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B. alba (L.) R. Br. in Ait. f., Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 3:6. 181 1. 



Dry pine-barrens, etc. ; not common, tattnall, Montgomery, 

 irwin. Fl. April- June. More frequent in the upper third 

 of the coastal plain, and inclined to become a weed. 



Minnesota ( ?) to Florida ( ?) ; but distribution not well worked 

 out. 



B. leucantha T. & G., Fl. 1 1385. 1840. 



Swamps of the muddy rivers. Montgomery: Near Mount 

 Vernon; coffee: Near Barrow's Bluff. Fl. spring. 



Distribution in Georgia and elsewhere not well worked out, 

 but said to be similar to that of the preceding. 



GLEDITSCHIA L., Sp. PI. 1056. 1753. 

 G. aquatica Marsh., Arb. Am. 54. 1785. 



River-swamps, screven and bulloch: Along the Ogeechee 

 River near Dover, June 19, 1901 ; tattnall: Along Ohoopee 

 River near Ohoopee, June 26, 1903. Fl. spring. Also 

 in Laurens County a little north of our limits, and prob- 

 ably in many other places in the upper third of the coastal 

 plain. 



Distribution not well worked out; but confined to the coastal 

 plain or nearly so. Reported from South Carolina to 

 Florida, Indiana, Missouri, and Texas, but not from Alabama. 



CASSIA L., Sp. PI. 376. 1753. 



C. Tora L., 1. c. Coffee Weed. 



Streets of Tifton, Sept. 27, 1902. More common in and around 

 some of the older cities of South Georgia, especially 

 Americus. 



Nearly throughout the Southeastern United States. In- 

 troduced from the tropics. 

 C. occidentalis L., Sp. PI. 377. 1753. Coffee Weed. 



With the preceding; also at Faceville, Decatur Co., Aug, 13, 

 1903. Has about the same distribution in Georgia as well 

 as in other parts of the world. 



CERCIS L., Sp. PL 374. 1753. 

 C. Canadensis L., 1. c. Redbud. 



Not a characteristic inhabitant of our territory, but growing 



