58 EBEXACE.E. Bumelia. 



Wood heavy, hard, very close-grained, compact, the open ducts con- 

 spicuous ; medullary rays thin, obscure ; color light rich brown or yellow, 

 the sap-wood lighter. 



181. Bumelia lycioides, Gaertn. f. 

 Iron-wood. Southern Bucktltorn. 



Coast of Virginia and southern Illinois, south to Mosquito Inlet and 

 the Caloosa River, Florida, and through southern Missouri, Arkansas, and 

 Texas to the valley of the Rio Concho. 



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

 exceeding 0.15 metre in diameter ; low, rich soil, or often, in the Atlantic 

 and Gulf States, a low, semi-prostrate shrub (var. reclinatum, Gray). 



Mood heavy, hard, not strong, close-grained, compact ; medullary rays 

 numerous, thin ; color light brown or yellow, the sap-wood lighter. 



182. Bumelia cuneata, Sw. 



Ant's-wood. Downward Plum. Saffron Plum. 



Semi-tropical Florida, — Indian River to the southern keys, not rare, 

 west coast. Cedar Keys to Cape Romano, rare ; rocky shores, and in the 

 interior of low, barren keys ; Texas, valley of the lower Rio Grande, and 

 southward into northern Mexico ; in the West Indies. 



A small tree, rarely exceeding 4 metres in height, with a trunk some- 

 times 0.30 metre in diameter. 



Wood heavy, hard, not strong, very close-grained, compact, satiny, 

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

 light brown or orange, the sap-wood lighter. 



183. Mimusops Sieberi, A. DC. 

 Wild Dllly. 



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



A small, low. gnarled tree, sometimes 9 metres in height, with a trunk 

 0.30 to 0.40 metre in diameter ; generally hollow and defective. 



Wood very heavy, hard, strong, close-grained, inclined to check in 

 drying, susceptible of a beautiful polish ; medullary rays numerous, very 

 obscure ; color rich, very dark brown, the sap-wood lighter. 



EBENACE^E. 



184. Diospyros "Virginiana. L. 



Persimmon. 



Shores of Long Island Sound in Connecticut and New York, and south- 

 ern Ohio southward to Bay Biscayne and the Caloosa River, Florida, 

 •and the valley of the Colorado River. Texas, extending to southeastern 

 ) Iowa, eastern Kansas, and the Indian Territory. 



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