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Family LYTHRACE^E 

 LAGERSTROEMIA Linnaeus 



Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus. Crape Myrtle. 



Range. — Native of India. Widely planted for ornament from southern 

 Maryland to Florida and westward to eastern Texas. Sparingly naturalized in 

 and near gardens. 



Family RHIZOPHORACE^] 



RHIZOPHORA Linnaeus 



Rhizophora mangle Linnaeus. Mangrove. 



Range. — Southern coast of Florida (Indian River on the east coast and 

 Tampa Bay on the west coast to southern islands); Lower California; from Cen- 

 tral America along northern and eastern coast of South America to the limits 

 of the tropics; Bermuda, Bahamas, West Indies, and Galapagos Islands. 



NAME IN USE 



Mangrove (Fla.) 



Family MYRTACE^E « 



EUGENIA Linnaeus 



Eugenia buxifolia (Swartz) Willdenow. Gurgeon Stoppei 



Range. — Florida coast (on the east, Cape Canaveral to southern keys; an( 

 on the west, Caloosahatchee River to Cape Sable) ; West Indies and Bahamas. 



NAMES IN USE 



Gurgeon Stopper (Fla.). Spanish Stopper (lit.). 



Eugenia axillaris (Swartz) Willdenow. White Stopper. 



Range. — Florida coast (from St. Johns River to the southern keys) ; West 

 Indies and Bahamas. 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Eugenia monticola (Swartz) 

 de Candolle. 



NAMES IN USE 



Stopper (Fla.). White Stopper (Fla.). 



Eugenia rhombea (Berg) Krug and Urban. Red Stopper. 



Range. — Florida Keys (Key West and Umbrella Key) ; Bahamas and West 

 Indies. 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Eugenia procera Nuttall, 

 not Poiret. 



NAMES IN USE 



Red Stopper (Fla.). Spiceberry (Fla.). 



Stopper. 



** Psidium guajava Linnseus, Guava, a native of tropical America, has been recorded as escaped from 

 cultivation in southern Florida and southern California in old fields and thickets (J- K Small, Flor. S. E. 

 U. S. 833, 1903); Britton and Shafer (North Am. Trees, 729, 1908). 



