230 MISCELLANEOUS CIRCULAR 92, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 



OSMANTHUS Laureiro 



Osmanthus americanus (Linnaeus) Bentham and Hooker. 



Devilwood. 



Range. — Coast region from North Carolina (Cape Fear River) to Florida 

 (Lake and Orange Counties) and west to eastern Louisiana. 



NAMES IN USE 



Devilwood (Ala., Ma.). Wild Olive (Fla.). 



Osmanthus floridana Chapman. 



Range. — Southern Florida (in hammocks). 



Note on nomenclature. — By some authors considered not to be consistently 

 distinct from the preceding species, from which it is distinguished by the usually 

 finely hairy flower clusters, yellowish green larger fruit, and sometimes larger 

 thicker leaves. 



Family APOCYNACE^ 



NERIUM Linnseus 



Nerium oleander Linnseus. Oleander. 



Range. — A native of the Mediterranean region. Long and widely cultivated 

 for ornament in tropical and subtropical countries. Growing spontaneously in 

 the vicinity of abandoned home sites, on roadsides, and in old fields from Florida 

 westward in Gulf region. 



NAMES IN USE 



Oleander. Common Oleander (lit.) 



Family BORRAGINACE^E 



CORDIA Linnseus 



Cordia sebestena Linnseus. Geigertree. 



Range. — Southern Florida (Keys, Monroe County); Bahamas, West Indies, 

 Guiana, New Granada. 



NAMES IN USE 



Geigertree (Fla.). Anaconda. 



Sebestena. 



Cordia boissieri A. de Candolle. Anacahuita. 



Range. — From Texas (Rio Grande Valley) and southern New Mexico into 

 northern Mexico. 



NAME IN USE 



Anacahuita (Tex.) 



BOUSRERIA P. Browne 



Bonrreria ovata Miers. Strong-back. 



Range. — Southern Florida (Keys, Dade County); Bahamas and West Indies. 

 Note on nomenclature. — Designated by some authors as Bourreria havan- 

 ensis (Roemer and Shultes) Miers and as Beurreria ovata Meyers. 



NAMES IN USE 



Strongbark (Fla.). Strongback (Bahama Islands.) 



