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Smilax bona-nox L. In woods and along streams. Common. Flowers 

 April 15. 



Smilax laurifolia L. In damp woods and along streams; over the 

 whole State. Used largely for Christmas decorations. Flowers June 25. 

 Fruit September. 



Smilax Walteri Pursh. Very common on edges of cypress swamps, 

 sometimes retaining the red berries all the winter. 



Smilax lanceolata L. In woods, Washington Parish. Flowers June 15. 



MYRICACEAE. 



Myrica cerifera var. pumila Michx. Open pine woods and pine barrens, 

 Tangipahoa, St. Tammany and Washington Parishes. Flowers March 

 5. Fruit May. 



Myrica carolinensis Mill. Along streams in the pine barrens. East 

 Louisiana. Flowers March 15 . Fruit June. 



Myrica inodora Bartram. Along streams in pine barrens, Washington 

 Parish. Flowers February 25. Fruit June. 



BETULACEAE. 



Alnus rugosa (Du Roi) K. Koch (A. serrulata Willd.) Along streams 

 over the whole State. Sometimes arborescent, reaching a height of 30 

 feet or more. Flowers February 25. 



FAGACEAE. 



Castanea nana Muhl. Sand hills and pine barrens forming wide 1 

 patches, Louisiana; on authority of Small, Flora, ed. 2, p. 348. 



LORANTHACEAE. 



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kinds of trees. 



All over the State on many 



POLYGONACEAE. 



Brunnichia cirrhosa Gaertn. Moist woods and borders of cypress 

 swamps over the whole State. Flowers April 2. 



MENISPERMACEAE. 



Coccnlus carolinns (L.) D. C. Banks of rivers and borders of swamps 

 over the whole State. Berries very showy and often retained the whole 

 winter. Flowers May 2. Fruit September. 



Menispermum canadense L. Banks of rivers and rich woods. West 

 Feliciana and Washington Parishes. Fruit September. 



Calycocarpum Lyoni (Pursh) Nutt. Borders of streams and edges of 

 wet woods. West Feliciana Parish. Flowers April 15. Fruit September. 



MAGNOLIACEAE. 



lllicium floridanum Ellis. Rolling hills and along streams in pine 

 barrens. East Louisiana. Most abundant in Tangipahoa, St. Tammany 

 and Washington Parishes. Flowers February 25. Fruit May. 



