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STYRACEAE 



Styrax grandiflora Ait. Over tlie State as a shrub; in West Feliciana 

 Parish a tree 40 feet high; arborescent also near Natchitoches, Natchi- 

 toches Parish. Flowers April 10. Fruit July, 



Halesia diptera Ellis. Wet woods and borders of swamps over the 

 State. Flowers February 28 to April 10. 



SYMPLOCACEAE 



Symplocos iinctoria L'Her. In rolling woods and along streams over . 

 the State, Flowers April 3. Fruit June. 



OLEACEAE 



Fraxinus caroliniana Mill. Along water courses and in swamps over 

 the State. Flowers February 25. Fruit April. 



Fraxinus caroliniana var. Rehderiana Sarg. Tangipahoa Parish. 



Fraxinus americana L. Woods in rich alluvial soil and borders of 

 swamps over the State. Flowers March 15, Fruit May. 



Fraxinus pennsylvanica var. lanceolata Sarg. Banks of creeks and rivers 

 and alluvial woods over the State. Flowers March 25, Fruit June. 



Fraxinus profunda Bush. Widely distributed over the State on the 

 edges of Cypress swamps; very abundant in swamps in the vicinity of 

 New Orleans, Flowers March. Fruit May, 



Forestiera acuminata Poir. Widely distributed over the State; usually 

 a shrub; occasionally a tree 30^0 feet high along water courses in East 

 Baton Rouge Parish. Flowers April 3. 



Osmanthus americanus Benth. & Hook. Borders of streams amd Pine- 

 barren ponds in East Louisiana; common in St. Tammany, Washington and 

 East Baton Rouge Parishes. Flowers March 3. 



VERBENACEAE 



Avicennia nitida Jacq. Along the seacoast and adjacent islands, form- 

 ing occasionally dense thickets. Occasionally a tree 30 feet high. Flowers 

 May. 



BIGNONIACEAE 



Catalpa bignoniodes Walt. Banks of streams. West Feliciana and East 

 Baton Rouge Parishes, Much planted and often naturalized. Flowers 

 April 15. 



Catalpa speciosa Engelm. Common over West Louisiana, probably 

 naturalized from cultivation. Flowers April 15. 



RUBLVCEAE 



Cephalanihus occidentalis L. Borders of swamps and along streams 

 over the State. Flowers April- July. 



Cephalanihus occidentalis var. piibescens Raf. In the vicinity of New 



