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invaiiiibly found the large trunks to be hollow. The fruit is delicious 

 and highly flavored. 



No. 186. Bumelia lycioidcs, Grert. Iron-wood. Kentucky and south- 

 ward. The Bumelias are shrubs or small trees, of no special value. 



No. 187. Bumelia parvifolia, A. D C. Iron-wood. South Florida. 



No. 188. Bumelia lanuginosa, Pers. Iron-wood. Southern States. 



No. 189. Bumelia ienax, Willd. Iron- wood. Southern States. 



No. 190. Bumelia reclinata, Vent. Iron wood. Texas and westward. 



THEOPHBASTAGEJS. 



No. 191. Jacquinia armillaris, L. Currant-trees. South Florida, A 

 small tree of South Florida and the West Indies. The wood is curiously 

 grained. 



MYRSINACEJE. 



No. 192. Myrsine Floridana, A. DC. South Florida. Mostly a shrub, 

 rarely a small tree. 



No. 193. Ardisia Fickeringii, T. & G. South Florida. Mostly a shrub, 

 but on the keys a small tree. It is an evergreen tree, with laurel like 

 leaves, and panicles of showy-white purple-tinged flowers. 



BlGNONIACE^E. 



No. 194. Catalpa bignonioides, Walt. Catalpa. Southern States. A 

 tree well known in cultivation, and hardy as far north as latitude 41. 

 It is native in the Southern and Southwestern States and in Southern 

 Illinois and Indiana. It attains a height of 50 or 60 feet, and a diameter 

 of 1J to 2 feet. The leaves are large, and the flowers showy, and when 

 in bloom the tree is extremely ornamental. The wood is light, but of 

 a fine texture, and capable of receiving a fine polish. It is said to be 

 very durable. 



No. 195. Chilopsis linearis, DC. Texas and Arizona. Usually a 

 shrub, but sometimes attaining a height of 25 feet. It has long willow- 

 like leaves, and is very ornamental when in flower. 



No. 196.' Tecoma radicans* Juss. Trumpet-vine. Southern States. 

 This beautiful woody vine sometimes acquires a woody trunk of a foot 

 in diameter or more. 



VERBENA.CEJE. 



No. 197. Citharexylum villosum, Jacq. Fiddle- wood. South Florida. 

 Rarely a small tree, of no economic value. 



No. 198. Avicennia tomentosa, Jacq. Black Mangrove. South Flor- 

 ida. This and the next species are called Black Mangrove, observed by 

 Dr. Chapman at Cedar Keys and the Thousand Islands. They are 

 low evergreen trees, forming' impenetrable thickets on the muddy shores 

 of the sea. 



No. 199. Avicennia oblongifolia, Chap. Black Mangrove. South 

 Florida. 



Order BORRAGINACE^E. 



No. 200. Cardia bullata, L. South Florida. 



No. 201. Eliretia Buerreria, L. South Florida. 



No. 202. Ehretia elliptica. Texas. Mostly shrubby, but sometimes a 

 tree 2 feet in diameter ; fruit an orange-yellow berry, of the size of a 

 pea ; much liked by children and birds. The evergreen rough leaves 

 are used to rub and destroy eruptions of the skin. (Dr. Lindheimer.) 



