Rliamnus. 



RHAMXACE^. 15 



"Wood heavy, exceedingly hard, strong, close-grained, compact ; med- 

 ullary rays numerous, thin; color rich dark brown, the sap-wood light 

 brown. 



The fruit edible and of agreeable flavor. 



43. Condalia ferrea, Griseb. 

 Black Iron-wood. 



Semi-tropical Florida, — Cape Canaveral to Bay Biscayne, and on the 

 southern keys ; in the West Indies. 



A small tree, sometimes 11 metres in height, with a trunk 0.25 to 0.38 

 metre in diameter, generally hollow and defective ; common. 



Wood exceedingly heavy and hard, strong, brittle, close-grained, com- 

 pact, difficult to work ; remarkable for the large percentage of ash ; med- 

 ullary rays very numerous, thin ; color rich orange-brown, the sap-wood 

 lighter. 



44. Condalia obovata, Hook. 

 Blue-wood. Logwood. Purple Haw. 



Eastern and southwestern Texas, westward through southern New 

 Mexico to southern Arizona; probably extending into northern Mexico. 



A small tree, 6 to 10 metres in height, with a trunk 0.15 to 0.20 metre 

 in diameter, or often a low, much branched shrub ; reaching its greatest 

 development along the streams of eastern Texas ; one of the common 

 "chaparral" plants of western Texas, here forming dense, impenetrable 

 thickets. 



Wood very heavy, hard, close-grained, liable to check in seasoning, 

 containing many groups of large irregularly arranged open ducts ; medul- 

 lary rays numerous, obscure ; color light red, the sap-wood light yellow. 



45. Rhamnus Caroliniana, Walt. 

 Indian Cherry. 



Long Island, New York, west along the valley of the Ohio River to 

 southern Illinois, Missouri south of the Meramec River, eastern Kansas, 

 and the Indian Territory, south to northern Florida, and through the 

 Gulf States, to eastern Texas. 



A small tree, 6 to 10 metres in height, with a trunk 0.20 to 0.30 metre 

 in diameter, or in the Atlantic States generally a tall shrub ; rich woods 

 along streams and bottom-lands ; reaching its greatest development in 

 southern Arkansas and eastern Texas. 



Wood light, hard, not strong, coarse-grained, compact ; medullary 

 rays numerous, thin ; color light brown, the sap-wood lighter. 



The fruit sweet and edible. 



