FOREST-TREES OF THE UNITED STATES. 7 
CANELLACE 2, 
No. 12. Canella alba, Swartz.—White Wood; Wild Cinnamon.—South 
Florida. A small tree in South Florida. In the West Indies, it is 
abundant, and called Wild Cinnamon and White Wood. The bark is 
aromatic and tonic, and is much employed in medicine. 
TAMARISCINE Zi. ' 
No. 13. Fouquiera splendens, Eng.—Western Texas and Arizona. 
Grows in Western Texas, and thence westward to Southern California. 
In our borders, it is usually only a shrub; but in Mexico it grows 20 to 
50 feet high, and on account of its spiny branches is used for hedges 
and fences. 
GUTTIFER A. 
No. 14. Clusia flava.—South Florida. A West Indian tree, said to 
have been found in Florida, but not recently observed. 
TERNSTROMIACE 4, 
No. 15. Gordonia Lasianthus, L.—Loblolly Bay.—Southern States. A 
tree 30 to 50 feet high, growing in Swamps near the sea-coast from North 
Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. The leaves are evergreen; the flowers 
showy white, and sweet-scented. The bark is much employed in tan- 
ning, as a substitute for oak-bark. 
No. 16. Gordonia pubescens, L’H.—Mountain Bay.—Southern States. 
A small tree rarely over 30 feet high, found in Georgia and Florida, and 
quite rare. It has been introduced into cultivation, and is hardy as far 
north as Philadelphia. When in bloom, it is beautiful, and it flowers 
continuously for two or three months. 
TILIACE As. 
The Tilias in Europe are called Lime trees, or Linn. Our species are 
commonly called Basswood. They are large trees, and have a wide 
range, being found probably in every State east of the Rocky Mountains. 
It is, however, not abundant, except in some localities. The wood is 
white and soft, and is employed to some extent in the manufacture of 
furniture, &c. 
No. 17. Tilia Americana, L.—Basswood; Linden. EHastern United 
States. 
No. 18. Tilia heterophylla, Vent.—White Basswood. THastern United 
‘States. 
No. 19. Tilia pubescens, Ait.—White basswood. Eastern United 
States. , 
ZAYGOPHYLLACE ZA: 
No. 20. Guaiacum sanctum, L.—Lignum Vite.—South Florida. A 
small tree, quite rare in South Florida, but common in the West Indies. 
It is very similar to, and has the same properties as the G. officinale of 
the West Indies, which furnishes the gum resin called guaiacum, which 
is a common stimulative aromatic medicine. The wood is much heavier 
than water. 
