64 FOREST TREES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



100. Lysiloma latisiliqua, Benflmm, 



Kev. Mim. in Trans. Linnieau Soc. xxx, 534. Chapman, Fl. S. States, Suppl. C19. 



Mimosa latisiliqua, LinnsBus, Spec. 2ed. l.'>04. 



Acacia latisiliqua, Willdenow, Spec, iv, 1067. Persoon, 8yn. ii, 255. De Camlolle, Prodr. ii, 467. Macfadyen, FL Jamaica, 

 318. Nuttall, Sylva, ii, 34, t. 53 ; 2 ed. i, 183, t. 53. Cooper in Smitiisouian Rep. 1858, 264. 



L, Bahamensis, Bentham in Hooker's London Jour. Bot. iii, 82. 



Acacia Bahamensis, Grisebach, Fl. British West Indies, 221. 



WILD TAMAKIND. 



Semi-tropical Florida, southern kejs (Key Largo, Elliott's, Plantation, and Boca Chica Keys) ; through the 

 West Indies. 



A tree sometimes 15 meters in height, with a trunk 0.60 to 0.90 meter in diameter; bark of the young, 

 vigorous trees smooth ; the older trees generally decayed and defective, with rough, dark bark ( Curtim). 



Wood heavy, hard, not strong, tongh, close-grained, compact, susceptible of a fine polish, containing many 

 scattered, open ducts; medullary rays numerous, not conspicuous; color, rich dark brown tinged with red, the 

 sap-wood white; specific gravity, 0.6418; ash, 2.12; somewhat used locally in boat- and ship- building, and considered 

 equ^l to mahogany for this purpose. 



101. Pithecplobium Unguis-cati, Benfham, 



Hooker'H Loudon Jonr. Bot. Iii, 200 ; Rev. Mim. in Trans. Linnsean Soc. xxx, 572, 648. Grisebach, Fl. British West Indies, 276. 

 Chapman, Fl. S. States, 116. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 13. 



Mimosa Unguis-cati, Linnteus, Spec. 2 ed. 1497. Jacqnin.Hort. Schoenb. iii, 74, t. 392. Descourtilz, Fl. Med. Antilles, 

 i,t. 11. 



Iliga JJnguiscati, Willdenow, Spec, iv, 1006. De Candolle, Prodr. u, 436. Nuttall, Sylva, 11, 37, t. 54 ; 2 ed. i, 86, t. 54. 



Mimosa rosea, Vahl, Eologie, iii, 33, t. 25. 



Iliga rosea, Stendel in De Candolle, Prodr. ii, 437. 



Inga forfex, Kunth, Mim. 12, 1. 16. 



p. forfex, Beutham iu Hooker's London Jour. Bot. iii, 199. 



Inga Chmdalupensis,De6\a,nx,3om.i,io. 



Mimosa Gtiadahipensis, Persoon, Syn. ii,262. 



Inga microphylla, Humboldt & Bonpland in Willdenow, Spec, iv, 1004. 



P. microphyllum, Bentham in Hooker's London Jour. Bot. iii, 200. 



P. Ouadalupensis, Chapman, Fl. 8. States, 116. 



cat's claw. 



Semi-tropical Florida, Caximbas bay, and on the southern keys ; through the West Indies. 



A small tree, sometimes 6 meters in height, with a trunk rarely exceeding 0.15 meter in diameter, or often 

 throwing out many spreading, vine-like stems from the ground. 



Wood very heavy, hard, close-grained, checking badly in drying ; medullary rays numerous, inconspicuous; 

 color, rich red varying to purple, sap-wood clear yellow; specific gravity, 0.9049; ash, 2.46. 



ROSACEA. 



102. Chrysobalanus Icaco, Linnieus, 



Spec. 1 ed. 513. .Jacquiu.Stirp. Am. 154, t. 94. Lamarck, Diet, iii, 2^4; 111. ii,542, t. 428. Poiret, Suppl. iii, 135. Alton, Hort. Kew 

 2 ed. iii, 200. De Candolle, Prodr. ii, 525. Lindley iu Trans. Hort. Soc. Loudon, v, 98. Turpin, Diet. Sci. Nat. 236. Tuasac, 

 Fl. Antilles, iv, 91, t. 31. Spach, Hist. Veg. i, 369, t. 5, f. 4. Torrey !fc Gray, Fl. N. America, i, 406. Walpers, Rep. ii, 1 ; Aun. iv, 642. 

 Beuthum, Bot. Sulphur, 01 ; Fl. Nigritianu, 336. Sprengel, Icou. t. 274, f. 1-13. Cooper in Smilhsoniau Rep. 18(i0, 439. Chapman, 

 i 1. 8. Stites, 119. Gri.scb.-voh, Fl. British West Imlias, 229. Bailkm iu Adausouia, vii, 221 ; Ili.st. PI. i, 427, f. 486, 487. Hooker 

 f. In Martius, Fl. Brasil. ii,7. Oiiibourt, Hist. Drogues, 7 ed. iii, 287. Hemsley, Bot. Am. -Cent. 1,365. 



