Ilex CELASTRACEAE— ACERACEAE Acer 



I. laevigata (Pursh) Gray. Smooth Winterberry. 



Frequent in swampy ground, from the Fall Line southward to 

 Accomac County, apparently avoiding the coast. Fl. May, early 

 June. 



I. glabra (L.) Gray. Ink Berry. 



Common in swampy ground and on coastal sands, Sussex County 

 and southward; rare in s. e. New Castle County, in and near the 

 Cedar Swamp: Commons & Tatnall, in 1863 (A, D); Long, 57772, 

 in 1942 (A). Fl. June. 



CELASTRACEAE (Staff Tree Family) 



Evonymus L. 



E. atropurpureus Jacq. Burning Bush. 



Infrequent, in the Piedmont province, in alluvial soil and on 

 rocky hillsides. Fl. June. 



E. americanus L. Burning Bush. Strawberry Tree. 



Common in rich woods, and in sandy pinelands, throughout the 

 Peninsula, but usually avoiding the coast. Fl. late May, early 

 June. 



CelastrusL. ^' v^ f ' ^l>t/< 



'' V C. scandens L. Climbing Bitter-sweet. 



Frequent in thickets and hedgerows of the Piedmont; less com- 

 mon southward to Talbot and Caroline Counties. Fl. late May, 

 June. S^^ *. ^ / iO V 



STAPHYLEACEAE (Bladder Nut Family) 



Staphylea L. 



S. trifolia L. American Bladder Nut. 



Common in rocky woods of the Piedmont. Late April j May. 



ACERACEAE (Maple Family) 

 Acer L. Maple. 



A. saccharum Marsh. Sugar Maple. 



Rare in the Piedmont of New Castle County: near Granogue 

 Station, Canhy in 1897 (D); rocky slope above Rockland, Long, 

 32291, 14 May 1925 (A). April. 



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