118 , FOREST TREES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



214. Coccoloba uvifera, Jacquin, 



Amer. 112, t. 73. Gsortner, Fruct. i, 214, t. 45, f. 3. Aiton, Hort. Kew. ii, 34 ; 2 ed. ii, 421. Lamarck, 111. ii, 445, t. 316, f. 2. Willdenow, 

 Spec, ii, 457; Enum. 431. Poiret in Lamarck, Diet, vi, 61. Persoou,Syn. i, 442. Titford, Hort. Bot. Am. 61. Aiton, Hort. Kew. 

 2 ed. ii, 421. Sprengel, Syst. ii, 252. Descourtilz, Fl. Antilles, ii, 41, t. 77. Bot. Mag. t. 3130. Rafinesque, Fl. Telluriana, ii, 

 34. Spach, Hist. Veg. x, 542. Dietrich, Syn. Fl. ii, 1326. Nattall, Sylva, iii, 23, t. 88; 2 ed. ii, 93, t. 88. Carson, Mod. Bot. ii, 

 21, t. 67. Meisner in De Candolle, Prodr. xiv, 152; Bot, Brasil. v 1 , 42. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858. 265. Chapman, Fl. S. 

 States, 391. Porcher, Resources S. Forests, 376. Grisebach, Fl. British West Indies, 161. 



Polygonum nvifera, Linnaeus, Spec. 1 ed. 305. 



SEA GRAPE. 



Semi-tropical Florida, Mosquito inlet to the southern keys, west coast, Tarapa bay to cape Sable; through the 

 West Indies to Brazil. 



A low tree, rarely exceeding in Florida 4 meters in height, with a gnarled and contorted trunk often 0.90 to 

 1.20 meter in diameter, or reduced to a low, generally prostrate shrub; saline shores and beaches; common. 



West Indian forms, differing in the shape of the leaves, etc., are 



var. ovalifolia, Meisner, I. c. 



var. Lceganensis, Meisner, I. c. 



C. Leeganensis, j.icqnin, AUXT. 113, t. ITS, f. 33. 



Wood very heavy, hard, very close-grained, inclined to check in drying, susceptible of a beautiful polish, 

 containing few scattered, rather small, open ducts; layers of annual growth and numerous medullary rays hardly 

 distinguishable; color, rich dark brown or violet, the sap-wood lighter; specific gravity, 0.9635; ash, 1.37; valuable 

 for cabinet-making* 



The edible fruit of agreeable subacid flavor. 



LAURACE^E. 



215. Persea Carolinensis, Nees, 

 t 



Syst. Laurinarum, 150. Spach, Hist. Veg. x, 492. Dietrich, Syn. ii, 1339. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 254. Chapman, Fl. S. 

 States, 63. Curtis in Rep. Geological Surv. N. Carolina, 1860, iii, 63. Wood, Cl. Book, 620; Bot. & Fl. 290. Meisner in De 

 Candolle, Prodr. xv 1 , 50. Gray, Manual N. States, 5 eel. 422 ; Hall's PI. Texas, 473. Young, Bot. Texas, 473. Vasey, Cat. Forest 

 Trees, 21. 



Laurus Borbonia, Linnaeus, Spec. 1 ed. 370, in part, Marshall, Arbustum, 73. Walter, Fl. Caroliniana, 133. Aiton, 

 Hort. Kew. ii, 39; 2 ed. ii, 429. Lamarck, Diet, iii, 450. Willdenow, Spec, ii, 481. Desfoutaines, Hist. Arb. i, 65. 

 Nouveau Duhamel, ii, 163. 



Laurus Carolinensis, Catesby, Carol, i, 63, t. 63. Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. i, 245. Persoon, Syn. i, 449. Desfontaines, 

 Hist. Arb. i, 65. Poiret, Suppl. iii, 321. Willdenow, Enum. Suppl. 22. Michaux f. Hist. Arb. Am. iii, ItiO, t. 2 ; 

 N. American Sylva, 3 ed. ii, 116, t. 82. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. i, 276. Elliott, Sk. i, 401. Sprengel, Syst. ii, 665. 

 Torrey, Compend. Fl. N. States, 174. Beck. Bot. 305. Eaton, Manual, 6 ed. 199. Loudon, Aboretum, iii, 1299, f. 1168, 

 1169. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 293. Browne, Trees of America, 414. Darby, Bot. S. States, 491. Schnizlein, Icon. t. 

 106, f. 5-12. 



Laurus Carolinensis, var. glabra, Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. i, 276. 

 Laurus Carolinensis, var. obtusa, Pnrsh, Fl. Am. Sept. i, 276. 

 Laurus Caroliniana, Poiret, Suppl. iii, 323. Nuttall, Genera, i, 258. 

 P. Borbonia, Sprengel, Syst. ii, 268. 



P. (7aro/iwe?m'.?,var. (jlabriuscula, Meisner in De Candolle, Prodr. xv 1 , 51. 



RED BAY. 



Southern Delaware?, south to bay Biscayne and cape Romano, Florida, and through the Gulf states to 

 southern Arkansas and the valley of the Trinity river, Texas, near the coast. 



A tree 15 to 20 meters in height, with a trunk 0.60 to 0.90 meter in diameter ; borders of streams and swamps, 

 in low, rich soil. 



Wood heavy, hard, very strong, brittle, very close-grained, compact, susceptible of a beautiful polish, 

 containing many evenly-distributed open ducts; medullary rays numerous, thin ; color, bright red, the sap-wood 

 much lighter ; specific gravity, 0.6429 ; ash, 0.76 ; formerly somewhat used in ship-build ing, interior finish, and for 

 cabinet work. 



