60 OLEACE.2E. Halesia. 



Wood light, soft, not strong, closeTgrained, checking iu drying ; medul- 

 lary rays numerous, thin ; color light red or often nearly white, the sap- 

 wood lighter. 



The sweet leaves are greedily eaten by cattle and horses, and yield, as 

 well as the bark, a yellow dye. 



187. Halesia diptera, L. 

 Snotcdrop Tree. Silver-bell Tree. 



South Carolina to northern Florida, near the coast, and west through 

 the lower region of the Gulf States to eastern Texas and central Arkansas. 



A small tree, sometimes 6 to 10 metres in height, with a trunk 0.10 to 

 0/20 metre in diameter, or often a shrub sending up many clustered stems 

 from the root ; borders of swamps in low, wet woods. 



Wood light, soft, strong, very close-grained, compact ; medullary rays 

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



188. Halesia tetraptera, L. 



Rattle-box. Snowdrop Tree. Silver-bell Tree. Calico-wood. 



Mountains of West Virginia to southern Illinois, south to middle 

 Florida, central Alabama and Mississippi, and through Arkansas to west- 

 ern Louisiana and eastern Texas. 



A tree 10 to 15 metres in height, with a trunk rarely 0.G0 metre in 

 diameter, or often a tall shrub ; generally along streams, in rich soil ; 

 most common and reaching its greatest development on the southern Alle- 

 ghany Mountains. 



W 1 light, soft, close-grained, compact; medullary rays numerous, 



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



OLEACE^E. 



189. Fraxinus Greggii, Gray. 



Western Texas, — valley of the Rio Grande from the San Pedro to 

 the Pecos River ; in northern Mexico. 



A small tree, sometimes 7 to 9 metres in height, with a trunk 0.10 to 

 0.15 metre in diameter, or often a graceful shrub ; limestone soil. 



Wood heavy, bard, very close-grained, compact; layers of annual 

 growth and medullary rays obscure ; color brown, the sap-wood lighter. 



190. Fraxinus anomala, Torr. 



Southwestern Colorado to southern Utah. 



A small tree, sometimes 6 metres in height, with a trunk 0.15 to 0.20 

 metre in diameter ; common on elevated sandstone slopes. 



Wood heavy, hard, coarse-grained, containing many largo open scat- 

 tered ducts ; layers of annual growth marked by several rows of similar 



