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with a trunk rarely exceeding 0.10 metre in diameter, or in Florida more 

 often a shrub ; borders of saline shores. 



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

 tiful polish ; medullary rays numerous, thin ; color rich dark brown shaded 

 with orange, the sap-wood light yellow. 



163. Guettarda elliptica, Sw. 



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



A small tree, 4 to 7 metres in height, with a trunk rarely exceeding 

 0.20 metre in diameter. 



Wood heavy, hard, very close-grained, checking in drying, satiny, 

 susceptible of a beautiful polish, containing numerous scattered small 

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

 with red. 



ERICACE^. 



164. Vaccinium arboreum, Marsh. 

 Farkle-berry. 



North Carolina, south near the coast to middle Florida, through the 

 Gulf States to Matagorda Bay, Texas, and through Arkansas and southern 

 Missouri to southern Illinois. 



A small tree, 7 to 9 metres in height, with a trunk rarely 0.25 metre 

 in diameter, or toward its northern limits often reduced to a low shrub ; 

 very common throughout the pine-belt of the Gulf States, along the larger 

 ponds and streams, in moist sandy soil, and reaching its greatest develop- 

 ment in eastern Texas near the coast. 



Wood heavy, hard, very close-grained, compact, liable to twist in dry- 

 ing, satiny, susceptible of a beautiful polish ; medullary rays numerous, 

 broad, conspicuous ; color light brown tinged with red, the sap-wood 

 hardly distinguishable ; somewhat used in turnery in the manufacture of 

 small handles, etc. 



165. Andromeda ferruginea, Walt. 



South Carolina to northern Florida, near the coast. 



A small tree, 6 to 9 metres in height, with a trunk 0.15 to 0.25 metre 

 in diameter, often crooked or semi-prostrate, rich hummocks ; or, in 

 sandy pine-barren soil, reduced to a low shrub, 0.60 to 0.90 metre in 

 height ; the leaves varying greatly in shape, venation, etc. 



Wood heavy, hard, not strong, very close-grained, checking in drying, 

 satiny, susceptible of a beautiful polish ; medullary rays numerous, thin ; 

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



