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Subclass DICOTYLEDONES. 
Series ARCUICHLAMY DEAE (Choripetalous and apetalous orders). 
SAURURACEAE. Lizard’s-tail Family. 
SAURURUS L. Sp. P1.1:341. 1753. 
One species, Atlantic North America. 
Saururus cernuus L. Sp. Pl. 1: 341. 1753. Lizarp’s TAIL. 
Ell, Sk. 1:432. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 446. Chap. I'l. 398. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New England west to Missouri, south to the 
Gulf, From Florida to Louisiana and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Swamps and muddy banks. Flowers white. June to 
August; common. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Marilandia, Virginia.” 
Herb. Mohr. 
JUGLANDACEAE, Walnut Family. 
JUGLANS L. Sp. Pl. 2:997. 1753. 
About 7 species, temperate regions of the North Hemisphere. North America, 4. 
Deciduous trees, 
Juglans nigra L. Sp. Pl. 2:997. 1753. Biack WALNUT. 
Ell. Sk. 2:622. Gray, Man. ed. 6,467. Chap. Fl. 419. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:412. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 7: 212, t. 333. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern Outario; New England west to Minne- 
sota, eastern Nebraska, and eastern Kansas; south to western Florida and western 
Texas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley, to the upper part of the Coast Pine belt. Scattered 
in rich bottom lands; spreading southward along the banks of the larger rivers. 
Becoming scarce, and almost completely exhausted in the Central Prairie region, 
where it was once most frequently found. 
Economic uses: Important for its highly valuable timber. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Virginia, Marilandia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Juglans cinerea L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 2:1415. 1763. BUTTERNUT. WHITE WALNUT. 
Ell. Sk. 2:622. Gray, Man. ed. 6,467. Chap. Fl. 419. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 7:118, 
t. 382, 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario, New Brnuswick; New England west 
to Minnesota, south from Delaware along the mountains to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rich woods. Winston County, Colliers Creek. 
Limestone County (#..4. Smith). May; fruit ripe in October. Only known from a 
few localities. 
Economic uses: Of little importance as a timber tree. The inner bark of the root, 
butternut bark—Juglans, U.S. Pharmacopceia—is used medicinally. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in America septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
HICORIA Raf. Med. Rep. ser. 2,5:352. 1808. Hickory. 
(CarYaA Nutt. Gen. 2:221. 1818.) 
Ten species; Atlantic North America, 9; Mexico, 1; Southern States, 8. Deciduous 
trees. 
Hicoria pecan (Marsh.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 15: 282.’ 1888. Pecan Not. 
Juglans pecan Marsh. Arb. Am. 69. 1785. 
J. olivaeformis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:192. 1803. 
Carya olivaeformis Nutt. Gen. 2: 221. 1818. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 468. Chap. Fl.418. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:410. Sargent, 
Silv. N, A. 7:187, t, 833. 
