106 SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. ROSACER. 
swamps, or in low moist depressions in the Pine forests, and attains its greatest size on'the bottom-lands 
of western Louisiana and eastern Texas. 
The wood of Crategus spathulata is heavy, hard, and close-grained, although not strong; it is 
light brown or red, with thick lighter colored sapwood, and contains numerous very obscure medullary 
rays. The specific gravity of the absolutely dry wood is 0.7159, a cubic foot weighing 44.61 pounds. 
Crategus spathulata was discovered late in the last century by the French botanist Michaux in 
South Carolina; it was introduced into French and English gardens early in the present century, but 
probably no longer occurs in cultivation. 
EXPLANATION OF. THE PLATE. 
Puare CLXXXV. Crarmeus spATHULATA. 
A flowering branch, natural size. 
Vertical section of a flower, enlarged. 
A fruiting branch, natural size. 
A nutlet, natural size. 
A nutlet divided transversely, enlarged. 
The end of a leafy shoot showing stipules. 
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4. Cross section of a fruit, enlarged. 
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8. A winter branchlet, natural size. 
