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WITCH-HAZEL FAMILY 



In damp woods in the extreme southeastern corner of the state. Dis- 

 tributed from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to eastern Minn, and Texas. 

 Blossoms in September and October, fruits the following summer. 



Wood is hard, light brown and streaked with red, weighs 43 lbs. 

 The bark is astringent and is used in the form of fluid extracts and 

 decoctions, but is not known to have any essential properties. 



Celastrales Bittersweet Order 

 Celastraceae Bittersweet Family 



Shrubs or twining woody vines with simple alternate or opposite 

 leaves; flowers small, regular, in cymes or racemes, sepals 4-5, more or 



