112 FOREST TREES OF NORTH AMERICA. 



thin; color, dark brown, the sap-wood light brown, or often nearly white; specific gravity, 0,6318; ash, 0,72; 

 specific gravity of the heavier sap-wood, 0.74G5; largely used for interior finish, fencing, barrel hoops, in cabinet- 

 making, and the manufacture of baskets. 



Note. Fraxinua dipetala, Hooker & Aruott, of the California Coast ranges and the western Blopea of the sontbern Sierra Nevadas, 

 and F. cuspidata, Torrey, of the valley of the Rio Grande, do not attain arborescent habit or dimensions. 



The following, characterized by Boso in Mem. Inst. 1808, mainly from the foliage of garden specimens of supposed North American 

 origin, cannot be safely referred to our species : F. alba, vinerea, elliptiea, fusca, mixta, nigra, ovata, pannosa, pulverulenta, Richardi, rubicunda, 

 and ru/a. 



199. Forestiera acuminata, Poiret, 



Snppl. ii, 664. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 194. Nuttall in Trans. Am. Phil. Soo. new ser. v, 176. Torrey in Nicollet's Eep. 154. Engelmann 

 & Gray in Jonr. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist, v, 262. Chapman, Fl. S. States, 370. Lesquereux in Owen's 2d Rep. Arkansas, 382. 

 Wood, CI. Book, 600; Bot. & Fl. 277. Gray, Manual N. States, .5 ed. 402; Proo. Am. Acad, iv, 363 (excl. var.); Syn. Fl. N. 

 America, ii', 76. Koch, Dendrologie, ii, 224. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 20. 



Adelia acuminata, Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Am. ii, 225, t. 48. 



Borya acuminata, Willdenow, Spec, iv, 711. Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2 ed. 366. Elliott, Sk. ii, 675. Eaton, Manual, 6 ed. 57. 

 Eaton & Wright, Bot. 159. 



Borya ligustrina, Willdenow, Spec, iv, 711, in part. Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2 ed. 366, in part. Gray, Manual N. States, 2 ed, 

 358, in part. 



Borya nitida, Willdenow, Enum. Suppl. 66. 



Bigelovia acuminata, Smith in Eees' Cycl. xxxis, No. 4. 



PBIVET, 



Western Georgia, western Florida, through the Gulf states to the valley of the Colorado river, Texas, and 

 northward through Arkansas to southern Missouri and Cahokia creek, Illinois (opposite Saint Louis), 



A small tree, 6 to 8 meters in height, with a trunk rarely 0.20 meter in diameter; borders of swamps and 

 streams, in low, wet soil; common in the Gulf region, near the coast, and reaching its greatest development in 

 southern Arkansas. 



Wood heavy, soft, not strong, brittle, close-grained, compact; medullary rays numerous, thin, rather conspicuous; 

 color, light yellow streaked with brown; the sap-wood lighter ; specific gravity, 0.6345; ash, 0,72, 



200- Chionanthus Virginica, Linnsens, 



Spec. 1 ed. 8. Marshall, Arbustum, 33. Walter, Fl. Caroliniana, 60. Wangenheim, Amer. 92. Aiton, Hort. Kew. iii, 14 ; 2 ed. i, 23. 

 Lamarck, IlL i, 30, t. 9, f. 1. Willdenow, Spec, i, 46; Enum. 14; Berl. Baumz. 87. Abbot, Insects Georgia, ii,t. 98. Michaux, Fl. 

 Bor.-Am. i, 3. Vahl, Enum. i, 44. Persoon, Syn. i, 9. Desfontaines, Hist. Arb. i, 111. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. i, 7. Roemer & 

 Schultes, Syst. i, 72. Nuttall, Genera, i, 5; Sylva, iii, 56, t. 88; 2ed. ii, 122, t. 88. Elliott, Sk.i, 6. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 2. Torrey, 

 Fl. U. 8. i, 7 ; Compend. Fl. N. States, 17. Sprengel, Syst. i, 34. Loddiges, Bot. Cab. 1. 1264. Guimpel, Otto & Hayne, Abb. Holz. 

 93, t. 73. Beck, Bot. 232. Eaton, Manual, 6 ed. 92. Don, Miller's Diet, iv, 50. Loudon, Arboretum, ii, 1206, f. 1029, 1030. Spaoh, 

 Hist. Veg. viii, 259. Dietrich, Syn. i, 37. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 193. A. De CandoUe, Prodr. viii, 295. Browne, Trees of America, 

 371. Darlington, Fl. Cestrica, 3 ed. 238. Darby, Bot. S. States, 429. Cooper in Smithsonian Eep. 1858,253. Chapman, Fl. S. 

 States, 3t9. Curtis in Rep. Geological Surv. N. Carolina, 1860, iii, 95. Lesquereux in Owen's 2d Eep. Arkansas, 382. Wood, CI. 

 Book, 599 ; Bot. & Fl. 276. Porcher, Resources S. Forests, 494. Gray, Manual N. States, 5 ed. 401 ; Hall's PI. Texas, 19 ; Syn. Fl. N. 

 America, ii', 77. Koch, Dendrologie, ii, 262. Young, Bot. Texas, 452. Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 20. 



G. trifida, Moench, Meth, 437. 



0. Virginica, var. latifolia, Vahl, Enum. i, 44. Alton, Hort, Kew. 2 ed.i, 23. Pursh, FL Am. Sept. i, 8. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 

 2. Don, Miller's Diet, iv, .50. 



0. Virginica, var. angustifolia, Vahl, Enum. i, 44. Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2 ed. i, 23. Hayne, Dend. Fl. 2. Watson, Dend. 

 Brit, i, 1. 1. Don, Miller's Diet, iv, 50. 



C. Virginica, var, montana, Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. i, 8. Torrey, Fl. U. S. i, 7 ; Compend. Fl. N. States, 17. Beck, Bot. 232. 

 Eaton, Manual, 6 ed. 92. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 194. A. De CandoUe, Prodr. viii, 295. 



G. Virginica, var. maritima, Pursh.Fl. Am. Sept. i, 8. Torrey, Fl. U. S. i, 7; Compend. Fl. N. States, 17. Beck, Bot. 232. 

 EatoD, Manual, 6 ed. 92. Don, Miller's Diet, iv, 50. Eaton & Wright, Bot. 194. A. De CandoUe, Prodr. viu, 295. 

 Eegel, Gartenflora, xvi, t. 564. 



G. maritima, Loddiges, Cat. 1836. 



G. heterophylla, Eafinesque, New Fl. & Bot. i, 86. 



G. longifolia, Eafinesque, New Fl. & Bot. i, 87. 



C. montana, Eafinesque, New Fl. & Bot. i, 88. 



0. 0,ngU8ti/olia, Eafinesque, New Fl. & Bot. i, 88. 



