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A bushy tree, rarely 25 high, with a short trunk occasionally 1 in diameter, and numer- 

 ous stout spreading branches; more often shrubby in habit and 12-15 tall. Bark ' 

 thick, dark purple-brown, smooth, compact, occasionally separating into large thin irregu- 

 lar plate-like scales. Wood heavy, hard, very close-grained, dark brown tinged with red, 

 with thin nearly white sap wood. 



Distribution. River bluffs and ravines on the eastern bank of the Apalachicola River, 

 in Gadsden County, Florida, from Aspalaga to the neighborhood of Bristol. 



