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NAMES IN USE 



Papaw (R. I., Del , N. Y., N. J., D. C, 

 Va., W. Va., N. C, S. C, Ga., Miss., 

 La., Ky., Ohio, 111., Ind., Mo., Iowa, 

 Kans., Nebr.). 



Custard Apple (Ont., Del., Pa., Ohio, 

 S. C, Miss.). 



Banana (Ark.). 



False Banana (111.). 



Jasmine (La.). 



Jasminier (La.). 



Fetid Shrub (N. C). 



North American Papaw (lit.). 



Common Papaw. 



Wild Banana. 



ANONA Linnaeus 



Anona glabra Linnaeus. Pond-apple. 



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

 on the west coast from Manatee River to the southern Keys); Bahama, San 

 Domingo, St. Thomas, and St. Croix Island. 



J. K. Small (in letter of September 13, 1923) informs the writer that Anona 

 squamosa Linnaeus, native of the West Indies, has become established in southern 

 Florida. It is commonly called Sweetsop. 



Pond Apple (Fla.), 



names in use 



Custard Apple (Fla.). 



Family LAURACE^G 



PERSEA Miller 37 



Persea borbonia (Linnaeus) Sprengel. 



Red Bay. 



Range. — Coast region from Virginia to Florida (Biscayne Bay and Cape 

 Romano) and the Gulf region to eastern Texas (Brazos River); northward 

 through Louisiana to southern Arkansas. 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Persea carolinensis Nee. 



NAMES in use 



Red Bay (N. C, S. C, Ga., Fla., Ala., 



Miss., La.). 

 Bay Galls (Tenn.). 

 Laurel-tree (La.). 

 Laurier Petit Magnolia (La.). 

 Florida Mahogany (Fla.). 



Sweet Bay (Fla.). 

 False Mahogany (lit.). 

 Isabella-wood. 

 White Bay. 

 Tiss-wood. 



Persea pubescens (Pursh) Sargent. J 



Swamp Bay. 



Range. — South Atlantic and Gulf region from North Carolina to southern 

 Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and eastern Louisiana (Cocks). 



NAMES in use 



Swamp Red-Bay (Fla.). 

 Bay (Ga.). 



Swamp Bay. 



" Persea littoralis Small, a shrub or small tree, occurring in eastern Florida, and Persea humilis Nash, 

 also a shrub or tree occurring at interior points in peninsular Florida, may, with further investigation, be 

 worthy or recognition as trees. 



38 This name is based on Laurus Carolinensis pubescens Pursh (1814). According to the Vienna rules, 

 however, such a name must be abandoned and the oldest specific name substituted. In obedience to this 

 rule, C. S. Sargent (Bot. Gaz., LXVII, 229, 1919) has supplanted Persea pubescens (Pursh) Sargent with 

 Persea palustris (Rafinesque) Sargent, which is based on Tamala palustris Rafinesque (1838). The writer 

 prefers to maintain the oldest name for this species, which appears to be admissible under the American 

 rules of nomenclature. 



