Erodium GERANIACEAE— POLYGALACEAE Polygala 



Erodium L'H^r. Storksbill. 



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V I E. cicutarium (L.) L'H6r. 



Frequent, chiefly in cultivated ground, from the Fall Line 

 southward to Accomac County. Late March, April. Nat. from 

 Europe. ^.,-^ 



RUTACEAE (Rue Family) 



Zanthoxylum L. Prickly Ash. 



Z. americanum Mill. Northern Prickly Ash. 



One collection: rocky wooded slope n, of Rockland (NC), Long, 

 32297, 14 May 1925 (A). 



Z. Clava-Herculis L. Southern Prickly Ash. "Toothache 

 Tree." 



Infrequent in Accomac and Northampton Counties, near the 

 shore. Fl. late May, June. 



Ptelea L. 



P. trifoliata L. Shrubby Trefoil. 



An occasional escape in waste ground about Wilmington. 



SIMARUBACEAE (Quassia Family) 



Ailanthus Desf. Tree-of-Heaven. 



A. altissima Swingle. (A. glandulosa Desf.) 



Common about Wilmington, and elsewhere; usually spontane- 

 ous. Introd. from Asia. 



MELIACEAE (Mahogany Family) 

 Melia L. 

 M. Azedarach L. China-berry Tree. Pride-of-India. 



Cultivated, and sometimes spontaneous in Northampton 

 County: edge of pine woods n. of Kendall Grove, Fernald, Long & 

 Fogg, 5357 (P). Nat. from the Himalayas. 



POLYGALACEAE (Milkwort Family) 

 Polygala L. Milkwort. 



P. paucifolia Willd. Fringed Polygala. 



Very rare, in the Piedmont of New Castle County; known from 

 a single station: J4 mi. n. of Mt. Cuba Station, on railroad bank, 



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