MYRICACE^E; BETULACEJE ; SALICACE.E ; COXIFERJE ; ARACE-E. 389 



Latin Names. 



English Names 



Geolog'l Station 



Natural Habitat. 





Myricaceae. 



Sweet Gale Family- 







Myrica, L., . 



. Bayberry. 









M. cerifera, L., 1 



Betulacese. 



Sandy, 

 Birch Family. 



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Alluvial swampy ground. 



Betula, Tour., 2 



. Birch. 









*B. populifolia, Ait., 



. White Birch, . 



Sandstone, 



. 



Barren. (Xutt. Catt.) 



B. nigra, L., . 



. Red Birch, . 







River banks. 



Alnus, Tour., 



. Alder. 









A. serrulata, Ait., . 



. Smooth Alder, 



Limestone, 



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Gravel & banks of creeks. 





Salicaceae. 







Salix, Tour., . 



. Willow. 









S. discolor, Mnhl., . 



. Glaucous Willow, 



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River banks. 



S. nigra, Marsh., . 



. Black Willow, 





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*S. longifolia, Muhl., 



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Xutt. Cat. 



Populus, Tour., 



. Poplar. 









P. monilifera, Ait , 3 



. Cottonwood, . 



Alluvial sandy, 



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Bottoms along rivers. 



*P. angulata, Ait., . 



Coniferae. 



Pine Family. 



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Low grounds. 



Pinus; Tour., . 



. Pine. 









*P. inops, Ait., 



. Jersey Pine, . 



Sandstone, 



. 



Barren. (Xutt. Cat.) 



P. initio Mich., 4 . 



. Yellow Pine of the North, Sandstone & chert, Barren hills (common). 



*P. rigida, Mill., 5 . 



. Pitch Pine, . 



Sand, 



. 



Xutt. Cat. 



P. Teeda, L., 6 



. Loblolly Pine, 



Tertiary, . 



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Alluvial and sandy hills. 



Taxodium, Rich., . 



. Bald Cypress. 









T. distichum, Rich ? 



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Alluvial, . 



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Deep swamps. 



Junijyerus, L., 



. Juniper. 









J. Yirginiana, L., 8 . 



. Red Cedar, . 



Limestone, 



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Banks of rivers, rocks. 



Arisa>ma } Mart., 

 *A« triphyllum, Tor., 

 *A. Dracontium, Schott, 

 Acorus, L., . 

 A. Calamus, L., 9 



Aracese. Arum Family. 

 Indian turnip. 



Sweet flag. Calamus. 

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Mouth of Benetz Bayou. 



Rich soil and woods. 

 Low ground. 



Swampy prairies. 



1 The berries are invested with a kind of wax, which, collected by boiling, is used for candle-making 



3 The wood of the Birches is not very valuable. It is soft and light. 



3 Wood white, soft, unfit for use. I have not seen this tree in Arkansas, except with the Arkansas 

 River bottoms and the creeks running to it across the Millstone grit, Frog bayou, Ac. None in the 

 north of the State. 



* Wood fine-grained, a little resinous, yellowish white, used for flooring, &c. 



J I have not seen it in Arkansas. It is the most valuable Yellow Pine of the South. 



6 Grows south of Hot Springs County, mixed with the Yellow Pine, and is used for the same purpose, 

 though not as good. 



' "Wood fine-grained, reddish, strong, elastic, and less resinous than that of the Pines. Much used for 

 building in the South, and very valuable. 



8 Wood reddish, odorous, strong, tough, and durable. The species is rare in Arkansas. 



9 Root creeping, sweet-scented, aromatic, and somewhat tonic. It is highly praised as a valuable 

 popular medicine, but its properties are scarcely ascertained. 



