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tible of a beautiful polish ; medullary rays numerous, obscure ; color dark 

 yellow-brown, the sap-wood lighter ; burning slowly like charcoal, and 

 highly valued for fuel. 



142. Lagunctilaria racemosa, Ga±rtn. f. 

 White Buttonwood. White Mangrove. 



Semi-tropical Florida, — Cape Canaveral to the southern keys, west 

 coast, Cedar Keys to Cape Sable; West Indies and tropical America.; 

 coast of tropical Africa. 



A small tree, sometimes 6 to 22 metres in height, with a trunk 0.30 to 

 0.60 metre in diameter, or toward its northern limits reduced to a low 

 shrub ; very common ; saline shores of lagoons and bays. 



Wood very heavy and hard, strong, close-grained, very compact ; sus- 

 ceptible of a beautiful polish ; medullary rays numerous, obscure ; color 

 dark yellow-brown, the sap-wood much lighter. 



MYRTACE^E. 



143. Calyptranthes Chytraculia, S.w. 



Semi-tropical Florida, — shores of Bay Biscayne, Key Largo; in the 

 West Indies. 



A small tree, sometimes 8 metres in height, with a trunk 0.10 to 0.1. 5 

 metre in diameter. 



Wood very heavy, hard, close-grained, compact, containing many evenly 

 distributed rather large open ducts; medullary rays numerous, thin ; color 

 brown tinged with red, the sap-wood a little lighter. 



144. Eugenia buxifolia, Willd. 

 Gitrgeon Stopper. Spanish Stopper. 



Semi-tropical Florida, — Cape Canaveral to the southern keys, west 

 coast, Caloosa River to Cape Romano ; in the West Indies. 



A small tree, rarely 6 to 9 metres in height, with a trunk sometimes 

 0.30 metre in diameter, reaching its greatest development, in the United 

 States, on the rich hummocks of the Everglades. 



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

 compact ; medullary rays numerous, thin ; color dark brown shaded with 

 red, the sap-wood a little lighter ; somewhat used for fuel. 



145. Eugenia dichotoma, DC. 

 Naked-wood. 



Semi-tropical Florida, — Mosquito Inlet to Cape Canaveral, common, 

 west coast, Caloosa River to Cape Romano ; in the West Indies. 



A small tree, sometimes 6 to 8 metres in height, with a trunk rarely 

 0.15 metre in diameter. 



