Cliftonia. 



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Wood heavy, hard, close-grained, liable to check in drying ; medullary 

 rays numerous, conspicuous ; color nearly white, becoming yellow with 

 exposure, the sap-wood lighter. 



The leaves possess powerful emetic properties. 



36. Ilex decidua, Walt. 



Southern Virginia, southward, through the middle districts, to western 

 Florida ; through the Gulf States to the valley of the Colorado River, 

 Texas, and northward through the Mississippi Valley to southern Illinois. 



A small tree, 8 to 9 metres in height, with a trunk 0.15 to 0.20 metre 

 in diameter, or in the Atlantic States a tall, straggling shrub ; low, wet 

 woods along streams, reaching its greatest development in the Iron Moun- 

 tain region of Missouri, and in southern Arkansas. 



AVood heavy, hard, close-grained, compact ; medullary rays numerous, 

 thin ; color creamy-white, the sap-wood lighter. 



CYRILLACE^E. 



37. Cyrilla racemifiora, L. 



Iron-wood. 



North Carolina, southward, near the coast, to middle Florida, and west, 

 along the Gulf coast, to the valley of the Pearl River, Mississippi. 



A small tree, sometimes 8 to 10 metres in height, with a trunk 0.15 to 

 0.20 metre in diameter, or often a tall shrub, sending up many stems from 

 the root ; open swamps, low thickets, or pine-barren pond-holes. 



Wood heavy, weak, hard, close-grained, compact ; medullary rays thin, 

 not conspicuous ; color brown tinged with red, the sap-wood a little 

 lighter. 



38. Cliftonia ligustrina, Banks. 

 Titi. Iron-ioood. Buckwheat Tree. 



Valley of the Savannah River, Georgia, south to middle Florida, and 

 west, along the Gulf coast, to the valley of the Pearl River, Louisiana. 



A small tree, sometimes 12 metres in height, with a trunk 0.30 to 0.40 

 metre in diameter, or toward its southern limits in Florida reduced to a 

 shrub ; margins of pine-barren ponds and streams. 



Wood heavy, soft, not strong, close-grained, compact ; medullary rays 

 numerous, thin ; color brown tinged with red, the sap-wood lighter ; 

 largely used as fuel, burning with a clear flame. 



