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Subclass DICOTYLEDONES. 



Series ^VRCHICHIjAMYDEAE (Choripetalous and apetalous orders). 



SAURURACEAE. Lizard's-tail Family. 



SAURURUS L. Sp. PI. 1 : 341. 1753. 



One species, Atlantic North America. 

 Saururus cernuus L. Sp. PI. 1:341. 1753. Lizard's Tail. 



EH. Sk. 1:432. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 446. Chap. FL 398. 



Allegheuian to Lonisianian area. New Enghmd west to Missouri, south to the 

 Gulf. From Florida to Louisiana and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Over the State. Swamps and muddy banks. Flowers Avhite. June to 

 August: common. Perennial. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Marilandia, Virginia." 



Herb. Mohr. 



JUGLANDACEAE. Walnut Family. 



JUGL ANS L. Sp. PI. 2 : 997. 1753. 



About 7 species, temperate regions of the North Hemisphere. North America, 4. 

 Deciduous trees. 



Juglans nigra L. Sp. PI. 2 : 997. 1753. Black Walxtt. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 622. Grav. Man. ed. 6, 467. Chap. Fl. 419. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 412. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 7 : 212, t. 333. 



Allegheuian to Louisianianarea. 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 freijuentlv founcl. 



Economic uses : Important for its highly valuable timber. 



Type locality : "Hab, in Virginia, Maiilandia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Juglans cinerea L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 2 : 1415. 1763. Butternut. White Walnut. 



Ell. Sk. 2 :622. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 467. Chap. Fl. 419. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 7: 118, 

 t. 332. 



Allegheuian 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 (E. A. Smith). May; fruit ripe in October. Onlj^ known from a 

 few localities. 



Economic uses : Of little importance as a timber tree. The inner bark of the root, 

 butternut bark — Juglans, U. S. Pliarmacopieia — is used medicinally. 



Type locality: "Hab. in America septentrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



HICORI A Raf. Med. Rep. ser. 2, 5 : 352. 1808. Hickory. 



f Cakya Nutt. Gen. 2 : 221. 1818. ) 



Ten species; AtlauticNorth America. 9; Mexico, 1 ; Southern States, 8. J)<'ciiliious 

 trees. 



Hicoria pecan (Marsh.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club. 15 : 282. 1888. Pecan NuT. 



Jiiglann 2>ecan Marsh. Arb. Am. 69. 1785. 



J, olivaeformia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 192. 1803. 



Cari/a oJivaeformis Nutt. Gen. 2 : 221. 1818. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 468. Chap. Fl. 418. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 410. Sargent, 

 Silv. N. A. 7 ; 137, t. 333. 



