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Subclass DICOTYLEDONES. 
Series ARCHICILAMY DEAK (Choripetalous and apetalous orders). 
SAURURACEAE. Lizard’s-tail Family. 
SAURURUS L.. Sp. PL1: 341. 1753. 
One species, Atlantic North America. 
Saururus cernuus L. Sp. Pl.1: 341. 1753. LizaArp’s TAIL, 
Ell. Sk. 1:432. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 446. Chap. Fl. 398. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New England west to Missouri, south to the 
Gulf. From Florida to Louisiana and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Swamps and muddy banks. Flowers white. June to 
August; common. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Marilandia, Virginia.” 
Herb. Mohr. 
JUGLANDACEAE. Walnut Family. 
JUGLANS L. Sp. Pl. 2:997. 1753. 
About 7 species, temperate regions of the North Hemisphere. North America, 4. 
Deciduous trees. 
Juglans nigra L. Sp. P1.2:997, 1753. BLAcK WALNUT, 
Ell. Sk. 2:622. Gray. Man. ed.6,467. Chap. Fl. 419, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:412. Sargent, Silv, N. A. 7: 212, ¢. 333. 
Alleghenian to Lonisianian area. Southern Ontario; New England west to Minne- 
sota, eastern Nebraska, and eastern Kansas; south to western Florida and western 
Texas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley, to the upper part of the Coast Pine belt. Scattered 
in rich bottom lands; spreading southward along the banks of the larger rivers. 
Becoming scarce, and almost completely exhausted in the Central Prairie region, 
where it was once most frequently found. 
Economie uses: Important for its highly valuable timber. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab, in Virginia, Marilandia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Juglans cinerea IL. Sp. Pl. ed.2, 2: 115. 1765. BUTTERNUT. WHITE WALNUT. 
EL Sk. 2:622. Gray, Man. ed, 6,467. Chap, FI. 419. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 7: 118, 
1.352, 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario, New Brunswick; New England west 
to Minnesota, south from Delaware along the mountains to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rich woods. Winston County, Colliers Creek. 
Limestone County (/. A. Smith). May; fruit ripe in October. Only known from a 
few localities. 
Economie uses: Of little importance as a timber tree. The inner bark of the root, 
butternut bark—Juglans, U.S. Pharmacopwia—is used medicinally. 
Type locality: ‘Hab, in America septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
HICORIA Raf. Med. Rep. ser. 2,5:352. 1808, Hickory. 
(CARYA Nutt. Gen. 2:221. 1818.) 
‘Ten species; Atlantic North America, 9; Mexico, 1; Southern States, 8. Deciduous 
trees. 
Hicoria pecan (Marsh.) Britton, Bull. Torr, Clud, 15:282. 1888, PECAN Nut. 
Juglans pecan Marsh. Arb. Am. 69, 178. 
J. olivaeformis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 192. 1803. 
Carya olivaeformis Nutt. Gen. 2:221. 1818. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,468. Chap. Fl, 418, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:410. Sargent, 
Silv. N, A. 7:187, t, 333. 
