FOREST TREES. 



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ooccoLOBA, Jacq. — Pigeon Berry. 



The species of this genus are principally large evergreen 

 trees, a few only large shrubs, mainly native of the West 

 Indies, but a few extending into South America. All have 

 greenish flowers in axillary and terminal racemes. Over 

 twenty species are described in botanical works, two are found 

 in Southern Florida. 



Coccoloba Floridaiia, Meisner. — Pigeon Plum. — Leaves smooth, 

 elliptical, obtuse at each end ; two to three inches long. Flowers 

 in slender racemes, either terminal or on short lateral branches. 

 Fruit a- rather pleasant flavored berry. A tree about forty feet 

 high, with hard, firm wood. In rocky situations in the West 

 Indies, and at Key West in Florida. 



C. nnifcra, Jacq. — Sea-side Grape. — Leaves smooth, with 

 short stem ; roundish heart-shaped. Flowers in terminal erect 

 racemes, sometimes a foot long. Bark on branches smooth, 

 but on the stems becomes rough and furrowed. Fruit in 

 long clusters, the size of large cherries, but pear-shaped, pur- 

 ple when ripe, with thin pulp of a sub-acid taste. Often referred 

 to by travellers and residents of Florida as an excellent dessert 

 fruit. A large tree, forty to sixty feet high, and stem two or 

 more feet in diameter. Wood heavy and hard, violet-colored, 

 highly valued for cabinet work. An astringent extract of the 

 wood known under the name of Kino, is sometimes used as a 

 medicine. Southern Florida and the West Indies. In the 

 Bahamas it is called the Mangrove Grape Tree. 



CONDALTA, Gavan. — Blueiooocl, Logtoood. 



A genus of three species, one in South America, and two in 

 the United States. Small evergreen shrubs, but one, the Con- 

 dalia ohovata, sometimes a small tree in Eastern Texas and 

 westward to Arizona. Closely allied and resembles the com- 

 mon Buckthorn, Rhammis Caroliniana. Wood heavy, but too 

 small to be of much value. 



CONOCARPUS, Linn. 



A small genus of evergreen tropical shrubs, the bark of some 

 of the species being employed in tanning. The fruit resembles 

 a pine cone in form. We have one native species. 



Conocarpus crectaj Jacq. — Button Tree. — Leaves smooth, oblong 

 or lanceolate-pointed. Flowers on short, spreading pedicels. 



