Sharpies.] 362 [May 16, 



Solanum verbascifolium. Collected by A. H. Curtiss on Um- 

 brella Key, Florida. A shrub one to two meters high. Wood 

 yellow, close grained. Sp. Gr. 0.5490, 0.5344; av. 0.5417. Ash 0.58, 

 0.56 ; av. 0.57. 



Stillingia sebifera. Tallow Berry. Collected by A. H. Curtiss 

 near Charleston, S. C. A tree ten to twelve meters high introduced 

 from China. Wood light yellowish white, close grained. Sp. Gr. 

 0.5783, 0.5994; av. 0.5889. Ash, 0.63, 0.64; av. 0.64. 



Sponia macranthea. Collected by A. H. Curtiss at Bay Bis- 

 cayne, Florida, growing on coral soil. Wood light brown. Sp. Gr. 

 0.3245, 0.3558 ; av. 0.3402. Ash, 0.79, 0. 85 ; av. 0.82. A second 

 specimen from the same locality gave Sp. Gr. 0.2934, 0.4162. Ash, 

 1.22, 0.99 ; av. of the two specimens Sp. Gr. 0.3475. Ash, 0.97. 



Myrica inodora. Collected by Charles Mohr, near Cottage Hill, 

 Alabama, growing in wet sand. Wood light reddish brown. Sp. 

 Gr. 0.6402, 0.6270 ; av. 0.6336. Ash. 0.27, 0.39 ; av. 0.33. 



Casuarina equisetifolia. Collected on the Florida Keys by A. H. 

 Curtiss. This tree is probably an exotic. It is planted everywhere 

 in the tropics as an ornamental tree, and it seems there to be 

 regarded as a kind of pine. The wood is heavy, close grained and 

 of a light brown color. Sp. Gr. 0.9150, 0.8979, 0.9255 ; av. 0.9128. 

 Ash, 0.56, 0.57 ; av. 0.57. 



Quercus ilicifolia. Bear Oak. Collected by J. Robinson in Box- 

 ford, Mass. A shrub occasionally growing two or three meters 

 high, and fifty to eighty mm. in diameter. Wood light brown, 

 close grained. Sp.Gr. 0.7869, 0.7370,0.7642; av. 0.7627. Ash, 0.40, 

 0.54 ; av. 0.47. A second specimen gave Sp. Gr. 0.7777, 0.7284, 

 0.7759 ; av. 0.7607. Ash, 0.28, 0.32 ; av. 0.30. The average of 

 the two specimens was Sp. Gr. 0.7627. Ash, 0.39. 



Quercus georgiana. Collected by A. H. Curtiss on Stone Moun- 

 tain, Georgia. A shrub two to three meters high. Wood brown, 

 close-grained. Sp. Gr. 0.7263, 0.6980 ; av. 0.7122. Ash, 0.71, 1.12 ; 

 av. 0.92. 



Salix lucida. Pussy Willow. Collected in Beverly, Mass., by 

 John Robinson. A low shrub occasionally growing to the height 

 of three meters. Wood light brown soft. Sp. Gr. 0.3441, 0.3641, 

 0.3330, 0.3502; av. 0.3478. Ash, 0.54, 0.50; av. 0.52. 



Salix alba. Collected by Dr. Gattinger. Wood soft brownish. 

 Sp. gr. 0.4:434, 0.4212, 0.4085, 0.4154; av. 0.4171. Ash, 0.48, 0.55 . 

 av. 0.52 



