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41. Schaefferia frutescens, Jacquin, 



Stirp. Am. 259. Gaertner f. Fruct. Suppl. 249, t. 225, f. 7. Lamarck, 111. iii, 402, t. 809. Poiret in Lamarck, Diet, vi, 727. Da 

 Candolle, Prodr. ii, 41. Karsten, PI. Columbia;, i, t. 91. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 76. Grisebach, Fl. British West Indies, 146. 

 Walpers, Ann. vii, 581. 



S. COmpleta, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. i, 327, t. 7, f. A. Willdenow, Spec, iv, 741. Alton, Hort. Kew. 2 ed. v, 371. Macfadyen, 

 Fl. Jamaica, 207. 



S. buxifolia, Nuttall, Sylva, ii, 42, t. 56; 2 ed. i, 190, t. 56. Cooper in Smithsonian Eep. 1858, 264. 



YELLOW WOOD. BOX WOOD. 



Semi-tropical Florida, southern keys from Metacoinbe Key eastward, Caloosa river and sparingly on the 

 Eeef Keys; in the West Indies. 



A small tree, occasionally 10 meters in height, with a trunk 0.15 to 0.20 meter in diameter, generally hollow 

 and defective. 



Wood heavy, hard, close-grained, compact, susceptible of a high polish ; medullary rays numerous, obscure; 

 color, light bright yellow, the sap-wood a little lighter; specific gravity, 0.7745 ; ash, 2.54. 



EHAMNACE.E. 



42. Reynosia latifolia, Grisebach, 



Cat. PI. Cuba, 34. Eggers, Videnskab, Medd. fra. Nat. For. 173 & t. ; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xiii, 40. Gray in Coulter's Bot. Gazette, iv, 

 208. Chapman, Fl. S. States, Suppl. 612. 



IwvigatUS, Vahl, Symbols, iii, 41. 

 Ceanothus IwoigatUS, Do Candolle, Prodr. ii, 30. 

 Scutia ferrea, Chapman, Fl. S. States, 72 [not Brongniart]. 

 ? Rhamindium revolutum, Chapman, Fl. S. States, Suppl. 612. 



RED IRON WOOD. DARLING PLTJM. 



Semi-tropical Florida, Miami (Garber), bay Biscayne, and on the southern keys (Curtiss); in the West Indies. 

 A small tree, sometimes 8 meters in height, with a trunk 0.15 to 0.20 meter in diameter. 



Wood heavy, exceedingly hard, strong, close-grained, compact ; medullary rays numerous, thin ; color, rich 

 dark brown, the sap-wood light brown; specific gravity, 1.0715; ash, 3.20. 

 The edible fruit, ripening in April and May, of agreeable flavor. 



43. Condalia ferrea, Grisebach, 



Fl. British West Indies, 100. Walpers, Ann. vii, 588. Gray in Coulter's Bot. Gazette, iv, 208. Chapman, Fl.S. States, Suppl. 612. 

 Rhamnus ferrea, Vahl, Symbols, iii, 41, t. 58. 

 Zizyphus emarginatus, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. iii, 1954. 

 Ceanothus ferreus, De Candolle, Prodr. ii, 30. 

 Scutia ferrea, Brongniart in Ann. Sci. Nat. 1 ser. x, 363 [not Chapman, Fl. S. States, 72]. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 9. 



BLACK IRON WOOD. 



Semi-tropical Florida, cape Canaveral to bay Biscayne, on the southern keys ; in the West Indies. 



A small tree, sometimes 11 meters in height, with a trunk 0.25 to 0.38 meter in diameter, generally hollow and 

 defective; common. 



Wood exceedingly heavy and hard, strong, brittle, close-grained, compact, difficult to work; remarkable for 

 the large percentage of ash; medullary rays very numerous, thin; color, rich orange-brown, the sap-wood lighter; 

 specific gravity, 1.3020; ash, 8.31. 



