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Castanea ashei Sudworth. 



Range. — Coast region from northeastern North Carolina to northern Florida, 

 central Louisiana (vicinity of Urania, Winn Parish) ; probably extending into 

 southeastern Texas. 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Castanea pumila ashei 

 Sudworth. 



Castanea alnifolia floridana Sargent. 59 



Range. — North Carolina (New Hanover County — coast) ; Georgia (central- 

 Bastern border, Screven County) ; western Florida (southern-central border, in 

 Bay and Duval Counties) ; central Alabama (Dallas County) ; southeastern 

 Louisiana (St. Tammany Parish). Range imperfectly known at present. 



Note on nomenclature. — Designated also as Castanea floridana (Sargent) 

 kshe. 



Castanea floridana margaretta Ashe. 



Range. — North-central Alabama (possibly also extending into northeastern 

 Georgia) and northeastern Texas to central and southwestern Arkansas. 



Note on nomenclature. — Originally described as Castanea pumila Mar- 

 garetta Ashe. Includes Castanea margaretta angustifolia Ashe and Castanea 

 floridana angustifolia Ashe (Bibb County, Alabama), and Castanea Margaretta 

 arcuata Ashe (Hardin County, Texas). 



Castanea ozarkensis Ashe. 



Range. — Arkansas (north of the Arkansas River from Center Ridge) to south- 

 western Missouri (and westward to the valley of the White River); Arkansas 

 and Oklahoma (Rich Mountain). 



Note on nomenclature. — Includes Castanea arkansana Ashe (Bull. Forr. 

 Bot. Club, vol. 50, 361, 1923). 



Castanea alabamensis Ashe. 



Range. — Northwestern Alabama (region between Blount, Lawrence, and 

 Marion Counties). 



*Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkhausen. Chestnut. 



Range. — From southern Maine to northwestern Vermont (Winooski River), 

 Southern Ontario, and southern shores of Lake Ontario to southern Michigan; 

 southward to Delaware and Ohio, southern Indiana and Illinois (Pulaski County), 

 and on the Appalachian Mountains to central Kentucky and Tennessee, northern 

 Georgia, western Florida, central Alabama, and Mississippi. 



NAMES IN USE 



Chestnut (Me., N. H., Vt., Mass., R. I., 0-heh-yah-tah=" Prickly Bur" (In- 



Conn., N. Y., N. J., Pa., Del., Md., dians, N. Y.). 



Va., W. Va., N. C, Tenn., Ga., Ala., American Chestnut (lit. and hort.). 



Miss., Ky., Mo., Mich., Ontario). Sweet Chestnut (lit.). 



X Castanea neglecta Dode. Hybrid 



Range. — Western North Carolina (vicinity of Highlands, Macon County). 

 Note on nomenclature.— Believed to be a hybrid between Castanea dentata 

 (Marshall) Borkhausen and Castanea pumila Miller. 



»' Castanea alnifolia Nuttall, of which this form is a variety, is a shrubby species, the present variety 

 differing from it chiefly in its arborescent habit. 



