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South Carolina to iiorthern Florida, near the coast. 



A small tree, in rich hummocks, 6 to 9 meters in height, with a trunk 0.15 to 0.25 meter in diameter, often 

 crooked or semi-prostrate; or in sandy pine-barren soil reduced to a low shrub, 0.60 to 0.90 meter in height; the 

 leaves varying greatly in shape, venation, etc. 



Wood lu'uvy, hard, not strong, very close-grained, checking in drying, satiny, susceptible of a beautiful 

 polish; medullary rays numerous, thin ; color, bright brown tinged with red, the sap-wood a little lighter; 

 specific gravity, 0.7f>00 ; ash, 0.40. 



166. Arbutus Menziesii, Pursh, 



Fl.Am. Sept. i,282. Sprengcl, Syst. ii, 286. Don, Miller's Diet, iii, 834. London, Arboretum, ii, 1122. De Camlolle, Prodr. vii, 582. 

 Dietrich, Syu. ii, Ki37. Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Aui. ii, 36. Hooker & Arnott, Bot. Beechey, 143. Kuttall, Sylva, iii, 42, t. 95 ; 2 ed. ii, 109, 

 t.95. Torroy in Pacific R. R. Rep. iv, 116; Bot. \Vilkes Exped. 378. Xewbcrry in Pacific R. R. Rep. vi, 23, 79, f. 22. Cooper in 

 Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 260 ; Pacific R. R. Rep. xii-, -!', 6i>. Lyall in Jonr. Linnacan Soc. vii, 131. Grayiu Proc. Am. Acad. vii,393; 

 B t. California, i, )">-', in pait ; Syn. Fl. N. Anu'rica, ii 1 , 27, in part. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 17. Hall in Coulter's Bot. Gazette, ii, 

 86. Maconn in Geological Rep. Canada, 1875-'7(i, 'J(i:i. G. M. Dawson in Canadian Nat. new ser. ix,331. Hemsley, Bot. Am.-Cent. 

 ii, 276. 



A. 2>rocera, Douglas in Liudley's Bot. Reg. xxi, t. 1753. London, Arboretum, ii, 1121. De Candolle, Prodr. vii, 582. 

 Dietrich, Syn. ii, 1387. Paxton, Mag. Bot. ii, 147 & t. Walpers, Rep. vi, 416. 



A. laurifolia, Lindley, Bot. Reg. xxx, t. 67. Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 36. 



MADRONA. 



Islands of British Columbia, from Seymour narrows southward through Washington territory and Oregon, 

 near the coast, and through the Coast ranges of California to the Santa Lucia mountains. 



A small tree, sometimes 15 to 25 meters in height, with a trunk 0.90 to 1.20 meter in diameter, or, exceptionally, 

 much larger (the great specimen near San Rafael, Marin county, California, 6.85 meters in circumference 2 meters 

 from the ground); south of San Francisco bay much smaller, often reduced to a low shrub; hillsides, in rich soil. 



Wood heavy, hard, strong, close-grained, checking in drying; medullary rays numerous, conspicuous; color, 

 light brown shaded with red, the sap-wood lighter; specific gravity, 0.7052; ash, 0.40; largely used in the 

 manufacture of gunpowder, the bark in tanning. 



167. Arbutus Xalapensis, HBK. 



Nov. Gen. & Spec, iii, 281. Sprengel, Syst. ii, 286. Don, Miller's Diet, iii, 834. Hooker, Icon, i, t. 27. Bentham, PI. Hartweg. 66. 

 De Candolle, Prodr. vii, 583. Dietrich, Syn. ii, 1388. Walpers, Ann. ii, 1105. Jour. Hort. Soc. London, v, 192 & t. 



?A. variens, Bentham, PI. Hartweg. 77. Paxton, Brit. FJ. Card, ii, 118. Hemsley, Bot. Am.-Cent. ii, 277. 

 fA. macrophylla, Martens & Galcotti in Bull. Acad. Brux.ix, 9. Walpers, Rep. ii, 725. 



A. Menziesii, Gray in Bot. California, i, 452, in part ; Syn. Fl. N. America, ii 1 , 27, in part. Rothrock in Wheeler's Rep. 

 vi, 25, 183 [not Pursh]. 



Southern Arizona, Santa Kita mountains, between 4,500 and 7,000 feet elevation ; southward through northern 

 Mexico. 



A small tree, with white, scaly bark, 9 to 12 meters in height, with a trunk 0.45 to 0.60 meter in diameter ; 

 dry, gravelly slopes; large specimens generally hollow and defective. 



Wood heavy, soft, not strong, brittle, close-grained, checking badly in drying, susceptible of a good polish; 

 medullary rays numerous, obscure ; color, light brown tinged with red, the sap-wood lighter; specific gravity, 0.7099; 

 ash, 0.25. 



168. Arbutus Texana, Buckley, 



Proc. Philadelphia Acad. 1861,460. Gray in Proe. Philadelphia Acad. 18C2, 165. Young, Bot. Texas, 370. 

 A. Menziesii, Gray in Bot. California, i, 452, in part; Syn. Fl.N. America, ii',27, in part. 

 ?A. Xalapensis, Watson in Proc. Am. Acad. xviii, 111. 



Western Texas, Hays and Travis counties (Buckley), west tb the Guadalupe and Eagle mountains (Havard), 

 .and southward, probably into northern Mexico. 



A small tree, 5 to 6 meters in height, with a trunk 0.15 to 0.25 meter in diameter ; dry limestone hills and 

 ridges; rare. 

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