CATALOGUE OF FOREST TREES. 121 



GUIANA PLUM. WHITE WOOD. 







Semi-tropical Florida, bay Biscay ne to the southern keys ; in the West Indies. 

 A small tree, sometimes 9 meters in height, with a trunk 0.12 to 0.17 meter in diameter. 



Wood heavy, hard, not strong, brittle, close-grained, checking in drying ; medullary rays numerous, thin ; color, 

 rich dark brown, the sap-wood yellow ; specific gravity, 0.9209; ash, 6.14. 



Var. latifolia, MUII.T, 



De Candolle, Prodr. xv 2 , 456. 



D. glauca, Nuttall, Sylva, ii, 66: 2 ed. ii, 14. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 410. 



D. alba, var. latifolia, Grisebach iu Nachrich. d. Konigl. Gesell. Wiss. Univ. Gutting. 1865, 165, in part. 



Semi-tropical Florida, bay Biscay ne to the southern keys; in the West Indies. 

 A tree sometimes 12 meters in height, with a trunk 0.30 to 0.35 meter in diameter. 



Wood heavy, hard, not strong, brittle, very close-grained, checking in drying; medullary rays numerous, 

 obscure; color, brown streaked with bright yellow, the sap-wood dull brown ; specific gravity, 0.9346; ash, 8.29. 

 Perhaps a distinct species, the fruit and flowers not recently collected. 



220. Sebastiania lucida, Mailer; 

 De Candolle, Prodr. xv 2 , 1181. 



Gymnanthes lucida, Swartz, Prodr. 96. 



Exctecaria lucida, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. ii, 1122. WiMenow, Spec, iv, 865. Poiret, Suppl. i, 155. Persoon, Syn. ii, 634. 

 Nuttall, Sylva, ii, 60, t. 61 ; 2 ed. ii, 6, t. 61. A. de Jussieu, Tent. Euphorh. 1. 16, f. 55. Richard, Fl. Cuba, 199. 

 Dietrich, Syn. v, 256. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1S58, 265. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 405. Grisebach, Fl. British 

 West Indies, 50. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 21. 



CEAB WOOD. POISON WOOD. 



Semi-tropical Florida, bay Biscayue to the southern keys; common ; in the West Indies. 



A small tree, sometimes 9 meters in height, with a trunk 0.15 to 0.20 meter in diameter; the large specimens 

 generally hollow and decayed. 



Wood very heavy, hard, very close-grained, compact, susceptible of a beautiful polish; medullary rays 

 numerous, obscure ; color, rich dark brown streaked with yellow, the sap-wood bright yellow ; specific gravity, 

 1.0905 ; ash, 2.78 ; now largely manufactured into canes, and furnishing valuable fuel. 



221. Hippomane Mancinella, Linnaeus, 



Spec. 1 cd. 1191. Jacquin, Amer. 250. t. 159. Lamarck, Diet, ii, 694. Alton, Hort. Kew. iii, 378; 2 ed. v, 333. Swartz, Obs. 369. 

 Willdenow, Spec, iv, 571. Persoon, Syu. ii, 589. Titford, Hort. Hot. Am. Suppl. 9, t. 12, f. 5. Lamarck, 111. iii, 374, t. 793, f. 1. 

 Sprengel, Syst. iii, 805. Spach, Hist. Veg. ii, 524. Nuttall, Sylva, ii, 54, t. 60; 2 ed. i, 202, t. 60. Bentham, Bot. Sulphur, 163. 

 Richard, Fl. Cuba, 200. Dietrich, Syn. v, 224. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 265. Baillon, Etud. Gen. Eaphorbiacese, t. 6, 

 f. 12-20. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 404. Porcher, Resources S. Forests, 120. Grisebach, Fl. British West Indies, 50. Regel, 

 Gartenflora, xv, 163, t. 510. Milller in Do Candolle, Prodr. xv 2 , 1201. Schnizlein, Icon. t. 243, f. 3. Maont & Decaisne, Bot. 

 English ed. 693 & f. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 21. 



Mancinella venenata, Tussac, Fl. Antilles, iii, 21, t. 5. 



MANCHINEEL. 



Semi-tropical Florida, on the southern keys ; common ; through the West Indies and Central America to the 

 Pacific. 



A small tree, in Florida rarely exceeding 4 meters in height, with a trunk 0.12 to 0.17 meter in diameter; 

 abounding in white, milky, exceedingly caustic poisonous sap. " Rain washing the leaves becomes poisonous, and 

 the smoke of the burning wood injures or destroys the eyes." (A. H. Curtiss}. 



Wood light, soft, close-grained, compact, containing numerous evenly-distributed, small, open ducts; medullary 

 rays numerous, obscure; color, dark brown, the thick sap-wood light brown or yellow; specific gravity (sap-wood), 

 0.5772; ash, 5.16. 



