Forest trees of the Pacific slope . d, branched clusters, open in earlysummer, and the fruit, two very small, closely joined, bristly glandular capsules,each with four minute, long seeds, are ripe the following autumn. The cap-sules split open of their own accord and gradually the seeds are liberated. Wood, very heavy, dense, fine-grained, and exceedingly hard. The name iron-wood was doubtless given because of the hardness of the wood. It is distinctlyred, with a slight yellowish tint. It is suitable for ornamental or fancy wood-work, but is not known to have any economic use. The limited rang
Forest trees of the Pacific slope . d, branched clusters, open in earlysummer, and the fruit, two very small, closely joined, bristly glandular capsules,each with four minute, long seeds, are ripe the following autumn. The cap-sules split open of their own accord and gradually the seeds are liberated. Wood, very heavy, dense, fine-grained, and exceedingly hard. The name iron-wood was doubtless given because of the hardness of the wood. It is distinctlyred, with a slight yellowish tint. It is suitable for ornamental or fancy wood-work, but is not known to have any economic use. The limited range and rather rare occurrence of large stems are likely toprevent the species from ever becoming important commercially. Its chief valuemust lie in assisting to form protective cover on steep, dry. rocky slopes, wherefew other trees and shrubs can maintain themselves. «T. S. Brandegee, Zee, I, 111. 332 FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. Longevity.—Imperfectly known. Stems from 2 to » iutlies through showages from 12 to 32 Fig. 154.—Lyonnihainnus flurihundus. RANGE. Southern Oalifornia coast islands. Santa Cniz, Santa tatalina, Santa Rosa, and SanClemente. rarticularly abundant on north shjpe of Santa Cruz. Rarely arborescent onSanta Catalina. FOREST TREES OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE. 333 OCCURRENCK. Canyon slopes: in rocky and gravelly, dry soils. Forms rather dense small nurestands, a number of stems growing from one root. ^
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