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the white or red color of the woody fiber of their trunks. The third — "Palma 



Nigra" 



is said to be a smaller tree, growing at higher altitudes, where winter 

 snows are not infrequent. Dr. Franceschi, to whom I am indebted for this 



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Fig. 9. — Leaf of W. gracilis, from a tree at the Santa Fe railway station, San 

 Bernardino, California, 



information, has ^ovm many plants, at Santa Barbara, from seeds of each of 



forms, but finds 



any 



