68 Journal of the Mitchell Society \_Octoher 



FAMILY PORTULACACE^ 



Portulaca oleracea L. Purslane. Common weed in gardens. 



FAMILY NYMPHAEACE^ 



Castalia odorata (Dryand) Woodville and Wood. White Waterlily. Com- 

 mon in pools along edge of marsh. 



FAMILY MAGNOLIACE^ 



Magnolia virginiana L. Sweet Bay. Not common; fr. Sept. 

 Magnolia acuminata L. Cucumber tree. A few trees in pine woods. 



FAMILY ANNONACEiE 



Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal. Papaw. Scattered in pine woods; fruit ripe in 

 September, fallen by October; evidently does not require frost for ripen- 

 ing as believed in some localities north; the same remark applies to 

 persimmons. On my first visit to Church's Island, in 1909, I found to 

 my surprise that papaws were not only not eaten by the inhabitants, but 

 were actually regarded as poisonous. 



FAMILY RANUNCULACK^ 



Clematis virginiana L. Common; fr. 



FAMILY CRUCIFEK^ 



Lepidium virginicum L. Pepper-grass. Waterlily road. Fls. to mat. fr. 



FAMILY ALTINGIACE.E 



Liquidambar styraciflua L. Sweet Gum. Scattered; more at the north end 

 than elsewhere. 



FAMILY ROSACE.E 



Rubus trivialis Michaux. Blackberry. Common. 



Rosa Carolina L. Swamp rose. Common in edge of marsh and other wet 

 places; fls. to mat. fr. 



FAMILY MALACBLE 



Crataegus crus-galli L. Red haw. One tree; Oct. fruit not yet ripe. 



FAMILY' AMYGDALACE^ 



Prunus americana Marsh. Wild plum. Common. 



Prunus angustifolia Marsh. Chickasaw Plum. Common. 



Padus virginiana (L.) Miller. Wild Black Cherry. A few seen. 



