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Family ZYGOPHYLLACE^ 



GUAJACTJM Linnaeus 



*Guajacum sanctum Linnaeus Lignumvitse. 



Range. — Florida Keys from Key West eastward on a number of the keys; 

 also on the Bahamas, Porto Rico, Haiti, Cuba, and Yucatan. 



NAMES IN USE 



Lignum vitae (Fla.). Ironwood (Fla.). 



PORLIERA Ruiz and Pavon 



Porliera angustifolia (Engelmann) A. Gray. 



Range. — Texas and northern Mexico. 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Guaiacum angustifolium 

 Engelmann. 



Family MALPIGHIACE^] 



BYRSONIMA Richard 



Byrsonima lucida (Swartz) de Candolle. 



Range. — Southern Florida (Keys — Long Key and Big Pine Key). 



Family RUTACE^E 



XANTHOXYLUM Linnaeus 



Xanthoxylum clava-herculis Linnaeus. Hercules Club. 



Range. — Coast region from southern Virginia to Florida ( Biscay ne Bay and 

 Tampa Bay) ; west through the Gulf States to northern Louisiana, in southern 

 Kansas (Comanche County), eastern Oklahoma, southern Arkansas; and through 

 Texas (to Colorado River). 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Fagara clava-hercuU" 

 (Linnaeus) Small. 



NAMES in use 



Prickly Ash (N. C S. C, Ga., Fla. Ash (Va.). 



Miss., La., Tex., Ark.). Frene-piquant (La.). 



Toothache-tree (N. C, S. C, Fla. Sting-tongue (Fla., Ark.). 



Miss., La., Ark., Tex.). Wait-a-bit, Tear-blanket (Ark.). 



Pepper-wood (Miss.). Wild Orange. 



Sea Ash (Miss., Fla.). Hercules' Club. 



Southern Prickly Ash (Ala.). Pillenterry (Va.). 



Xanthoxylum clava-herculis fruticosum Gray. Hercules Club. 



Range. — Western Texas. 



name in use 



Hercules Club 



