48 CACTACEiE. Eugenia. 



Wood very heavy, hard, close-grained, compact ; medullary rays numer- 

 ous, thin ; color light brown or red, the sap-wood yellow. 

 The small, edible fruit of agreeable aromatic flavor. 



146. Eugenia monticola, DC. 

 Stopper. White Stopper. 



Saint John's River to Umbrella Key, Florida, rare ; in the West Indies. 



A small tree, rarely 7 metres in height, with a trunk 0.30 metre in 

 diameter, or in northern Florida reduced to a low shrub. 



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

 medullary rays numerous, thin ; color brown often tinged with red, the 

 sap-wood darker. 



147. Eugenia longipes, Berg. 

 Stopper. 



Semi-tropical Florida, — No Name Key ; in the West Indies. 



A small tree, 4 to 7 metres in height, with a trunk 0.15 to 0.20 metre 

 in diameter ; rare. 



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

 taining many evenly distributed open ducts; medullary rays numerous, 

 very obscure ; color dark brown or nearly black, the sap-wood brown 

 tinged with red. 



148. Eugenia procera, Poir. 

 Heel Stopper. 



Semi-tropical Florida. — Bay Biscayne to the southern keys ; in the 

 West Indies. 



A tree 12 to 18 metres in height, with a trunk 0.30 to 0.45 metre in 

 diameter ; often forming extensive groves, and reaching its greatest de- 

 velopment, in the United States, in the neighborhood of Miami, Bay 



Biscayne. 



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

 compact; medullary' rays numerous, hardly distinguishable; color light 

 yellow-brown, the sap-wood darker. 



CACTACE^E. 



149. Cereus giganteus, Engelm. 

 Suirarrow. Sttyuaro. Giant Cactus. 



Valley of Bill Williams Fork, Arizona, south and east through central 

 Arizona 'to the valley of the San Pedro River; southward in Sonora. 



A tall, columnar tree, 8 to 18 metres in height, with a trunk sometimes 

 0.60 metre in diameter; dry, stony slopes, or low hills rising from the 

 desert. 



