18 FOREST-TREES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
STYRACACEA. 
No. 175. Halesia diptera, L.—Snowdrop-tree.—Georgia and Florida. 
The Snowdrop-trees are found in the Southern States from the Ohio 
River southward, near the Alleghanies, and on river-banks in Georgia 
and Florida. They are usually smallish trees, but sometimes grow 40. 
or 50 feet high, and 14 to 2 feet in diameter. They are very desirable 
for ornamental trees, producing a profusion of white bell-shaped flowers, 
even when quite small. 
No. 176. Halesia tetraptera, L.—Silverbell-tree.—Virginia and South- 
ward. 
No. 177. Symplocos tinctoria, L’Her.—Horse Sugar or Sweet-leaf.— Vir- 
ginia and southward. A small tree with oblong evergreen leaves, and 
clustered racemes of small white flowers. It grows in low,damp woods | 
and pine barrens in North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and attains 
a height of 12 to 20 feet, with a diameter of 8 to 10 inches. Itisoneof — 
the most beautiful trees of the southern forest.—(Nuttall.) | 
CYRILLACEA. 
No. 178. Cyrilla racemifiora, Walt.—iron-wood.—North Carolina and 
southward. 
No. 179. Cliftonia ligustrina, Banks.—Buckwheat-tree.—Georgia and 
southward. An elegant small tree, growing from 10 to 20 feet high, of 
about the same range as the preceding. It is evergreen, and exceed- 
ingly ornamental when in flower. After flowering, the tree presents a 
curious appearance, from the abundance of triangular winged capsules, 
resembling buckwheat, from which the tree receives its popular name. 
EBENACEZ. 
No. 180. Diospyros Virginiana, L.—Persimmon.—Eastern United 
States. A well-known tree, most common in the Southern States, but 
growing as far north as New York. It grows from 30 to 60 feet high, 
with a very hard fine-grained wood, which has been used for various 
purposes. It bears a plum-like fruit an inch or more in length, which 
when fully ripe is edible and palatable. 
No. 181. Diospyros Texana, Schul.—Black Persimmon.— Western 
Texas. This is called Sapote-pieto by the Mexicans and Black Persim- 
mon by the Americans. It is a shrub or middle-sized tree, often with a 
black, ebony-like core. The fruits are black, and of the size of a cherry | 
and larger, melting, and very sweet.—(Dr. Lindheimer.) | 
SAPOTACE Al. 
No. 182. Sideroxylon pallidum, Spreng.—Mastic.—South Florida. A | 
middle-sized tree of South Florida called Mastic, probably from the- | 
production of a gum resembling mastic. 
No. 183. Dipholis salicifolia, A. D C.—South Florida. 
No. 184. Chrysophyllum microphyllum, Jacq.—Golden-leaf.—South 
Florida. A small tree of the West Indies, found by Dr. Chapman last 
fall in South Florida. The leaves have a beautiful, golden, satin-like 
surface on the under side. 
No. 185. Mimusops Sieberi, A. DC. — Naseberry.— South Florida. 
This is one of the trees called Naseberry in the West Indies. It is 
common in South Florida, where it becomes a largetree. Dr. Chapman | 
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