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NAMES IN USE 



Angelica-tree. 

 Hercules Club. 

 Devil's Club (Ind.). 

 Thorny Ash (La., Tex.). 

 Devil's Walking-stick. 



Spikenard Tree. 

 Prickley Elder. 

 Pigeon-tree. 

 Prickly Ash. 



Family NYSSACE^E 

 NYSSA Linnaeus 



*Nyssa sylvatica Marshall. 



Black Gum. 



Range. — From Maine (Kennebec River) to northern Florida; west to southern 

 Ontario, southern Michigan (up to Gratiot County), southern Missouri, Okla- 

 homa, southwestern Arkansas (Rich Mountain; Hempstead County) and Texas 

 ( Brazos River). 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Nyssa multifiora Wangen- 

 heim. 



NAMES IN USE 



Black Gum (N. J., Pa., Del., Va., 

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

 Fla., Miss., La., Tex., 111., Ind.- 

 trade) . • 



Sour Gum (Vt., Mass., R. I., N. Y. f 

 N. J., Pa., Del., Va., W. Va., S. C, 

 Fla., Tex., Ohio, Ind., 111.). 



Tupelo (Mass., R. I., N. J., Del., S. C, 



Ala., Fla., Miss, 

 and hort.). 



Tex., 111., Ohio, Bowl Gum. 



Pepperidge (Vt., Mass., R. L, N. Y., 

 N. J., S. C, Tenn., Mich., Ohio, 

 Ont.). 



Wild Peartree (Tenn.). 



Yellow Gumtree (Tenn.). 



Gum (Md.). 



Stinkwood (W. Va.). 



Tupelo Gum (Fla.). 



VARIETY DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION 



Nyssa sylvatica pendula (Temple) Sudworth. 



Weeping Black Gum. 



Nyssa biflora Walter. 



Swamp Black Gum. 



Range. — Maryland (Montgomery County) to Florida (near Fort Ogden) and 

 westward to western Louisiana and eastern Texas. 



NAMES IN USE 



Black Gum (X. C). 

 Lowland Black Gum (N. C). 

 Lowland Gum (X. C.) ; 

 Swamp Black Gum (X. C). 

 Sour Gum (N. C). 



Tupelo Gum (N. C). 

 Bowl Gum (N. C). 

 Water Gum. 

 Southern Gum (Ala.). 



Nyssa ogeche Marshall. 



Sour Tupelo Gum, 



Range. — From South Carolina (near coast and through the Altamaha region 

 of eastern Georgia) to northern Florida (Clay County) and western Florida 

 (Washington County). 



Xote on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Nyssa capitata Walter. 



NAMES IN USE 



Sour Tupelo (S. C, Fla.). 



Ogeechee Lime (S. C, Fla.). 



Gopher Plum (Fla.). 



Tupelo. 



Wild Limetree. 



Limetree. 

 Ogechee Plum. 

 Lone Tupelo. 

 Sour Tupelo Gum. 



