Lyon's Ironwood 



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ovules, the style stout, the stigma small. . The fruit is a pair of quite woody glan- 

 dular folHcles, each containing 4 oblong seeds. 



This rare and handsome tree is well adapted to cultivation in regions not sub- 

 ject to frost. Its wood is very hard, red, with a specific gravity of about 0.80. 



Fig. 360. Lyon's Ironwood. 



Its leaves vary greatly, some pinnatifid and others entire-margined occurring on 

 the same twigs on Santa Catalina island. The generic name is in honor of 

 WiUiam S. Lyon, who explored Santa Catalina island in 1884-1885; he was an 

 officer of the CaHfomia Board of Forestry. 



