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AMERICAN FOREST TREES 



small beans with wings at each end. They are light, and the wind 

 disperses them. The tree is a prolific seeder. 



The range of this small tree extends across western Texas, New 

 Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, into San Diego county, California. The 

 tree occurs in dry, gravelly, porous soil near the banks of streams and in 

 depressions in the desert. The wood is weak and soft, the heart brown, 

 streaked with yellow. No use has been found for it. The tree is culti- 

 vated for ornament in Mexico and sometimes in the southern states. 

 The flowers look well when they are encountered in the desert. They 

 are white, faintly tinged with purple, with bright yellow spots inside. 

 They are funnel shaped and have the odor of violets. 



