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The Swamp Bay is a tree ot medium sizv 

 rarely more tlian 30 or 40 ft. in heiglit or witli 

 trunk mure lluiii l^- ft. in fhielaies-i, wilii 

 slraiulit braiielies ami co|ji"us foliaue. It i^ 

 confined to the coast regions of the (.iulf and 

 Atlantic states but ranges northwanl into 

 Virginia, where L Inn'e seen it in the Disnril 

 Swani]! in company with tlie Bald Cypress, 

 Red ilaple. Tupelo ami Water Cunis. Wat; r 

 Ash. Over-Clip and Laurel Oaks, etc. Further 

 south it is more abundant occurring in pine- 

 bnrren swamps, sometimes to the exclusion of 

 nearly every other species. 



The wood is rather heavy, a cubic ft. when 

 absolutely dry weighing 39.80 lbs., soft and 

 strong, and wdien found large enough applica- 

 ble to the same uses as the Red Bay.- 



LrrjiT.s rival to lanceolate, about equally pointed 

 at tioth ends. niai'gLD sli,ehtly revolute, tomentose 

 when they unfold but when mature lustrous dark 

 green above, paler and pubescent beneatb, rusty 

 tomentose on midrib and pi-imary veins, veins 

 conspicuous : petioles stout, these and tlie now 

 growth generally rusty tonientoso. Floir(is with 

 tomentose peduncles, from ]-- in. long wlien fully 

 grown; calyx pale yellow witli thick hniad ovnte 

 pointed lobes, tomentose outside, pnljesecnt insiilo. 

 and those of the outer series aUnut half as Umg 

 as those ot tUe innei-. Fruit ilark blue, fnnii 

 % to % in. long, witli lliin aruniatic flesh.'' 



1. Persea Carolincnsis var. paliistris Chapman. 



2. A. W., V, ll.'i. 



3. PMr genus see p. 485. 



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