100 FOREST TREES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



173. Ardisia Pickeringia, Nnttall, 



Sylva, iii,09,t. 102; 2 ed. ii, 13'S, t. 102. A. Do CanUolle, Prodr. viii, 124. Cooper in Smithsonian Eep. 1858, 264. Chapman, Fl. 8. 

 States, 277. Vusey, Cat. Forest Trees, 19. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. America, ii', 65. Hemsley, Bot. Am.-Cent. ii, 294. 



Gyrilla paniatlata, Nuttall in Am. Jour. Sci. v, 290. 



Pickeringia pcmiculata, Nnttall in Jour. Philadelphia Acad, vii, 1. 



MAELBEEEY. CHEEEY. 



Semi-tropical Florida, Mosquito inlet to the southern keys, west coast, Caloosa river to cape Bomano; in the 

 West Indies and southern Mexico. 



A small tree, sometimes 8 meters in height, with a trunk rarely 0.15 meter in diameter, or often a shrub; 

 reaching its greatest development in Florida on the shores of bay Biscayne. 



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

 numerous, conspicuous ; color, rich brown, beautifully marked with the darker medullary rays, the sap-wood a 

 little lighter; specific gravity, 0.8602; ash, 1.85. 



174. Jacquinia armillaris, Jacquin, 



Amer. 53, t. 39. Linnsens, Spec. 2 ed. 272. Alton, Hort. Kew. i, 257; 2 ed. ii, 5. Lamarck, 111. ii, 46, t. 39. Vahl, Eclog. i, 26. Swarta, 

 Obs. 85. Wilidenow, Spec, i, 1064; Enum. 246. Persoon, Syn. i, 234. Roemer & Schultes, Syst. iv, 490. Sprengel,Sy8t. i,668. 

 Don, Miller's Diet, iv, 24. Dietrich, Syn. i, 638. Bentham, Bot. Sulphur, 123. A. De CandoUe, Prodr. viii, 149. Miquel in 

 Martins, Fl. Brasil. ix, 282, t. 27. Cooper in Smithsonian Eep. 1858,265. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 276. Griaebach, Fl. British 

 West Indies, 397. Seemann, Jour. Bot. iii, 279. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 19. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. America, ii', 66. Hemsley, 

 Bot. Am.-Cent. ii, 294. 



Chrysophyllum Barbasco, Loefling, Iter. 204, 277. 



JOE WOOD. 



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



A low, rigid tree, rarely exceeding in Florida 4 meters in height, with a trunk sometimes 0.15 meter in 

 diameter ; in the Bahamas and other West Indian islands probably much larger. 



Wood heavy, hard, coarse-grained, checking and shrinking badly in drying, containing many scattered 

 large open ducts; medullary rays numerous, broad, conspicuous; color, light clear brown tinged with yellow; 

 specific gravity, 0.6948 ; ash, 3.45. 



The saponaceous leaves sometimes used as a substitute for soap. 



SAPOTACE^ 



175. Chrysophyllum oliviforme, Lamarck, 



Diet, i, 552; 111. ii, 42. Descourtilz, Fl. Med. Antilles, ii, 71. A. De CandoUe, Prodr. viii, 158. Grisebach, Fl. British West Indies, 

 398. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. America, ii', 67. Chapman, Fl. S. States, Suppl. 634. 



0. Caneto, (i. Linnaeus, Sp. 3 ed. 278 (excl. syn. Loefling). 



0. monopyrenum, Swartz, I^rodr. 49; Fl. Ind. Occ. i, 480. Persoon, Syn. i, 236.-E<Emer & Schultes, Syst. iv 703.^ 

 Sprengel, Syst. i, 666. Bot. Mag. t. 3303. Dietrich, Syn. i, 638. Miquel in Martins, Fl. Brasil. vii, 94. 



0. ferrugineum, Gaertner f. Fruct. Suppl. 120, t. 202, f. 1. 



C microphyllum, Chapman in Coulters Bot. Gazette, iii, 9. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 18 [not A. De CandoUe]. 



Semi-tropical Florida, cape Canaveral to the southern keys (Elliott's Key, No-Name Key, Key Largo), west 

 coast, Caloosa river to cape Sable; rare ; through the West Indies to Brazil. 



A small tree, sometimes 9 meters in height, with a trunk 0.25 to 0.30 meter in diameter. 



Wood vei-y heavy, hard, strong, closc-graineil, checking in drying; medullary rays numerous, not conspicuous; 

 color, light brown shaded with red, the thin sap-wood a little lighter; specific gravity, 0.9360; ash, 1.24. 



