FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 337 



Trask Mahogany. 



Cercocarpus traskia Eastwood. 



DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS. 



This rare species, only recently brought to light through the explorations of 



Mrs. L. B. Trask, in honor of whom it was named by Miss Alice Eastwood, is 



Fig. i.'.t. Cercocarpus traskiee. 

 the must distinct and handsome in its foliage of our mountain mahoganies. The 



short, twisted trunk, usually leaning, has hard, thin, finely seamed and ridged 



