60 MISCELLANEOUS CIRCULAR 92, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



Family MYRICACEJ] 

 MYRICA Linnaeus 



Myrica cerifera Linnseus. Wax-myrtle 



Range.— New Jersey (Cape May), Delaware, and Maryland to southern 

 Florida and west in the Gulf States to Texas (San Patricio County); inland in 

 Mississippi (Jackson County) , in Louisiana (vicinity of Natchitoches) ; in Ar- 

 kansas (Ouachita River; Hempstead and Miller Counties), and in Texas (to 

 Cherokee County). 



NAMES IN USE 



Wax Myrtle (N. J., Del., N. C, S. C, Candleberry (Fla.). 



Ala., Fla.). Myrtle (Fla.). 



Bayberrv (N. J., Del., N. C, S. C, Myrtletree (Fla.). 



Ala., Fla.). Puckerbush (Fla.). 



Waxberry (S. C). Southern Wax Myrtle (lit.). 



Cirier (La.). Tallow Bay-berry. 



Myrica inodora Bartram. - Wax-myrtle. 



Range. — Florida (near Apalachicola, St. Andrews Bay, and in Jackson 

 County) ; Alabama (vicinity of Mobile and Stockton) ; Mississippi (Poplarville) ; 

 Louisiana (Bogalusa in Washington Parish). 



NAMES IN USE 



Odorless Myrtle (lit.). Wax-myrtle. 



Myrica californica Chamisso. Pacific Wax-myrtle. 



Range. — Pacific coast region from Puget Sound to California (Santa Monica). 



NAMES IN USE 



California Bayberry. Wax Myrtle (Calif.) 



Myrtle. California Wax-myrtle (lit.). 



Bayberry (Calif.). Pacific Wax-myrtle. 

 California Myrtle (Calif.). 



Family LEITNERIACE^E 



LEITffERIA Chapman 



leitneria rloridana Chapman. Corkwood. 



Range. — Georgia (Altamaha River); western Florida (swamp near Apalachi- 

 cola) ; southeastern Missouri (Butler and Duncan Counties) ; southeastern 

 Texas (Brazos River swamps in vicinity of Columbia); Arkansas (Lincoln and 

 Clav Counties). 



NAME IN USE 



Corkwood 



Family SALIOACE^E 

 POPULUS Linnaeus 



*Populus tremuloides Michaux. Aspen. 



Range. — Southern Labrador to Hudson Bay (southern shores) and north- 

 westward to the Mackenzie River (near mouth); southward through north- 

 eastern United States and in the mountains to southern Kentucky, to northern 

 Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, eastern and central Iowa and northern Missouri. 



Note on nomenclature. — Includes Populus tremuloides reniformis Tidestrom. 



