ANACARDIACEAE 241 



sometimes a little hairy. Probably a little less poisonous than the 



other species. Blooms in May. 



Grows in dry sandy or rocky woods, subject to occasional 



fires, usually associated with long-leaf pine, in regions where less 



than 1% of the area was cultivated in cotton in 1880. 



IC. Colbert County. 



2A. Blount and Etowah Counties. 



2B. Jefferson, Shelby and Tuscaloosa Counties. 



3. On chert and sandstone ridges, Talladega and Jefferson Counties. 



4. Calhoun, Talladega and Clay Counties. 



5. Chilton County. 



6A. Tuscaloosa County. 



6B. Rather common throughout. 



6C. Autauga County. 



9. Sumter County. 



lOE. Barbour and Coffee Counties. 



low. Mountains near West Butler, Choctaw County. 



12. Covington, Geneva and Houston Counties. 



13. Clarke County. 



CYRILLACEAE. Tyty Family. 



Includes three genera and about a dozen species, small trees 

 or shrubs, in the warmer parts of America. 



CYRILLA, L. Tyty. (Also spelled Tin and Tighteye). 

 Cyrilla racemiflora, L. 



(Map 20) 



A large shrub or small tree, with crooked trunk, sometimes 8 

 inches in diameter, partly evergreen leaves, and racemes of small 

 white flowers in June and July. It would probably be cultivated 

 for ornament if it was better known. It is one of the important 

 honey-yielding plants. 



Grows in branch and creek swamps, with moderately rich but 



not calcareous soil, in and near the coastal plain. (See map.) 



5. Coosa, Chilton and Elmore Counties. Lee County (Baker & Earle). 

 6A. Bibb, Chilton, Autauga and Elmore Counties. 

 6B, 6C. Autauga County. 



7. Near Hatcher's Bluff, Dallas County (Cocks). 



8. Pike County. 



lOE. Crenshaw, Coffee, Dale and Covington Counties, 

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



11. Choctaw and Conecuh Counties. 



12, 13. Common throughout. 



15. Near Fairhope and Orange Beach, Baldwin County. 



