88 FOREST TREES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



MYRTACE^. 



143. Calyptranthes Chytraculia, Swartz, 



Prodr. 79 ; Fl. Ind. Occ. ii, 921. Willdenow, Spec, ii, 975. Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2 ed. iii, 192. De Candolle, Prodr. iii, 237. Nuttall, 

 Sylva, i, 101, t. 26 ; 2 ed. i, 117, t. 2(5. Berg in Linnsea, xxvii, 26. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 264. Chapman, Fl. 8. State*, 

 131. Grisebach, Fl. British West Indies, 232. Hemsley, Bot. Am. -Cent, i, 408. 



MyrtUS Chytraculia, Linnaeus, Amren. v, 398. Swartz, Obs. 202. 

 Eugenia pollens, poiret, Suppl. iii, 122. 



Semi-tropical Florida, shores of bay Biscayne, Key Largo; in the West Indies. 



A small tree, sometimes 8 meters in height, with a trunk 0.10 to 0.15 meter in diameter. 



Wood very heavy, hard, close-grained, compact, containing many evenly-distributed rather large open ducts; 

 medullary rays numerous, thin ; color, brown tinged with red, the sap-wood a little lighter; specific gravity, 0.8902; 

 ash, 3.32. 



144. Eugenia buxifolia, Willdenow, 



Spec. ii,960. Persoon, Syn. ii, 28. De Candolle, Prodr. iii, 275. -Nuttall, Sylva, i, 108, t. 29; 2 ed. i, 123, t. 29. Cooper in Smithsoniam 

 Rep. 1858, 264. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 131. Grisebach, Fl. British West Indies, 236. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 15. 



Myrtus buxifolia, Swartz, Prodr. 78 ; Fl. Ind. Occ. ii, 899. 



Myrtus axillaris, Poiret in Lamarck, Diet, iv, 412. 



E. myrtoides, Poiret, Suppl. iii, 125. 



MyrtUS Poireti, Sprengel, Syst. ii, 483. 



U. triplinervia, Berg in Linnaea, xxvii, 190, in part. 



GTJRaEON STOPPER. SPANISH STOPPER. 



Semi-tropical Florida, cape Canaveral to the southern keys, west coast, Caloosa river to cape Eomano ; i 

 the West Indies. 



A small tree, rarely 6 to 9 meters in height, with a trunk sometimes 0.30 meter in diameter, reaching iim 

 greatest development on the rich hummocks of the Everglades. 



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

 color, dark brown shaded with red, the sap-wood a little lighter; specific gravity, 0.9360; ash, 1.50 ; somewhat used 

 for fuel. 



145. Eugenia dichotoma, De Candolle, 



Prodr. iii, 278. Nuttall, Sylva, i, 103, t. 27; 2 ed. i, 120, t. 27. Berg in Linnsea, xxvii, 261. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 264. 

 Chapman, Fl. S. States, 131. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 15. 



E. divaricata, Lamarck, Diet, i, 202. 



? MyrtUS dichotoma, Vahl in Poiret, Suppl. iv, 53. 



AnamomiS punctata, Grisebach, Fl. British West Indies, 240. 



NAKED WOOD. 



Semi-tropical Florida, Mosquito inlet to cape Canaveral, common ; west coast, Caloosa river to cape Eomano; 

 in the West Indies. 



A small tree, sometimes 6 to 8 meters in height, with a trunk rarely 0.15 meter in diameter. 



A form with the leaves, buds, and calyx more or less pubescent (E. dichotoma, var. fragrans, Nuttall, l, c.; E. 

 pungens, Willdenow, Spec, ii, 964 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1242 ; E. montana, Aublet, Guian. i, 495, t. 195), not rare in West Indies, 

 and, according to Nuttall, collected by Mr. Baldwin in the vicinity of New Smyrna, Florida, has not been 

 rediscovered within the limits of the United States. 



Wood very heavy, hard, close-grained, compact; medullary rays numerous, thin; color, light brown or red, 

 sap-wood yellow ; specific gravity, 0.8983 ; ash, 0.74. 



The small, edible fruit of agreeable aromatic flavor, and greatly improved by cultivation in rich soil. 



