ALTAMAHA GRIT REGION OF GEORGIA 207 



territory, bulloch, Montgomery, wilcox. Fl. March- 

 April. Common in the upper third cf the coastal plain, 

 to which it is almost confined in Georgia. I have never 

 noticed it above the fall-line, or nearer the coast than the 

 above-mentioned localities. 

 Virginia to Middle Florida, Missouri, and Texas, mostly in the 

 coastal plain. 



CELASTRACE.E. 

 EUONYMUS L., Sp. PI. 197. 1753. 

 E. Americanus L., 1. c. 



Montgomery: Stallings' Bluff on Oconee River; hammock 

 of Gum Swamp Creek west of Erick. dooly: around the 

 Rock House. Fl. May-June. More common farther in- 

 land, all the way to the mountains. 



Widely distributed in the Eastern United States south of 

 the glaciated region, mostly outside of the pine-barrens. 



AQUIFOLIACEJE. 

 ILEX L., Sp. PI. 125. 1753. 

 I. opaca Ait., Hort. Kew. 1 : 169. 1789. Holly. 



Hammocks, bluffs, etc. bulloch, emanuel, tattnall, 



MONTGOMERY, DODGE, TELFAIR, COFFEE, WILCOX, BERRIEN, 



dooly. Fl. April-May. Grows nearly all over Georgia 

 in shaded places, but nowhere abundant. 

 Widely distributed in the Eastern United States south of 

 latitude 41 °, but said to be wanting in the higher mountains. 



I. vomitoria Ait., Hort. Kew. 1 : 170. 1789. 



emanuel: Hammock of Little Ohoopee River; Montgomery: 



Sand-hills of Gum Swamp Creek. So rare that it maybe 



doubted if it is indigenous in our territory. More common 



in the maritime counties. 

 Virginia to Florida and Texas, mostly near the coast. 

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



5 : 296—297. 1900. 



I. myrtifolia Walt., Fl. Car. 241. 1788. 



Usually in cypress ponds; a handsome shrub Or small tree 



