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Sapindus marginatns Willdenow. 31 Soapberry. 



Range. — Georgia (Hurricane Island in Midway River, fide C. S. Sargent) 

 and Florida (coa,st region from St. Johns River and Cedar Keys southward); 

 Cuba. Range still imperfectly known. 



NAMES IN USE 



Soapberrv (Fla.). Chinaberry. 



Wild China (Fla.). Florida Soapberry. 



Sapindus drummondii Hooker and Arnott. 32 Western Soapberry. 



Range. — Southwestern Missouri to eastern and southern Kansas, eastern 

 Louisiana, southwestern Arkansas, southwestern and extreme western Okla- 

 homa, eastern Texas (Edwards Plateau to the Rio Grande), southwestern Texas, 

 southern Xew Mexico and Arizona; southern Colorado; northern Mexico. 



NAMES IN USE 



Wild China-tree (lit.). Wild China Berry (Ariz.). 



Chinaberry (N. M.). Western Soapberry (lit.). 



Wild China (La., Tex.). Indian Soap-plant. 

 Soapberry (La., Ark., Tex.). 



EXOTHEA Macfadyen 



Exothea paniculata (Jussieu) Radlkofer. Inkwood. 



Range. — Southern Florida (from Mosquito Inlet to the southern Keys); 

 Santo Domingo, Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Porto Rico, and Guatemala. 



NAMES IN USE 



Inkwood (Fla.). Butterbough. 



Ironwood. 



HYPELATE P. Browne 



Hypelate trifoliata Swartz. White Ironwood. 



Range. — Florida Keys (Upper Metacumbe, Windleys, and Umbrella Keys). 



NAME IN USE 



White Ironwood (Fla.) 

 CUPANIA Linnaeus 

 Cnpania glabra Swartz. 



Range. — Southern Florida (Big Pine Key, where it was discovered abou+ 80 

 years ago by J. L. Blodgott. From then until 1921 it was not seen there or 

 elsewhere in Florida. In 1921, however, J. K. Small rediscovered it on Bie 

 Pine Key); Cuba, Jamaica, Central America and northern South America. 



11 Michatu is said to have found this tree in the Coast Region from South Carolina to Georgia, but i*. 

 has not been observed there since, except as noted on Hurricane Island, Georgia. As formerly understood 

 Sapindm marcimtr^ Willdenow was confused with Sapindus drummondii Hooker and Arnott, a species 

 which ranges west to the Mississippi River and beyond. 



32 Thomas Xuttall discovered this tree in 18!9. and it was technically named and described about 1838. 

 but until 1897 it appears to have been confused with the preceding species. 



