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with scattered teeth, dark green and lustrous above, pale 

 and slightly hairy beneath. Flowers in terminal panicles in 

 the early spring. Fruit dark red, ripening in summer, 1/3' in 

 diameter with thin flesh and numerous seeds. 

 Western Texas and northern Mexico. 



HEDERACEAE L. Ivy Family. 

 Aralia L. Hercules Club. 



Aralia spinosa L. A prickly shrub or small tree with thin 

 brown bark and stout twigs. Leaves alternate, large, twice 

 or thrice pinnate, with numerous leaflets. Flowers small, 

 white in large clusters. Fruit an ovoid, 5-lobed, black berry. 



In woods and low grounds, New York to Missouri, south to 

 Florida and Texas. Occasionally planted for ornament. 



VACCINIACEAE Lindley. Huckleberry Family. 



Batodendron Xuttall. 



Batodendron arboreum (Marshall) Nuttall. Tree Huckle- 

 berry. A shrub or much branched small tree with thin, close, 

 mi-brown bark and smooth, red twigs. Leaves alternate, 

 l'-2' long, thin, leathery, entire or with glandular teeth, dark 

 green above, paler beneath. Flowers bell-shaped, white or 

 pinkish, in clusters. Fruit subglobose berries with many 

 seeds and dry astringent flesh. 



In sandy soil and pine woods, North Carolina, Florida and 

 Texas. 



EBENACEAE Ventenat. Ebony Family. 



Trees or shrubs with watery juice, simple, alternate, entire 

 lfivcs. Flowers dioecious or perfect. Fruit a one to several 

 seeded berry. 



Bark smooth, fruit black.. 1. Brayodendron. 



Bark divided into fine blocks, fruit orange colored. . 2. Diospyros. 



BRAYODENDRON Small. Mexican Persimmon. 



Brayodendron Texana Small. A much branched shrub or 

 small tree 25 -35 high with smooth gray bark which peels 



