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6C. Greene, Hale and Autauga Counties. 



7. Montgomery County, and perhaps all the others too. 



8. Marengo and Pike Counties. 



9. Sumter County. 



lOE. Pike, Crenshaw, Coffee and Dale Counties. 



low. Sumter, Choctaw, Marengo, Monroe and Butler Counties. 



11. Choctaw, Clarke and Conecuh Counties. 



12. Washington, Houston and Geneva Counties. 



13. Near Conecuh River east of Brewton and Flomaton, Escambia 

 County. Mobile County (Mohr). 



SAPIUM, P. Browne. 



Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb. (Chinese Tallow Tree.) 



A small tree, with leaves much like those of some species of 

 Populus, and spikes of small greenish apetalous flowers in spring. 

 Fruit small, dry, with three oily seeds. Most of the plant is pois- 

 onous, but the seeds are said to be used in some parts of China as 

 a Substitute for tallow. 



Native of China or Japan ; occasionally cultivated for orna- 

 ment, and escapes sparingly around Mobile (Mohr) and other 

 southern seaports. 



EMPETRACEAE. Crowberry Family. 



A very small family, with three genera and five species, all 

 evergreen shrubs, in temperate regions. 



CERATIOLA, Michaux. (Only one species.) 



Ceratiola ericoides, Mx. (Sand-hill) Rosemary. 



A much-branched shrub 1 to 6 feet tall, with slender erect 

 branches, short awl-like evergreen leaves much like those of the 

 northern spruces, and inconspicuous flowers and fruits. It has 

 no known use, though it might be used for decorative purposes if 

 there was enough of it, and it would be very ornamental if it could 

 be cultivated. 



Grows in the poorest white sands, where earthworms are un- 

 known and the vegetation is too sparse to carry fire. (Commonest 

 in Florida). 



13. Washington and Mobile Counties (Mohr). Sandy ridges west of 

 Mobile (Tuomey). 



IS. Old dunes south of Bon Secour (Tuomey) and Orange Beach. 

 Baldwin County. 



