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ECONOMIC BOTANY OF ALABAMA. 



A noteworthy feature of this Hst is the large number 

 of trees in it which have durable dark-colored heart- 

 wood. Among them are the cedar, walnut, mulberry, 

 sassafras, cherry, redbud, black locust and chittamwood, 

 and several others show the same character in lesser 

 degree. The last-named {Cotinus Americanus, also 

 known as Jxhus cotinoides) is one of the rarest small 

 trees in the United States, and is not known in any other 

 part of Alabama. It has been found at several different 

 places in this region, but all within a few miles of the 

 Huntsville meridian. The honey locust (Gleditschia) 



