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some northern cities, and its wood is valuable for furniture, floor- 

 ing, etc. 



It is not certain that we have the typical Acer Sacchantm in 

 Alabama. It may be chiefly represented here by varieties (barba- 

 tiun, glai(ciiiii, or Rngclii), and it is not very different from Acer 

 Floridanuiu, which I may have sometimes mistaken for it. It is 

 certainly not common here, anyway. 



What I take to be this species grows in rich, especially cal- 

 careous, woods, in the northern half of the state. The following 

 localities have been noted. 



lA. South side of Mussel Shoals, Colbert County. (Locality doubtless 

 now obliterated by the Wilson Dam.) 



IB. Jackson County. Near Huntsville (Mohr). Weeden Mountain, 

 Madison County. Limestone slopes, Morgan and Blount Counties. Frank- 

 lin County. 



2A. (or B?). Shaly bluffs near Simpson's Creek, Cullman County. 



2B. Walker and Fayette Counties. 



3. Blount, St. Clair, Jefferson and Bibb Counties. 



Dr. Mohr reported the var. barbatuin from Clay, Pike and Butler Coun- 

 ties (the last probably intended for Choctaw, for Mt. Sterling is in Choc- 

 taw), but the last two localities are well within the range of A. Floridanuni, 

 and may represent that species. 



Acer Floridanum (Chapm.) Pax. (Florida) Sugar Maple. 



Usually a smaller tree than the preceding, but not differing 

 conspicuously. One or two varieties have been described. Blooms 

 in March and April. Its economic properties have not been in- 

 vestigated, but are probably similar to those of A. Sacchantm. 



Grows in rich, especially calcareous, woods, mostly in the 

 coastal plain. (The Coosa \''alley records may represent A. Sac- 

 charum.) 



3. St. Clair, Talladega, Jefferson and Shelby Counties. Bibb County 

 (Mohr). 



6A. Tuscaloosa, Bibb and Chilton Counties. 



6C. Hale County. 



7. Sumter, Dallas (Hatcher's Bluff) Autauga (vicinity of House 

 Bluff) and Montgomery Counties. 



lOE. Pike, Dale, Coffee and Covington Counties. 



low. Sumter, Monroe and Butler Counties. 



12. Geneva and Houston Counties. 



13. Along Conecuh River southeast of Brewton. 



Acer leucoderme, Small. {A. Floridannui acuudnatiiui, Trel.) 



A small tree, differing from our other sugar maples in having 

 a leaning or crooked trunk, bark smooth or nearly so, and leaves 



