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Notes respecting the Isthmus of Panamà.
Amarillo carbonero.—A white-brown wood, with large heart, close-grained, and hard; it is very tough, and grows to the size of one foot or one foot six inches diameter; is used for houses and building; not very common.
Amarillo colorado.—
Amarillo curabasuel.—A green wood; hard and brittle; grows to very large size, and is common; used for building, and making very large tables.
Almasigo.—White; something like white deal; soft, not tough; three feet diameter; very common. There is a resin comes from this tree when pierced, much used iu the country for sores; has a very thick bark.
Alcabou.—Brownish, coarse, shiny grain; grows from six inches to two feet diameter, and common; has no heart; good for staves.
Algarobo.—One of the most excellent woods known; very hard and tough; reddish brown, with streaks; grows to a large size, and common; used for marine gun carriages, &c.;called, in Jamaica, mogo.
Aguacate.—Whitish; coarse-grained, hard,. and tough; common; grows to the size of two feet.
Ajisillo.—
Aromo.—A soft, long-gralned, shiny, whitish wood; very light and tough; grows to a good size, and common.
Algodon.—Cotton tree; white, spongy, light, close-grained, and brittle; very common.
Balsa.—Literally, 'raft;' light and very soft; the lightest of all woods—as light nearly as cork; used as rafts, and for polishing metals; grows to not more than one foot diameter.
Cocobolo amarillo.—Like rose-wood; very tough and hard; seldom grows to more than one foot diameter, but occasionally larger; has a fragrant smell, with dark-brown streaks, think something like zebra-wood; is. very common in the high dry lands.
Cocobolo prieto.—A very tough, hard wood, of a beautiful figured grain (I think like rose-wood); grows to the size of about three feet diameter, but generally smaller; is very plentiful; has a very fragrant smell when green; used more for carpentry than cabinet work.
Cacique, or king of woods.—One of the finest and most durable woods of South America; whitish yellow; hard, tough, and long-grained; grows to a large size, is common, and much used for building in the ground or water.
Conejo.—Hard, fine-grained, same as box-wood; grows to a small size, and is scarce.
Conejo colorado.—Yellowish; very close, fine grain, like holly, but harder; grows to a good size.
Cedro cevollo.—A class nearly the same as cedro real.
Cedro espinoso, or prickly cedar.—Grows to an immense size, but not
