CATALOGUE OF FOREST TREES. 95- 



RUBIACE^. 



160. Exostemma Caribaeum, Eoemer & Schnltes, 



Syst. V, 18. Sprenge], Syst. i, 705. De Candolle, Prodr. iv, 359. Don, Miller's Diet, iii, 481. Dietrich, Syn. i, 72'2. Spach, Hist. Veg. 

 viii, 395. Irrey & Gray, Fl. N. America, ii, 36. Cliapnian, Fl. S. States, 180. Grisebach, Fl. British West Indies, 324. 

 Guibourt, Hist. Drognes, 7 ed. iii. 187, f. 628. Gray, Syu. Fl. N. America, i, 23. 



Cinchona Caribwa, Jacquin, Stirp. Amer. t. 176, f. 65. Gaertner, Fruct. i, 109, t. 33. Alton, Hort. Kew. i, 228; 2 ed. i, 

 372. Lambert, Cinchona, 38, t. 12 (excl. syn. ). Andrews, Bot. Eep. vii, t. 481. 



Cinchona Jamaicencis, Wright in Trans. Eoyal Soc. Ixvii, 504, 1. 10. 



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



A small tree, sometimes 7 meters in height, with a trunk 0.20 to 0.30 meter in diameter. 



Wood very heavy, exceedingly hard, strong, close-grained, checking in drying, satiny, susceptible of a beautiful 

 iwlish ; medullary rays numerous, very obscure ; color, light brown, beautifully streaked with different shades of 

 yellow and brown, the sap-wood clear, rich yellow; specific gravity, 0.9310; ash, 0.23. 



161. Pinckneya piibens, Miohaux, 



Fl. Bor.-Am. i, 103, t. 13. WiUdenow, Ennm. Snppl. 30. Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2 ed. i, 372. Michanx f.Hist. Arb. Am.ii,276,t.24; N. 

 American Syl va, i, 180, t. 49. Pnrsh, Fl. Am. Sept. i, 158. Nuttall, Genera, ii, 37. Barton, Fl. N. America, i, 25, t. 7. Sprengel, Syst. 

 i, 705. ElUott, Sk. i, 269. Eafinesque, Med. Bot. ii , 57, t. 72. De CandoUe, Prodr. iv, 366. Audubon, Birds, 1. 165. Eaton, Manual, 

 6 ed. 263. Don, Miller's Diet, iii, 486. Lindley, Fl. Med. 433. Spach, Hist. Veg. viii, 400. Eaton & "Vright, Bot. 357. Torrey & 

 Gray, Fl. N. America, ii, 37. Browne, Trees of America, 354. Griffith, Med. Bot. 365, f. 174. Darby, Bot. S. States, 347. Cooper in, 

 Smithsonian Eep. 1858, 253. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 179. Wood, CI. Book, 401; Bot. & Fl. 150. Porcher, Eesources S. Forests, 

 404. Vasey.Cat. Forest Trees, 17. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. America, i, 23. 



Cinchona CaroUniana, Poiret in Lamarck, Diet, vi, 40. 



p. pubescens, Persoon, Syn. i, 197. Gajrtner f. Fruclr. Suppl. 81, t. 194, f. 3. 



GEOEGIA BAEK. 



South Carolina, near the coast ; basin of the upper Apalachicola river in Georgia and Florida. 



A small tree, 6 to 9 meters in height, with a trunk 0.15 to 0.30 meter in diameter ; borders of streams, iu low,, 

 sandy swamps ; rare. 



Wood light, soft, weak, close-grained, checking badly in drying; layers of annual growth clearly marked by 

 four to six rows of large open ducts; medullary rays few, obscure; color, brown, the sap-wood lighter; specific 

 gravity, 0.5350; ash, 0.41. 



Infusions of the bark are successfully used in the treatment of intermittent fever, as a substitute for cinchona 

 (U. 8. Dinpensatory, 14 ed.l734). 



162. Genipa clusiaefolia, Grisebach, 

 Fl. British West Indies, 317. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. America, V, 29. 



Gardenia elusicefolia, .Jacquin, Coll. Appx. 37, t. 4, f. 3. Persoon, Syn. i, 199. De Candolle, Prodr. iv, 381 ; Dietrich, 



Syn. i, 796. 



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Bandia elusicefolia, Chapman, Fl. S. States, 179. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 17. 



SETEN-TEAR APPLE. 



Semi-tropical Florida, on the southern keys ; in the West Indies. 



A small, much-branched, knotty tree, sometimes 6 meters in height, with a trunk rarely exceeding 0.10 meter 

 in diameter,- or m Florida more often a shrub ; saline shores. 



Wowl very heavy, hard, close-giained, compact, susceptible of a beautiful polish; medullary rays numerous,, 

 thin ; color, rich dark brown shaded with orange, the sap-wood light yellow ; specific gravity, 1.03 IG ; ash, 1 .06. 



The large insipid fruit popularly but incorrectly supposed to require seven years iu which to ripen. 



