U8 MISCELLANEOUS CIRCULAR 92. U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



FICTJS Linnaeus 



Ficus aurea Nuttall. Golden Fi S- 



Range.— Southern Florida (shores and islands from Indian River on the east 



coast, and Tampa Bay on the west coast to the southern Keys) ; Bahama Islands. 



NAMES IN USE 



Wild Fig (Fla) Rubber-tree (Fla.). 



India-Rubber-tree (Fla.). Golden Fig (Fla.). 



Wild Rubber-tree (Fla.). 



Ficus brevifolia Nuttall. 29 Wild Fig. 



Range.— Florida (Biscayne Bay region and Key Largo, Umbrella Key, Boca 

 Checa Kev, Pumpkin Key, and Key West); West Indies. 



Note on nomenclature.— Formerly designated as Ficus populnea Willcienow, 

 which is a different species. 



names in use 



Wild Fig (Fla.). Short-leaved Fig (lit.). 



India-Rubber-tree (Fla.). 



Ficus carica Linnaeus. Common Fig. 



Range. — Supposed to be a native of the Mediterranean region. It has been 

 long cultivated in southern United States for its fruit and from these sources it 

 has become sparingly established along roadsides and in old fields from Virginia to 

 Tennessee, Florida, and eastern Texas (J. K. Small). 



NAMES IN USE 



Fig. Common Fig. 



Family PROTEACE^E 



GREVILLEA Robert Brown 



Grevillea robusta A. Cunningham. Silky Oak. 



Range. — A native of Australia. Through frequent planting for ornament in 

 tropical parts of the Gulf region, particularly in Florida, and in southern Cali- 

 fornia, it has escaped from cultivation and appears to be maintaining itself in 

 waste ground at several points in Florida. It is said also to be growing spon- 

 taneously in California (Fide Britton and Shafer, opus. cit.). 



NAMES IN USE 



Australian Silk Oak (lit.). Silky Oak (lit.). 



Silk Oak (lit.). 



Family OLACACE^E 



SCHOEPFIA Schreber 30 



Schoepfia chrisophylloides (A. Richard) Planchon. Whitewood. 



Range. — Peninsular Florida (Lee and Dade Counties) and Keys; also in the 

 Bahamas, Jamaica, Cuba, Guatemala. 



■' 8 Britton and Shafer (North Am. Trees, 370, 1908) believe that the fig-tree referred to as Ficus populnea 

 YV illdenow has been confused with a similar species found in Porto Rica which should bear the name Ficus 

 laevitjtila Van] (Ficus populnea Willdenow). They have, therefore, taken up for our fig-tree the name 

 Ficus brnifolia Nuttall, a conclusion which the writer believes to be correct. 



30 A. W. Chapman (Flor. So. U. S., ed. 3, 63, 1897) first described this species as a small tree in Florida 

 under the name Schneplm arborescens Roemer and Schultes, this probably being the first record of the plant 

 as a tree within our border. It appears to have been recorded next as a tree in Florida by J. K. Small 

 (Flor. So. E. U. S., 1104, 1903) under the name Schoepfia Schreberi J. F. Gmelin, a name which, however, 

 was applied to a different plant. Recently Britton and Shafer (North Am. Trees, 375, 1908) characterized 

 it as a tree or shrub of peninsular Florida under its present name. 



