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Family STTRIANACE^E 



SURIANA Linnaeus 



Suriana maritima Linnaeus. Bay Cedar. 



Range, — Coast of southern Florida; West Indies; northern South America. 



NAME IN USE 



Bay Cedar 



Family BURSERACE^E 



BURSERA Jacquin 



Bursera simaruba (Linnaeus) Sargent. Gumbo-limbo. 



Range. — Southern Florida (on the east coast from Cape Canaveral to the 

 southern Keys; west coast on Caloosahatchee River and Caximbas Bay); West 

 Indies, southern Mexico, Guatemala, New Granada, Venezuela. 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Bursera gummifera Lin- 

 naeus (?), and recently, as Terebinthus Simaruba (Linnaeus) W. F. Wight. 



NAMES IN USE 



Gum Elemi (Fla.). Bittcrwood. 



Gumbo-limbo (Fla.). Paradise Tree. 



West Indian Birch (Fla.). 



Bursera microphylla Gray. 



Range. — Southern California (Imperial County — Colorado Desert); Arizona 

 (vicinity of Maricopa; low ranges in western part of State — J. J. Thornber; Salt 

 River Mountains; north side of Gila River; at a point 25 miles south of Phoenix); 

 Lower California and Sonora. 



Family MELIACE^ 



MELIA Linnaeus 



Melia azedarach Linnaeus. Chinaberry. 



Range. — Supposed to be a native of India. Widely cultivated in the Old 

 and New World and naturalized by cultivation in southern United States. 



NAMES IN USE 



China-tree. Chinaberry. 



Pride of India. 



Melia azedarach umbraculifera Sargent. Umbrella Chinaberry. 



NAMES IN USE 



Umbrella China-tree. Umbrella Chinaberry. 



Umbrella Tree. Texas Umbrella-tree (hort.). 



