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verbal explanations, I was enabled to form a judgment 
on them. He has confirmed my ideas on the unex¬ 
plored vegetable treasures of that State, since he has 
assured me, that he is partly acquainted with many 
other new trees and shrubs, unnoticed in his work, 
and by Robin : he has in particular mentioned a new 
wild Pear tree, found by him on the north-west parts 
of the State, which bear small turbinate acid fruits ; 
and whose size and foliage are very similar to the com¬ 
mon Pear tree ; if really new, it might be called Pyrus 
ludoviciana . 
I shall enumerate those Trees and Shrubs, alpha¬ 
betically, prefixing numbers to those not mentioned 
by Robin, Bar tram, Sic. 
Acer rubrum, sp. 280. and A negundo, sp. 413. 
Used for fuel, common. 
Acer nigrum, sp. 415. R-are, called black 
sugar maple. 
62C. Andromeda racemosa D ! Sorrel tree ! probably 
the Andr. arborea L. whose vulgar name is 
such, the A. racemosa being called Red-bud. 
Common near Iberville, &c. 
Annona triloba D. sp. 302. Plentiful in Ope¬ 
lousas. 
Arundo gigantea D. sp. 28. It is not an 
Arundo. it grows in immense brakes in many 
parts of Louisiana, in grounds not subject to an¬ 
nual submersion, and is rapidly destroyed by the 
clearing of the lands. D. 
