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Ogeechee River; tattnall: Ohoopee River. Fl. March- 

 April. Known from quite a number of stations in the 

 Eocene and Lower Oligocene regions, also in Lowndes and 

 Charlton Counties, nearer the coast. 

 Virginia to central and Middle Florida, in the coastal plain. 



V. rufotomentosum Small, Bull. Torrey Club 23:410. 1896. 



Black Haw. 

 f V. rufidulum Raf., Alsog. Am. 56. 1838. (See Sarg., 



Silva N. A. 14:23. pi. 710. 1902.) 

 Bluffs and hammocks, along the rivers rising north of our 



territory, emanuel: Little Ohoopee River; Montgomery: 



Oconee River; telfair, coffee, wilcox: Ocmulgee River. 



Fl. April-May. 

 Widely distributed in Georgia and the other southeastern 



states. 



V. nudum L., Sp. PI. 268. 1753. 



Principally in branch-swamps; common throughout our 



territory, and to some extent coastward, but not known in 



the adjacent lime-sink region. Reappears near Americus 



and at a few stations in Middle Georgia. 

 Long Island to Florida and Louisiana, and in a few interior 



states. 



V. nitidum Ait., Hort. Kew. 1:371. 1789.; Mohr, Contr. U. S 



Nat. Herb. 6:744. 1901. 

 In similar places to the preceding, but usually in larger swamps 



and much less common, bulloch (831), Montgomery, 



coffee, Irwin, berrien. Fl. April. (See Bull. Torrey 



Club 30:341- i9°3-) 

 North Carolina to Florida and Mississippi, in the coastal plain. 



SAMBUCUS L., Sp. PL 269. 1753. 

 S. Canadensis L., 1. c. Elder, 



telfair: Low grounds along railroad near Helena, July 3, 1903. 



Evidently not native. Common farther inland. 

 Widely distributed in Eastern North America, but its status as 

 a native has been questioned by Dr. Gray (Am. Nat. 1 : 493- 

 494. 1867) and is worth looking into. 



