180 HARPER 



Also in woods where the Lafayette formation is supposed to 

 be absent in berrien a few miles west of Tifton, and around 

 the Rock House in dooly. More common farther inland, 

 flowering in April and May in Middle Georgia. 



Widely distributed in the Eastern United States south of 

 the glaciated region. 



Leaf-anatomy studied by Kearney, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 

 5 : 5 4-505- 1901. 



ADELIA P. Br. Hist. Jam. 361. 1756. 

 A. acuminata Mx., Fl. 2:225. pi. 48. 1803. 



Swamps of the muddy rivers. Noted along the Ogeechee near 

 Rocky Ford, the Oconee near Mount Vernon, and the 

 Ocmulgee near Lumber City. A large shrub, but scarcely 

 arborescent. Extends up the Savannah and Flint Rivers 

 to the fall-line; coastward limit not known. 



South Carolina to Tennessee, Illinois, Missouri, and Texas, in 

 the coastal plain. 



FRAXINUS L., Sp. PI. 1057. 1753. "Ash." 

 F. Caroliniana Mill., Gard. Diet. ed. 8. 1768. (No. 6). 



Swamps of all our creeks and rivers, muddy or otherwise; 

 common. A small tree or oftener a shrub. Pretty widely 

 distributed over South Georgia. 

 Virginia to Florida, Arkansas, and Texas, in the coastal plain.. 



STYRACACE.E. 

 STYRAX L. Sp. PI. 444. 1753. 

 S. grandifolia Ait., Hort. Kew. 2 175. 1789. 



Sandy banks of rivers, etc. tattnall {2154), coffee (1992), 

 berrien. Fl. April-May. Extends inland to the fall-line- 

 sand-hills in Richmond County (A . Cuthbert) . Also in the 

 vicinity of Thomas ville (Mrs. Taylor). 

 Southeastern Virginia to northeastern Florida and Louisiana,. 



in the coastal plain. 

 Leaf-anatomy described by Kearney, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 

 5 1504. 1901. 



S. pulverulenta Mx., Fl. 2 : 41. 1803. 



Wet pine-barrens ; not common, bulloch: near Bloys (901} 



