68 LAURACE.E. Coccoloba. 



A tree 15 to 18 metres in height, with a trunk 0.30 to 0.C0 metre in 

 diameter ; one of the largest and most common trees of the region. 



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

 inclined to check in drying, containing few small scattered open ducts ; 

 layers of annual growth and numerous medullary rays obscure ; color rich 

 dark brown tinged with red, the sap-wood lighter ; valuable and somewhat 

 used in cabinet-making. 



214. Coccoloba uvifera, Jacq. 

 Sea Grape. 



Semi-tropical Florida, — Mosquito Inlet to the southern keys, west 

 coast, Tampa Bay to Cape Sable ; through the West Indies to Brazil. 



A low tree, rarely exceeding in Florida 4 metres in height, with a 

 gnarled, contorted trunk often 0.90 to 1.20 metres in diameter, or re- 

 duced to a low, generally prostrate shrub; saline shores and beaches; 

 common. 



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

 ing, susceptible of a beautiful polish, containing few scattered rather small 

 open duets ; layers of annual growth and numerous medullary rays hardly 

 distinguishable; color rich dark brown or violet, the sap-wood lighter; 

 valuable for cabinet-making. 



LAURACE^. 



215. Persea Carolinensis, Nees. 

 Red Bay. 



Virginia south to Bay Biscayne and Cape Romano, Florida, and 



through the Gulf States to southern Arkansas anil the valley of the Trin- 

 ity River, Texas, near the coast. 



A tree 15 to "20 metres in height, with a trunk 0.G0 to 0.90 metre in 

 diameter; borders of streams ami swamps, in low, rich soil. A form 

 found near the coast from North Carolina to Alabama, well characterized 

 by its longer flower-stalks densely covered, as well as the young shoots 

 and under sides of the leaves, with a dense short brown toinentum, the 

 wood orange-colored streaked with brown, is var. palustris, Chapm. 



Wood heavy, hard, very strong, brittle, very close-grained, compact, 

 susceptible of a beautiful polish, containing many evenly distributed open 

 ducts; medullary rays numerous, thin; color bright red, the sap-wood 

 much lighter : formerly somewhat used in ship-building, interior finish, 

 ami for cabinet work. 



216. Nectandra "Willdenoviana, Nees. 



Lanceibood. 



Semi-tropical Florida. — Cape Canaveral and Cape Romano to the 

 southern keys ; in the West Indies and Central America. 



