LARGER NORTH CAROLINA FOREST TREES. 2£ 



trees, with shaggy, brown bark, (beam or Ironwood. 

 growing on rich hillsides ; western, (p. 112.) Hop-HORN- 



Remaining large trees ; fruit a 

 winged seed falling in spring 

 before the leaves appear ; exten- 

 sively cultivated for shade trees. 

 — Elms. 



Twigs very hairy; the leaves broadly 

 oval, rough and hairy ; twigs gummy 



when chewed ; infrequent, (p. 78.) Slippery Elm. 



Twigs smoothish ; leaves over 2 

 inches long, but slightly rough ; 

 bark on large trees mostly scaly, (p. 76.) White Elm. 



Twigs smoothish; the leaves about 

 2 inches long ; bark on large 

 trunks firm and furrowed ; the bark 

 of twigs often corky winged, (p. 77.) Winged Elm. 



III. P-ALMS; TREES WITHOUT LIMBS; 

 lmited in this State to the Palmetto, a 

 small tree with unbranched stem about 10 

 inches in diameter and a small crown of 

 evergreen leaves two feet or more in breadth ; 

 found only along the coast to the south of 

 Cape Hatteras. (p. 136.) Palmetto. 



