r»()l> IM-ANT MKK <»K ALA1?AMA. 



Clarke, Ksi'ftuiliia, \VaHhiii;;t<)ii. lljiUhviii. ;iml Moliili^ l(Hlllti(^K. I'lowers \vliili\ .Iniio. 

 Slinili or more Ireiiiiciitly Idw troc. l."> t<> :ii> iVct lii;;li and t> to 12 in<'hcH in diametiT. 

 Most tivciiunt ill tiio l.(i\\< r 1'iin^ lo^rinn and (oast jjlaiii. Ibnuing douse tliickets. 



Tyjn- locality: "liab. in Caioliuao piuetis liumeiitibuB." 



ilerli. tJeol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CLIFTONIA I'.aiiks in fia^rt. f. Fru<-t. Sjijipl. 24fi, t. 225. 1805. 

 uMyi.ocahyim Willd. I'.iniin. I"l. :.l. 1807.) 

 Cliftoiiia monophylla (Lam.) Hrittou, JJnll. T«.rr. (inl), 16:;!10. 1889. 



Tl-TI. BUCKWIIKAT TRKE. 



/'/e/famoHO/)/n///rt Lam. Ilhist. 1:330. 1791. 



(Uftonia uilid'n (iaert. f. Fnict. 3:217, t. 22.',, f. 5. 1805. 



MilocariiHin litjuMirinHm Willd. Eunm. 454. 1807. 



CUnoiiiii liiiin^trhia S]>rcn■,^ Svst. 2:1516. 1825. 



Eli. Sk. 1 : 508. Chap. Fl. 2^3. Sarj^rent, Silv. N. A. 2 : 7, /. f>2. 



Louisianiau area. Georgia, Florida west to eastern Louisiana. 



Al.xbama: Ui>i)fr division Coast Pine belt to Coast i)laiu. Wet pine barrens, in 

 sour peaty soil. Flowers white, slightly fragrant, middle of Marcii to April. Large 

 shrub to tree of almost medium size, 25 to 35 feet high, and 8 to 12 inches in diameter, 

 forming almost impenetrable thickets, acres in extent — the so-called ti-ti swanips. 



Economic tises: The wood is excellent fuel. 



Type locality : "E Carolinia. Fraser." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ILICACEAE. Holly Family.' 



ILEX L. Sp. ri. 1:12.5. 1753. 



About 150 species, warm temperate regions of both hemispheres. Europe, Asia, 

 Souiii America. North America, 14 or 15, largely Southeastern. Trees or shrubs. 



Ilex opaca Ait. ilort. Kew. 1 : 169. 1789. Holly. 



jni.Sk. 2:679. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 108. Chap. Fl. 269. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : .56. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 1 : 107, t. 45. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern Massachusetts, New York to 

 Florida, west to the Trinity Valley, Texas, Arkansas, and southeastern Missouri. 



Alabama: Throughout the State. Rich woodlands. Flowers white, April; fruit 

 ripe in Sei)teml)er and October, scarlet, remaining over winter. From 25 to 10 feet 

 high and 10 to 15 inches in diameter. Of largest si/.e and most fre(|nent in the rich 

 second bottom lands of the Prairie region and I'pper division of the Coast Pine belt. 



Economic uses: An ornamental tree, the wood visefnl. 



Type locality: ''Native of Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ilex cassine L. Sp. PI. 1: 125. 1753. Not Walt. Dajioox Holly. 



Ilex dithoon Walt. Fl. Car. 241. 1788. 



/. laurifolia Nutt. Am. .Journ. Sci. 5 : 289. 1822. 



Ell. 8k. 2 : 680. Grav. Man. ed. 6, 108. Chap. Fl. 269. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 1 : 108, 

 t. 40. 



Louisianian area. Southeastern Virginia along the coast to valley of St. Johns 

 River; Florida along the coast to Mississippi. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Alluvial swamps. Baldwin County, Stockton. Mobile 

 County, swamps of Mobile and Dog rivers. Flowers sordid white, April; fruit ripe 

 in September and (October, scarlet. Among the dense swamp growth a stout shrub; 

 in more exposed situations from 20 to fully 35 feet high and 6 to 12 inches in diam- 

 eter. Not connnou. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. (Jeol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ilex myrtifolia W^ alt. Fl. Car. 241. 1788. Myutlk-leal' Daifoon Holly. 



Ih'X anguatifolia Willd. Enum. 172. 1807. 

 /. dahoon var. miiriifoUa Chap. FL 269. 

 Ell. Sk. 2 : 681. Chap. Fl. 1. c. 

 Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida and western Louisiana. 



' Wm. Trelease, Revision of North American Ilicineae and Celastraceae, Trans. 

 St. Louis Acad. Sci. vol. 5, pp. 343 to 348. 1889. 



