98 FOREST TREES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



Wood heavy, hard, close-grained, compact; medullary rays numerous, obscure; color, brown, the sap-wood 

 lighter, tinged with red; specific gravity, 0.7600; ash, 0.51; used in turnery, the manufacture of mathematical 

 instruments, etc. 



Note. The synonomy and specific position of the Mexican species of Jrhutut which reach the sonthem boundary of the United 

 States are still obscure, and cannot be well elucidated with the existing knowledge of the Mexican 4ora. 



169. Oxydendrum arboreum, De Candolle, ^ 



Prodr. vii, 601. Dietrich, Syn. ii, 1389. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 253. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 263. Lesqnerenx in Owen's 

 2d Rep. Arkansas, 372.- Curtis in Rep. Geological Surv. N. CaroUna, 1860, iii, 79. Wood, CI. Book, 489 : Bot. & Fl. 203. Gray, 

 Manual N. States, 5 ed.296; Syn. Fl. N. America, ii', 33. Koch, Dendrologie, ii, 128. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 17. Nat. 

 Dispensatory, 2 ed. 798. 



Andromeda arborea, Linnaeus, Spec, l ed. 394. Lamarck, Diet, i, 158. Marshall, Arbustum, 7. Wangenheim, Amer. 105. 

 Walter, Fl. Caroliniana, 138. Alton, Hort. Kew. ii, 69 ; 2 ed. iii, 53. Willdenow, Spec, ii, 612; Enum. 452 ; Berl. Banmz. 

 31. Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. i, 255. Nouveau Duhamel, i, 178. Bot. Mag. t. 905. Desfontaines, Hist. Arb. i, 257. 

 Michaux f.'Hist. Arb. Am. iii, 222, t. 7 ; N. American Sylva, 3 ed. ii, 126, t. 85. Pnrsh, Fl. Am. Sept. i, 295. Nuttall, 

 Genera, i, 265. Elliott, Sk. i, 491. Barton, Fl. N. America, i, 105, t. 30. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 59. Torrey, VI. U. S. i, 

 420 ; Compend. Fl. N. States, 182. Sprengel, Syst. ii, 291. Gray, Manual N. States, 1 ed. 266. Darby, Bot. 8. 

 States, 419. Porcher, Resources S. Forests, 379. 



Andromeda arborescens, Persoon, Syn.i, 480. Willdenow, Ennm.453. Loddiges, ^ot.Cab. t.l210. 



Lyonia arborea, Don in Edinburgh Phil. Jour, xvii, 159. Don, Miller's Diet, iii, 831. Loudon, Arboretum, ii, 1111. Spach, 

 Hist. Veg. ix, 486. Browne, Trees of America, 356. 



SOKREL TREE. SOUR WOOD. 



Western Pennsylvania, southward along the Alleghany mountains to western Florida and the eastern shores 

 of Mobile bay, west to middle Tennessee and through the upper regions of the Gulf states to western Louisiana. 



A small tree, 12 to 18 meters in height, with a trunk 0.25 to 0.35 meter in diameter; usually in rather dry, 

 gravelly soil. 



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

 thin ; color, brown tinged with red, the sap-wood somewhat lighter ; specific gravity, 0.7458 ; ash, 0.37 ; used for 

 the handles of tools, bearings of machinery, etc. 



170. Kalmia latifolia, Linnaeus, 



Spec. 1 ed. 301. Kalm, Travels, English ed.i, 335. Marshall, Arbustum, 72. Lamarck, Diet, ii, 345; 111. u,487,t. 363, f. 1. Gsertner, 

 Fruct. i, 305, t. 63, f. 7. Wangenheim, Amer. 64,t.24,f. 50. Walter, Fl. Caroliniana, 138. Alton, Hort, Kew.ii, 64; 2 ed. iii, 47. 

 Lamarck, m. 487, t. 363, f. 1. Abbot, Insects Georgia, i, t. 87. Willdenow, Spec, ii, 600; Enum. 450; Berl. Baumz. 202. Schkuhr, 

 Handb. 359, 1. 116. Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. i, 258. Persoon, Syn. i, 477. Desfontaines, Hist. Arb. i, 220. Robin, Voyages, iii, 419. 

 Michaux f. Hist. Ai'b. Am. iii, 144, t. 4; N.American Sylva, 3 ed. ii, 62, t. 67. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. i, 296. Barton, Prodr. Fl. 

 Philadelph. 49. Eaton, Manual, 47; 6 ed. 195. Bigelow, Med. Bot. i, 113, 1. 13; Fl. Boston. 3 ed. 179. Nuttall, Genera, i,267. 

 Hayne, Dend. Fl. 54. Elliott, Sk. i, 481. Torrey, Fl. U. S. i, 422 ; Compend. Fl. N. States, 182. Sprengel, Syst. ii, 293. Audubon, 

 Birds, t. 55. Rafinesque, Med. Bot. ii, 16, t. 57. Sertum Botanicum,iv & t. Beck, Bot. 219. Don, Miller's Diet, iii, 850. Lindley, 

 Fl. Med. 380. London, Arboretum, ii, 1151, f. 959. De Candolle, Prodr. vii, 729. Spach, Hist. Veg. ix, 498, 1. 139. Hooker, Fl. Bor.- 

 Am. ii, 41. Dietrich, Syn. ii, 1407. Browne, Trees of America, 363. Emerson, Trees Massachusetts, 392; 2 ed. ii. 443 & t. 

 Griffith, Med. Bot. 428, f. 192. Darlington, Fl. Cestrica, 3 ed. 172. Darby, Bot. S. States, 420. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 

 253. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 264. Curtis in Rep. Geological Surv. N. Carolina, 1860, iii, 99. Lesquereux in Owen's 2d Rep. 

 Arkansas, 373. Wood, CI. Book. 484; Bot. & Fl. 200. Porcher, Resources S. Forests, 381. Gray, Manual N. States, 5 ed. 298; 

 Syn. Fl. N. America, ii', 38. Koch, Dendrologie, ii, 152. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 17. London Garden, xxii, 6, t. 343. 



LAUREL. CALICO BUSH. SPOON WOOD. IVY. 



New Brunswick and the northern shores of lake Erie, south to western Florida, and through the Gulf states 

 to western Louisiana and the valley of the Red river, Arkansas (Hot Springs, Letterman). 



A small tree, sometimes 9 to 12 meters in height, with a trunk 0.30 to 0.60 meter in diameter, or more often 

 a low shrub; rich woodlands; most common and reaching its greatest development in the southern Alleghany 

 mountains, here often forming dense, impenetrable thickets. 



Wood heavy, hard, strong, brittle, close-grained, compact; principal medullary rays broad, dark brown, 

 conspicuous, intermediate rays numerous, thin, inconspicuous; color, brown tinged with red, the sap-wood 

 somewhat lighter; specific gravity, 0.71C0 ; ash, 0.41 ; used for tool handles, in turnery, and for fuel. 



The leaves, buds, and fruit, reputed poisonous to cattle, are occasionally used medicinally ( U. S. Dispensatory, 

 14 ed. 1G82. Nat. Dispensatory, 2 ed. 798). 



