LARGER NORTH CAROLINA FOREST TREES 



29' 



trees, with shaggy, brown bark, (^beam or Ironwood. 



growing on rich hillsides; western, (p. 112.) HoP-HORN- 



Remaining large trees ; fruit a 

 winged seed falling in spring 

 before the leaves appear ; exten- 

 sively cultivated for shade trees. 

 — Elms. 



Twigs very hairy; the leaves broadly 

 oval, rough and hairy ; twigs gummy 



when chewed ; infrequent, (p. 78.) Slippery Elm. 



Twigs smoothish ; leaves over 2 

 inches long, but slightly rough ; 



bark on large trees mostly scaly, (p. 76.) White Elm. 



Twigs smoothish; the leaves about 

 2 inches long ; bark on large 

 trunks firm and furrowed ; the bark 

 of twigs often corky winged, (p. 77.) WiNGBD Elm. 



III. PALMS; TREES WITHOUT LIMBS; 

 hnited in this State to the Palmetto, a 

 small tree with unbranched stem about 10 

 inches in diameter and a small crown of 

 evergreen leaves two feet or more in breadth ; 

 found only along the coast to the south of 

 Cape Hatteras. (p. 136.) 



.Palmetto. 



