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170. Kalmia latifolia, L. 



Laurel. Calico-busk. Spoonwood. Ivy. 



New Brunswick and the northern shores of Lake Erie, south to west- 

 ern Florida, and through the Gulf States to western Louisiana and the 

 valley of the Red River, Arkansas. 



A small tree, sometimes 9 to 12 metres in height, with a trunk 0.30 to 

 0.G0 metre in diameter, or more often a low shrub ; rich woodlands; most 

 common and reaching its greatest development in the southern Alleghany 

 Mountains, here often forming dense, impenetrable thickets. 



"Wood heavy, hard, strong, brittle, close-grained, compact; principal 

 medullary rays broad, dark brown, conspicuous ; intermediate rays nu- 

 merous, thin, inconspicuous ; color brown tinged with red, the sap-wood 

 somewhat lighter ; used for tool-handles, in turnery, and for fuel. 



171. Rhododendron maximum, L. 

 Great Laurel. Rose Bay. 



Nova Scotia and the north shores of Lake Erie, south through New 

 England, New York, and along the Alleghany Mountains to northern 

 Georgia. 



A small tree, sometimes 10 to 12 metres in height, with a trunk rarely 

 exceeding 0.30 metre in diameter, or often a tall, straggling shrub ; at the 

 North in cold swamps ; rare ; very common and reaching its greatest 

 development in the southern Alleghany Mountains, on steep, rocky banks 

 of streams, etc. ; never on limestone. 



Wood heavy, hard, strong, brittle, close-grained, compact ; medullary 

 rays numerous, thin ; color light clear brown, the sap-wood lighter ; occa- 

 sionally used in turnery for the handles of tools, etc. ; a good substitute 

 for boxwood in engraving. 



MYRSINACE^E. 



172. Myrsine Rapanea, Roem. & Schultes. 



Semi-tropical Florida, — Indian River to the southern keys ; through 

 the West Indies to Brazil. 



A small tree, in Florida rarely exceeding 8 metres in height, with a 

 trunk 0.10 to 0.15 metre in diameter, or often a shrub ; borders of ponds 

 and fresh-water creeks ; in the West Indies much larger. 



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

 numerous, very conspicuous ; color brown tinged with red, and beiuiti- 

 fullv striped with the darker medullary rays, the sap-wood > Wfc)ry\lid&io^. 

 guishable. .J* 1 *^ T§% -y ^ 



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