18 FOREST-TREES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



STYRACACE.E. 



No. 175. Halesia diptem, L. Snowdrop-tree. Georgia aud Florida. 

 The Snowdrop-trees are found in the Southern States from the Ohio 

 Eiver southward, near the Alleghauies, and on river-banks in Georgia 

 and Florida. They are usually smallish trees, but sometimes grow 40 

 or 50 feet high, and 1 J to 2 feet in diameter. They are very desirable 

 for ornamental trees, producing a profusion of white bell-shaped flowers, 

 even when quite small. 



No. 176. Halesia tetraptera, L. Silverbell-tree. Virginia and South- 

 ward. 



No. 177. Symplocos tinctoria, L'Her. Horse Sugar or Sweet-leaf. Vir- 

 ginia and southward. A small tree with oblong evergreen leaves, and 

 clustered racemes of small white flowers. It grows in low, damp woods 

 and pine barrens in North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and attains 

 a height of 12 to 20 feet, with a diameter of 8 to 10 inches. It is one of 

 the most beautiful trees of the southern forest. (Nuttall.) 



CYRILLACE^E. 



No. 178. Cyrilla racemi flora, Walt. Iron-wood. North Carolina and 

 southward. 



No. 179. Cliftonia ligustrina, Banks. Buckwheat-tree. Georgia and 

 southward. An elegant small tree, growing from 10 to 20 feet high, of 

 about the same range as the preceding. It is evergreen, and exceed- 

 ingly ornamental when in flower. After flowering, the tree presents a 

 curious appearance, from the abundance of triangular winged capsules, 

 resembling buckwheat, from which the tree^receivesits popular name. 



EBENACE^E. 



. No. 180. Diospyros Virginiana, L. Persimmon. Eastern United 

 States. A well-known tree, most common in the Southern States, but 

 growing as far north as New York. It grows from 30 to 60 feet high, 

 with a very hard fine-grained wood, which has been used for various 

 purposes. It bears a plum-like fruit an inch or more in length, which 

 when fully ripe is edible and palatable. 



No. 181. Diospyros Texana, Schul. Black Persimmon. Western 

 Texas. This is called Sapote-pieto by the Mexicans and Black Persim- 

 mon by the Americans. It is a shrub or middle-sized tree, often with a 

 black, ebony-like core. The fruits are black, and of the size of a cherry 

 and larger, melting, and very sweet. (Dr. Lindheimer.) 



SAPOTACE^E. 



No. 182. Sideroxylon pallidum, Spreng. Mastic. South Florida. A 

 middle-sized tree of South Florida called Mastic, probably from the 

 production of a gum resembling mastic. 



No. 183. Dipholis salwifolia, A. D C. South Florida. 



No. 184. ChrysopJiyllum microphyllum, Jacq. Golden-leaf. South 

 Florida. A small tree of the West Indies, found by Dr. Chapman last 

 fall in South Florida. The leaves have a beautiful, golden, satin-like 

 surface on the under side. 



No. 185. Mimusops Sieberi, A. DC. Naseberry. South Florida. 

 This is one of the trees called Naseberry in the West Indies. It is 

 common in South Florida, where it becomes a large tree. Dr. Chapmau 



