FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 



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halves of the pod, slow in splitting, open and liberate flattish, oval, shiny, 

 russet brown, hard seeds. Unlike many other leguminous seeds, these grow 

 rather quickly after they are planted. 



Fig. 178. — Olncya tcsota: a, s I. 



Wood, deep chocolate brown, mottled with red ; sapwood. very narrow, lemon- 

 yellow : exceedingly hard to split or to work. The short trunks yield but little 

 clear wood, which serves only locally for fuel and for some minor purposes. 



