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SOUTHERN IRON-WOOD. 
(L’Argan, Fr.) 
Natural Order , Sapotb^e, (Juss.) Linncean Classification, 
Pentandria Monogynia. 
BUMELIA * (Swartz.) 
Calyx 5 -cleft, persistent. Corolla rotate, 5-parted, internally with the 
same number of toothed or trifid incurved petaloid scales. Stamens 5 
or 10, on short filaments arising from the base of the tube of the 
corolla. Ovary superior, rounded. Style short, stigma simple and 
obtuse. Drupe small and round, mostly containing 1 seed. 
Shining or smooth trees, with alternate entire leaves, chiefly natives of 
the tropical parts of America or the warmer parts of the United States. 
Flowers small, in close axillary round corymbs or clusters. The wood 
generally hard and ftetid. 
f Leaves Deciduous . 
SMOOTH-LEAVED BUMELIA or IRON-WOOD. 
BUMELIA lycioides, spinosa erecta; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis basi 
attenuatis demum glabris , pedunculis calicibusque glahris. 
Bumelia lycioides. Pursh. Flor. Bor. Amer. 1, p. 155. Elliott, 
Sketches, 1, p. 287. Persoon, Synops. vol. 1, p. 237. 
* A name given by the Greeks to the European Ash, and arbitrarily 
applied to this genus by Swartz. 
