130 SILVA OF NORTH AMERICA. LEGUMINOSZ. 
The wood of Lysiloma latisiliqua is heavy, hard although not very strong, tough and close-grained. 
It has a smooth surface susceptible of receiving a fine polish, and contains many scattered small open 
ducts and numerous inconspicuous medullary rays. It is rich dark brown tinged with red, with nearly 
white sapwood an inch to an inch and a half in thickness, and composed of four or five thick layers of 
annual growth. The specific gravity of the absolutely dry wood is 0.6418, a cubic foot weighing 40.00 
pounds. It is occasionally used and much esteemed in Florida in boat and ship building. 
Lysiloma latisiliqua was discovered in the Antilles by Plumier, and was first described in Burmann’s 
edition of his work on American plants.’ It was first found in Florida by Dr. J. L. Blodgett? on the 
island of Key West, from which it has now entirely disappeared. 
1 Acacia non spinosa, siliquis latis compressis, flore albo, 3, t. 6. 2 See i. 33. 
Acacia non spinosa, flore albo, foliorum pinnis latiusculis glabris, 
siliquis longis planis, Miller, Dict. ed. 7, No. 11. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
PuateE CXLIV. LysmomA LATISILIQUA. 
A flowering and fruiting branch, natural size. 
. Diagram of a flower. 
A flower, enlarged. 
. A flower, the calyx and corolla removed, enlarged. 
. Portion of a stamen, enlarged. 
A pistil, enlarged. 
. Vertical section of an ovary, enlarged. 
An ovule, much magnified. 
. A portion of a legume, one of the valves removed, natural size. 
. Vertical section of a seed, enlarged. 
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be 
- An embryo, enlarged. 
