood; grows to the size of one foot diameter, or more.
Toréte.—Yellowish-white, soft, tough, long grain, and light; grows to about one foot two inches diameter, and is common.
Vela.—Has a fruit of a long, white, candle-like pod; the wood is hardish, with a white, tough, and fine long grain; close and heavy; grows only to a small size, and is common.
Ubero de montaña.—Whitish, hardish, tough, and a fine, spotted, long grain; grows to a small size, and scarce.
