34 ROSACEA. Lysiloma. 



100. Lysiloma latisiliqua, Benth. 

 Wild Tamarind. 



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



A tree sometimes 15 metres in height, with a trunk 0.60 to 0.90 metre 

 in diameter. 



Wood heavy, hard, not strong, tough, close-grained, compact, suscep- 

 tible of a tine polish, containing many scattered open ducts ; medullary 

 rays numerous, not conspicuous; color rich dark brown tinged with red, 

 the sap-wood white ; somewhat used, locally, in boat and ship building. 



101. Pithecolobium Unguis-cati, Benth. 

 Cat's Claw. 



Semi-tropical Florida, — Caximbas Bay to the southern keys ; in the 

 West Indies. 



A small tree, sometimes 6 metres in height, with a trunk rarely ex- 

 ceeding 0.15 metre in diameter, or often throwing out many spreading, 

 vine-like stems from the ground. 



Wood very heavy, hard, close-grained, checking badly in drying; 

 medullary rays numerous, inconspicuous ; color rich red varying to pur- 

 ple, the sap-wood clear yellow. 



ROSACEA. 



102. Chrysobalanus Icaco, L. 

 Cocoa Plum. 



Semi-tropical Florida. — Cape Canaveral and Caximbas Bay to the 

 southern keys ; through the West Indies and tropical America to Brazil. 



A small tree. 7 to 10 metres in height, with a trunk 0.15 to 0.30 

 metre in diameter; or along sandy beaches a low prostrate shrub 1.08 to 

 2.1G metres in height : reaching its greatest development, within the 

 United States, on the borders and islands of the Everglades, near Bay 

 Biscayne. 



\Y 1 heavy, hard, strong, close-grained, compact, containing few 



irregularly distributed, n"t large, open ducts; medullary rays numerous, 

 thin : color light brown often tinged with red, the sap-wood lighter. 



103. Prunus Americana, Marsh. 



Willi Plum. Canada Plum. Horse Plum. 



Valley of the Saint Lawrence to the valleys of Rainy and Assinaboine 

 Rivers and the southern shores of Lake Manitoba; northern Vermont, 

 western New England, and southward through the Atlantic States to 

 western Florida; west to the valley of the upper Missouri River, Dakota, 

 Pike's Peak region, Colorado, and the valley of the lower Concho River, 

 Texas. 



