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Order, Ebenales. 



Sapotaceae. Sapodilla Family. 



65. Bumelia Sw. Bumelia. 



Shrubs or trees with milky sap, usually with thorns, and with 

 very hard wood. Fruit a fleshy berry with a single seed. 

 1 . Leaves glabrous or nearly so ; oblanceolate to oblong-ovate, 2-5 in. 

 long. B. lycioides. 



1. Leaves tomentose or silky, oblong-obovate to cuneate-obovate, usually 

 obtuse, 1-3 in. long. B. lanuginosa. 



1. Bum.elia lycioides (L.) Pers. Buckthorn Bumelia. 

 A shrub or small tree usually with thorns and thorn-like spurs 

 and with gray bark. Leaves tardily deciduous. In moist soil. 

 Va. to 111., Mo., Fla., and Tex. 



2. Bumelia lanuginosa (Mx.) Pers. Woolly Bumelia. 

 A shrub or rather large tree with persistent leaves. 111., to Kan., 

 Tex., Ga., and Fla. 



Ebenaceae. Ebony Family. 



66. Diospyros L. Persimmon. 



Trees or shrubs with very hard wood, the fruit a berry. 



I. Diospyros virginiana L. Persimmon. A handsome 

 tree with hard, dark, furrowed bark. Pith often with lenticular 

 cavities or diaphragmed. Berry large, pulp)^, yellow, exceedingly 

 astringent when green but sweet and edible after frost. Bark 

 astringent and tonic. Wood very hard, heavy, strong, and tough, 

 close-grained and dark-colored ; used in turnery, for shuttles, 

 plane stocks, and shoe lasts. R. I. to Ohio and Kan., Fla., and 

 Tex. 



Syinplocaceae. Sweetleaf Family. 



67. Symplocos L. Sweetleaf. 



Trees or shrubs with alternate leaves, the fruit a small, most- 

 ly nearl)^ dry drupe. 



I. Symplocos tinctoria (L.) L'Her. Sweetleaf. A shrub 

 or small tree, the pith diaphragmed. Flowers bright yellow, fra- 

 grant ; drupe nutlike. Del. to Fla. and La. 



