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Halesia diptera Ellis. Two-wing Silverbell. 



Range. — Southeastern Georgia (vicinity of Savannah) to western Florida, 

 and through the Gulf States to eastern Texas (Neches River); northward 

 through Louisiana to Arkansas (southwestern corner). 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly designated as Mohrodendron dipterum 

 (Ellis) Britton. 



NAMES IN USE 



Snowdrop Tree (R. I., Del., cult., Ala., Cow Licks (La.). 



La., Tex.). Two-wing Silverbell. 



Silverbell Tree (R. I., Del., cult., Miss., Southern Silver-bell Tree (lit.). 



Tex.). 



STYRAX Linnaeus 



Styrax grandifolia Aiton. Snowbell. 



Range. — In the coast region from southeastern Virginia to western Florida, 

 and westward in the Gulf region to Louisiana (extending into the northern sec- 

 tions of Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana). 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly long known only as a tall shrub, but 

 recently found to be a tree in Louisiana (northeastern West Feliciana Parish). 



NAMES IN USE 



Snowbell. Mock Orange. 



Family OLEACE^ 



FRAXINUS Linnaeus 



Fraxinus cuspidata Torrey. 60 Flowering Ash. 



Range. — From southwestern Texas (Rio Grande) through southeastern New 

 Mexico; southward into Mexico (mountains of Coahuila and Nuevo Leon to 

 Santa Eulalia Mountains in Chihuahua). 



NAMES IN USE 



Flowering Ash. Fragrant Ash (lit. and hort.). 



Fraxinus greggii Gray. Littleleaf Ash. 



Range. — Western Texas (from mouth of San Pedro' stiver to Pecos River; 

 Chisos Mountains) and southward into Mexico (Sierra Madre in Nuevo Leon). 



NAMES IN USE 



Littleleaf Ash. Gregg Ash (lit.). 



*Fraxinus quadrangulata Michaux. Blue Ash. 



Range. — From southern Ontario and southern Michigan to southern Iowa; 

 southward to eastern Tennessee, northern Alabama (Jackson and Madison 

 Counties), Missouri to southwestern Arkansas, and southeastern Kansas to 

 northern Oklahoma. Range insufficiently known. 60 



NAMES IN USE 



Blue Ash (Pa., cult., Ala., Ky., Mo., Ash (White), trade. 

 111., Mich.). 



" So far as now known it is a shrub within the borders of United States, but it is believed to be arbo- 

 rescent in the mountains of Chihuahua, Mexico. 



•« Britton and Shafer (North Am. Trees, 800, 1908) extend the range of this ash into southern Ontario 

 and to Minnesota. 



