FOREST-TREES OF THE UNITED STATES. 9 



CELASTRINE^E. 



No. 36. ttchcefferea frutescens, Jacq. Crab- wood ; False Box. South 

 Florida. A small tree of South Florida ; the wood is close and fine- 

 grained, and is said to be exported from the West Indies as a kind of 

 box-wood. 



No. 37. Euonymus occidentalis, Xutt. California Spindle Tree. Cali- 

 fornia. 



No. 38. Euonymus atropurpureus, Jacq. Waahoo. Southern and 

 Western States. 



RHAMNACE^E. 



No. 39. Frangula CaroUniana, Gr. Alder Buckthorn. Virginia and 

 southward. 



No. 40. Frangula Pursliiana, DC. Oregon Buckthorn. Western 

 coast. 



No. 41. Frangula Californica, Gr. California Coffee-tree. Western 

 coast. This much resembles the F. Caroliniana. In California, the ber- 

 ries of this species have been employed to some extent as a substitute 

 for coffee. Some persons recommend it 5 others have been made sick 

 by its use. 



No. 42. Ceanothus thyrsiflonts, Esch. California Lilac. Western 

 coast. One of the most showy shrubs or small trees of California. 



No. 43. Ceanothus divaricatus, Nutt. California. 



No. 44. Zizyplius obtusiflorus, Gr. Texas Jujube-tree. Texas and 

 westward. 



No. 45. ticutia ferrea, Brong. South Florida. 



SAPINDACE^E. 



No. 46. JEsculus 'glabra, Willd. Ohio Buckeye. Tennessee and West- 

 ern States. This tree attains, in favorable situations, 20 to 30 feet 

 height, and is much in use as an ornamental tree. It is not found wild 

 east of the Alleghany Mountains; its favorable locality being the banks 

 of the western rivers, in Ohio, Illinois, and Kentucky. The wood is 

 light, soft, and useless. The nuts are said to be poisonous to cattle 

 eating them. 



No. 47. JEsculus flav a, Ait. Sweet Buckeye. Southern States. This 

 tree prevails more to the southward than the Ohio Buckeye. It is 

 abundant in the mountainous districts of North and South Carolina and 

 Georgia. In favorable situations, it frequently attains a height of 50 to 

 60 feet, and the trunk a diameter of 2 to 3 feet. The flowers are of a 

 light agreeable yellow and quite ornamental. The wood is soft and 

 perishable. 



No. 48. JEsculus Pavia, L. Red Buckeye. Southern States. This 

 species has nearly the same range as the preceding, but is usually only 

 a shrub of 8 or 10 feet height 5 sometimes, however, becoming a small 

 tree. 



No. 49. jEsculus CaUfornica, Nutt. California Buckeye. California. 

 This is the only buckeye of the Pacific coast. It forms a low, spread- 

 ing, bushy tree from 15 to 20 feet high. 



No. 50. Ungnadiaspeciosa, Endl. Spanish Buckeye. Texas and west- 

 ward. This is a large shrub or small tree, a native of Texas and New 

 Mexico. The chestnut-like fruits have an agreeable, sweet taste, but 

 are strongly emetic. The foliage resembles that of the hickory, (Carya.) 



No. 51. Sapindus marginatus, Willd. Soap Berry. Southern States. 

 This tree varies from 20 to 40 feet in height. It occurs along the coast 



