500 OEDEB 11. SABOTAGED. 



15 to 20f high. Prof. Pond describes ono on the Ogeechee R., 45f high, trunk 

 18 r diain. Mr. Buckley one in N. Car., whoso trunk measured 17f in circumfer- 

 ence. Lvs. quite large (4 to 6 or 7' by 2 to 3'). Fls. in clusters of 3 to 5, on 

 ped. 1 to 2' long. The 2-winged pods are near 2' long. It begins to bloom sev- 

 eral weeks later than No. 1, Apr. (H, parviflora MX,?) 



ORDER LXXVL EBENACE^E, EBONADS. 



Trees or shrubs without milky juice and with a heavy wood. Leaves alternate, 

 ":xstipulatc, coriaceous, entire. Inflorescence axillary. Flowers by abortion diceci- 

 OUs seldom perfect. Cal. free, 3 to 6-cleft, divisions nearly equal, persistent. Cor- 

 otta regular 3 to C-cleft, often pubescent, imbricato in aestivation. Stamens twice or 

 4 times aa many as tho lobes cf the corolla. Fr. a fleshy, oval or globous berry. 

 Seeds large, suspended, albuminous. 



Genera 10, upecien 160, mostly native of tho Indies and the tropics, ono only being found aa 

 far North aa Is. V. 



Properties. Diospyros Is remarkable for the Imrdness nnd dark color of the wood. Ebony is 



e wood of I). Kbi-nus, Kbeniist. r, nnd other s|teck-s, native-it of Africa. The fruit of the species 



below is ratable when fully ripe, although extremely bitter and astringent before maturity. 



DIOSPY'ROS, Dalesch. PERSIMMON, Fls. $ ? . Cal. 4 6-lobed ; 

 cor. tubular or campanulate, 4 6-cleft, convolute in estivation. $ 

 Sta. 8 50, mostly 16 ; fil. shorter than the anthers ; ova. abortive ; sty. 

 0. $ Sta. mostly 8, without anthers ; sty. 2 4-cleft ; berry ovoid or 

 globous, 4 12- mostly 8-cellcd, cells 1-seeded. A large genus of 

 shrubs or trees, mostly tropical. 



D. Virginiaiia L. Lvs, elliptic, abruptly acuminate, entire, smooth, petioles, veins 

 and margins puberulent; rac. axillary, :; to 1 -flowered, pedicels shorter than the 

 flowers ; cal. 4-parted ; stain. & In woods, lat. 42, to Fla. and La., frequent. A 

 ehrub or small tree at the North, a tree of large dimensions South and West. 

 Leaves 3 5' long, entire, glaucous beneath. Flowers obscure, pale greenish- 

 yellow, tho fertile ones succeeded by a round, orange-red fruit as large as the gar- 

 den plum, and containing G 8 stony seeds. They are rendered sweet and palata- 

 ble by the frost. Bark tonic and astringent. Jn, 



ORDER LXXVIL SAPOTACE^E. SOAFWORTS. 



Trees or shrubs, mostly with a milky juice, and simple, entire leaves. Flowers 

 small, regular, perfect, mostly in axillary clusters. Calyx free, persistent. Corolla 

 tiypogynous. short, stamens usually as many as its lobes and opposite to them, in- 

 serted into its tubo along with ono or moro rows of appendages. Anthers cxtrorso. 

 Ovary 4 to 12-celled, with a einglo anatropous ovule in each cell. Seeds largo, 

 usually albuminous. 



Genent 21, sperie* 212, chiefly tropical. 



Valuable for their succulent fruit, as tho marmalade, star-apple, etc., for their febrifugal bark, 

 aouie species of Achras beinjf used as u substitute for Cinchona, anil their gum resins, as tho 

 Qntta-Percba obtained from tho tree Isouandra Gutta, 



BUME'LIA, Swarts. (The Greek name of the Ash.) Calyx 5-parted 

 corolla 5-cleft, with a row of 10 narrow appendages on the edges of 

 the lobes ; stamens- > r opposite the lobes, alternate with 5 petaloid, ster- 

 ile stamens ; ovary 5-celled ; style filiform ; drupe ellipsoid, 1-seeded. 

 Shrubs and trees, with a very hard, firm wood. Branchlets often 

 changed to spines. Lvs. entire, of ft firm texture. Fls. aggregated 

 with the Ivs. from buds of the preceding year, white or greenish. Our 

 species arc all more or less spiny. 



Leaws hairy beneath Nos. 1, 2. ** Leaves glabrous both sides Nos. 3, 4 



