250 HARPER 



Fl. March. Distribution in Georgia not well worked out, 

 but it is known to grow also in the Palaeozoic region, and 

 around mayhaw ponds in the Lower Oligocene region. This 

 tree looks much like the preceding in summer, but in winter, 

 and still more so in early spring when the leaves are unfold- 

 ing, it is very distinct. 

 Staten Island to central Florida, Missouri, and Texas. 



CASTANEA Adans., Fam. 2:375. J 7 6 3- 



C. pumila (L.) Mill. (no. 2), Diet. Gard. ed. 8. 1768. Chinquapin. 



emanuel: Rosemary sand-hills, June 28, 1901; Montgomery: 



Sand-hills of Gum Swamp Creek, Sept. 10, 1903; wilcox: 



Upper Seven Bluffs, May 17, 1904. Grows also in Pierce 



County in situations similar to that first mentioned, but it 



is more common farther inland, all the way to the mountains. 



Widely distributed in the Eastern United States south of 



latitude 40 . 



C. alnifolia Nutt., Gen. 2 :2i7. 1818. "Chinquapin." 



C. nana Muhl.; Ell., Sk. 2:615. 1824; Kearney, Bull. Torrey 



Club 21: 261-262. pi. 206. 1894; Small, Bull. Torrey Club 



23 : 126. 1896. 

 C. alnifolia pubescens Nutt., Sylva 1:19. pi. 6. 1842. 

 Dry and intermediate pine-barrens, appling, coffee (2202), 



Irwin, berrien. Fl. May. Common in the flat country 



toward the coast, but not known farther inland. 

 South Carolina to northern Florida, in the lower half of the 



coastal plain. Also reported from Arkansas and Louisiana 



(Sargent) . 



BETULACEiE. 

 ALNUS Gaert., Fr. & Sem. 2 : 54. pi. go. 1791. Alder. 

 A. rugosa (DuRoi) Koch, Dendrol. 2 : 635. 1872. 



In branch-, creek-, and river-swamps ; not common, screven, 



BULLOCH, TATTNALL, MONTGOMERY, DODGE, TELFAIR, COFFEE, 



wilcox. Flowers in January, being probably our earliest 

 spring flower. More common farther inland, especially 

 in Middle Georgia. 

 Nearly throughout the Eastern United States. 



