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Wood heavy, strong, hard, close-grained, compact, easily split into thin 

 strips ; layers of annual growth clearly marked by several rows of large 

 open ducts ; medullary rays thin, obscure ; color light brown tinged 

 with yellow, the sap-wood lighter; largely used in Texas in the manu- 

 facture of cotton-baskets, and in New Mexico for the frames of pack- 

 saddles. 



55. Sapindus Saponaria, L. 

 Soapberry. 



Semi-tropical Florida, — Bay Biscayne to Caximbas Bay ; in the West 

 Indies. 



A small tree, G to 10 metres in height, with a trunk sometimes 0.38 

 metre in diameter; common on Cape Sable, and reaching its greatest 

 development, within the United States, on the Thousand Islands and 

 along the shores of Caximbas Bay. 



Wood heavy, rather hard, close-grained, compact; medullary rays 

 numerous, thin ; color light brown tinged with yellow, the sap-wood 

 yellow. 



The fruit and roots rich in saponin, and used in the West Indies as a 

 substitute for soap; the round black seeds for beads, buttons, and small 

 ornaments. 



56. Hypelate paniculata, Cambess. 

 Ink-wood. Iron-wood. 



Semi-tropical Florida, — east coast from Mosquito Inlet to the southern 

 keys; in the West Indies. 



A tree often 12 metres in height, with a trunk 0.45 metre in 

 diameter. 



Wood very heavy, exceedingly hard, very strong, close-grained, sus- 

 ceptible of a good polish, checking in drying ; medullary rays obscure ; 

 color bright reddish brown, the sap-wood lighter ; used in ship-building, 

 for the handles of tools, and wharf piles ; resisting the attacks of the 

 Teredo. 



57. Hypelate trifoliata, Sw. 

 White Iron-wood. 



Southern keys of semi-tropical Florida ; in the West Indies. 



A tree sometimes 12 metres in height, with a trunk 0.45 to 0.60 metre 

 in diameter ; not common. 



Wood very heavy, hard, close-grained, compact, susceptible of a fine 

 polish, durable in contact with the soil ; medullary rays thin, obscure ; 

 color rich light brown, the sap-wood darker; used in ship-building, for 

 the handles of tools, posts, etc. 



