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176. Sideroxylon Mastichodendron, Jacquin, 



Coll. ii, 1. 17, f. 5. Lamarck, 111. ii, 41, 1. 120, f. 2. Gasrtner f. Fruct. Suppl. 125. Sprengel^ Syst. i, 666. Dietrich, Syn. i, 622. A. De 

 CandoUe, Prodr. viii, 181. Grisebach, Fl. British West Indies, 399. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. America ii', 67. 



, Bum'elia pallida, Swartz, Prodr. 40 ; Fl. Ind. Occ. 4e;9. , 



Achras pallida, Poiret in Lamarck, Diet, vi, 533. 



Bume'kl Mastichodendron, Boemer & Schnltes, Syst. iv, 493. 



8. pallidum, Sprengel, Syst. i, 666. A. De Candolle, Prodr. viii, 180. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 274. Vasey, Cat. Forort 

 Trees, 18. 



Bumelia fcetidissima, NuttaU, Sylva, iii, 39, t.94 ; 2 ed. ii, 108, t. 94. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 265. 



MASTIC. 



Semi-tropical Florida, cape Canaveral to the southern keys, west coast, cape Eomano to cape Sable ; in the 

 West Indies. 



A tree often 18 meters in height, with a trunk 0.60 to 0.90 meter in diameter ; the largest and most valuable 

 tree of semi-tropical Florida; common. 



Wood very heavy, exceedingly hard, strong, close grained, checking in drying, containing few scattered small 

 open ducts ; meduUary rays numerous, not conspicuous ; color, bright orange, the sap-wood yellow ; specific gravity, 

 1.0109 ; ash, 5.14 ; not affected by the teredo; largely used in ship- and boat-building. 



The dry fruit, of a pleasant subacid flavor, eagerly eaten by animals. 



177. Dipholis salicifolia, A. De CandoUe, 



Prodr. viii, 188 (Delessert, Icon. Mex. ined. t. 40). Richard, Fl. Cuba, t. 54'. Miquel in Martins, Fl. Brasil. vii, 45, 1. 18. Chapman, 

 Fl. S. States, 274. Grisebach, Fl. British West Indies, 401. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 18. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. America ii', 67. 



Achras salicifolia, Linnaeus, Spec. 2 ed. 470. 



Bumelia salicifolia, Swartz, Prodr. 50 ; Fl. Ind. Occ. i, 491. Lamarck, lU. ii, 42. Willdenow, Spec, i, 1086.- Alton, Hort. 

 Kew. 2 ed. ii, 12. Rcemer & Schnltes, Syst. iv, 494. Dietrich, Syn. I, 621. 



Sideroxylon salicifoUum, Gsertner f. Fmct. Snppl. 124, t. 202. Lamarck, HI. u, 42. 



BUSTIC. CASSADA. 



Semi-tropical Florida, bay Biscayne to the southern keys ; through the West Indies to Brazil. 



A tree sometimes 15 meters in height, with a trunk rarely 0.60 meter in diameter ; the large trees hollow and 

 defective; rare. 



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

 beautiful polish, containing many scattered large open ducts; color, dark brown or red, the sap-wood lighter;* 

 specific gravity, 0.9316 ; ash, 0.32. 



178. Bumelia tenax, Willdenow, 



Spec, i, 1088; Enum. 248; Berl. Banmz. 67. Alton, Hort. Kew. 2 ed. ii, 12. Rcemer & Schnltes, Syst. iv, 496. Elliott, Sk. i,288. 

 Persoon.Syn. i,237. Hayne.Dend. Fl. 18. Sprengel, Syst i,664. Eaton,Mannal, 6 ed. 60. Don, Miller's Diet, iv, 30. London, 

 Arboretum, ii. 1193, f. 1017. Dietrich, Syn. i, 621. Spach, Hist. Veg. ix, 388. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 162. Nnttall, Sylva, iii, 35, t. 

 92; 2ed. ii, 104, t. 92. A. De Candolle, Prodr. viii, 196. Darby, Bot. S. States, 428. Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 253. 

 Chapman, Fl. S. States, 275. Wood, CI. Book, 501 ; Bot. & Fl. 210. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 19. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. America, ii', 68. 



Sideroxylon tenax, Linnajus, Mant. 48. Jacquin, Coll. ii, 252. Lamarck, Diet, i, 245; 111. ii,42. Aiton, Hort. Kew, i, 262. 

 Swartz, Obs. 91. Dcsl'ontaines, Hist. Arb. i, 204. Robin, Voyages, iii, 461. 



Sideroxylon Carolinense, Jacquin, Obs. iii, 3, t. 54. 



Sideroxylon sericeum, Walter, Fl. Caroliniana, 100. 



Sideroxylon chrysophylloides, Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. i, 123. Rafinesqne, Fl. Lndoviciana, 53. 



B. chrysophylloides, Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. i, l.'iS. NuttaU, Genera, i, 135. Watson, Dend. Brit, i, 1. 10. 



fB. reclinata. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 275 [not Ventenat]. 



