LARGER NORTH CAROLINA FOREST TREES. 29 



trees, with shaggy, brown bark, (BEAM OR IRONWOOD. 



growing on rich hillsides ; western, (p. 112.) HOP-HORN- 



Remaining large trees ; fruit a 

 winged seed falling in spring 

 before the leaves appear ; exten- 

 sively cultivated for shade trees. 

 Elms. 



Twigs very hairy; the leaves broadly 

 oval, rough and hairy ; twigs gummy 



when chewed ; infrequent, (p. 78.) SLIPPERY ELM. 



Twigs smoothish ; leaves over 2 

 inches long, but slightly rough; 



bark on large trees mostly scaly, (p. 76.) WHITE ELM. 



Twigs smoothish; the leaves about 

 2 inches long ; bark on large 

 trunks firm and furrowed ; the bark 

 of twigs often corky winged, (p. 77.) WINGED ELM. 



III. PALMS; TREES WITHOUT LIMBS; 

 linited in this State to the PALMETTO, a 

 small tree with unbranched stem about 10 

 inches in diameter arid a small crown of 

 evergreen leaves two feet or more in breadth ; 

 found only along the coast to the south of 

 Cape Hatteras. (p. 136.) PALMETTO. 



