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I. glabra (L.) Gray, Man. ed. 2. 264. 1856. "Gallberry. " 

 Intermediate and moist pine-barrens and branch-swamps; 

 very common throughout. Fl. late spring. Widely dis- 

 tributed in South Georgia, and reported once from Middle 

 Georgia (C. L. Boynton, Biltmore Bot. Stud. 1 : 144—145. 

 1902). A valuable honey plant. The bushes are some- 

 times used as coarse brooms for sweeping yards. 

 Nova Scotia to central Florida and Louisiana, mostly in the 



coastal plain. (See Rhodora 7 : 74. 1905.) 

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

 5 : 492. 1901. 



CYRILLACEiE. 

 CLIFTONIA Banks; Gaert. f., Fr. & Sem. 3 : 246. pi. 225. f. 5. 

 1805. 



C. monophylla (Lam.) Sarg., Silva N. A. 2:7. pi. 52. 1891. 

 "Tyty." 



C. ligustrina (Willd.) Spreng., Syst. 2 : 316. 1825. 



Non-alluvial branch- and creek-swamps, etc. ; common. Noted 

 in every county except Screven, Laurens, Dodge, and Worth, 

 . and it probably grows in them too. Fl. March-April. 

 Never seen northwest of the Altamaha Grit escarpment, 

 but extends in the other direction to within about 25 miles 

 of the coast. Its distribution in Georgia is thus much like 

 that of Pinckneya and Nyssa Ogeche (see Bull. Torrey Club 

 32:147. 1905). Usually a shrub, but arborescent in the 

 larger swamps. Its wood is said to be used to some ex- 

 tent for hames, and its flowers are an important source of 

 honey. 



Extreme southern South Carolina to southeastern Louisiana, 

 in the pine-barrens. 



CYRILLA L., Mant. 150. 1767. 

 C. racemiflora L., I.e. "Tyty." 



Branch- and creek- swamps, etc. ; often with the preceding but 

 adapted to more alluvial conditions. Noted in every county 

 except Screven, Laurens, and Appling, but not quite so 

 abundant in our territory as Clijtonia. Fl. June— July. Has. 



