FOREST-TREES OF THE UNITED STATES. 7 



CANELLACE.*:. 



No. 12. Canella alba, SWartz. White Wood; Wild Cinnamon. South 

 Florida. A small tree in South Florida. In the West Indies, it is 

 abundant, and called Wild Cinnamon and White Wood. The bark is 

 aromatic and tonic, and is much employed in medicine. 



TAMARISCINE.E. 



No. 13. Fouquiem splendens, Eng. Western Texas and Arizona. 

 Grows in Western Texas, and thence westward to Southern California. 

 In our borders, it is usually only a shrub ; but in Mexico it grows 20 to 

 30 feet high, and on account of its spiny branches is used for hedges 

 and fences. 



GUTTIFER^E. 



No. 14. Clusla flam. South Florida. A West Indian tree, said to 

 have been found in Florida, but not recently observed. 



TERNSTROMIACE^E. 



No. 15. GordoniaLasianthu8,'L. Loblolly Bay. Southern States. A 

 tree 30 to 50 feet high, growing in swamps near the sea-coast from North 

 Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. The leaves are evergreen ; the flowers 

 showy white, and sweet-scented. The bark is much employed in tan- 

 ning, as a substitute for oak-bark. 



No. 16. Gordonia pubescens, L 7 H. Mountain Bay. Southern States. 

 A small tree rarely over 30 feet high, found in Georgia and Florida, and 

 quite rare. It has been introduced into cultivation, and is hardy as far 

 north as Philadelphia. When in bloom, it is beautiful, and it flowers 

 continuously for two or three months. 



The Tilias in Europe are called Lime trees, or Liun. Our species are 

 commonly called Basswood. They are large trees, and -have a wide 

 range, being found probably in every State east of the Kocky Mountains. 

 It is, however, not abundant, except in some localities. The wood is 

 white and soft, and is employed to some extent in the manufacture of 

 furniture, &c. 



No. 17. Tilia Americana, L. Basswood ; Linden. Eastern United 

 States. 



No. 18. Tilia lieteropliylla, Vent White Basswood. Eastern United 

 States. 



No. 19. Tilia pubcscens, Ait White basswood. Eastern United 

 States. 



ZYGOPHYLLACEJE. 



No. 20. Guaiacum sanctum, L. Lignum Vitae. South Florida. A 

 small tree, quite rare in South Florida, but common in the West Indies. 

 It is very similar to, and has the same properties as the G. officinale of 

 the West Indies, which furnishes the gum resin called guaiacum, which 

 is a common stimulative aromatic medicine. The wood is much heavier 



than water. 



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