The Trees of Texas 147 
with seattered teeth, dark green and lustrous above, pale 
and slightly hairy beneath. Flowers in terminal panicles in 
the early spring. Fruit dark red, ripening in summer, 14’ in 
diameter with thin flesh and numerous seeds. 
Western Texas and northern Mexico. 
HEDERACEAE L. Ivy Family. 
Aralia L. Hercules Club. 
Aralia spinosa L. A prickly shrub or small tree with thin 
brown bark and stout twigs. Leaves alternate, large, twice 
or thrice pinnate, with numerous leaflets. Flowers small, 
white in large clusters. Fruit an ovoid, 5-lobed, black berry. 
In woods and low grounds, New York to Missouri, south to 
Florida and Texas. Occasionally planted for ornament. 
VACCINIACEAE Lindley. Huckleberry Family. 
Batodendron Nuttall. 
Batodendron arboreum (Marshall) Nuttall. Tree Huckle- 
berry. A shrub or much branched small tree with thin, close, 
red-brown bark and smooth, red twigs. leaves alternate, 
1’-2’ long, thin, leathery, entire or with glandular teeth, dark 
green above, paler beneath. Flowers bell-shaped, white or 
pinkish, in clusters. Fruit subglobose berries with many 
seeds and dry astringent flesh. 
In sandy soil and pine woods, North Carolina, Florida and 
Texas. 
EBENACEAE Ventenat. Ebony Family. 
Trees or shrubs with watery juice, simple, alternate, entire 
leaves. Flowers dioecious or perfect. Fruit a one to several 
seeded berry. 
Pe einoeot iY trully. DIACKs 2 2.0. oak < ore'w oe ee e's 1. Brayodendron. 
Bark divided into fine blocks, fruit orange colored.. 2. Diospyros. 
BRAYODENDRON Small. Mexican Persimmon. 
Brayodendron Texana Small. A much branched shrub or 
small tree 25°-35° high with smooth gray bark which peels 
