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ECONOMIC BOTANY OF ALABAMA 



Fig. 57. Near view of leaves and flowers of Crotoii Alahaiuciisis on 

 University campus. Walter B. Jones, March 27, 1926. 



ward. The wood when dry is lighter than cork, but it is not 

 abundant enough in Alabama to be known or used for anything. 

 Grows in shallow ponds in the lower part of the coastal plain. 

 Common in several such places between Orange Beach and Oak, in 

 the extreme southern part of Baldwin County (region 13). Not 

 known west of Florida until seen there (June 13, 1912). 



SEBASTIANA, Sprengel. 



Sebastiana ligustrina (AIx.) ^luell. Arg. 



(No common name.) 



A shrul). something like the preceding, Ijut slenderer and 

 greener. Blooms in May and June. Fxonomic properties un- 

 known. 



Grows in low hammocks, creek and river bottoms, etc. ; al- 

 most confined to the coastal i)lain. 



2B. Along North River at crossing of Watermelon Road, Tuscaloosa 

 County. 



5. Along the two large rivers in Elmore County, about seven miles 

 above Wetumpka and a mile or two above Tallassee. 



6A. Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Chilton and Elmore Counties. 



