Everglades National Park. Reported in error from 

 Florida Keys. Also in West Indies, Colombia, and 

 Venezuela. 



Acoelorrhaphe ivrightii (Griseb. & H. Wendl.) H. 

 Wendl., paurotis or paurotis-palm (Paurotis 

 ivrightii (Griseb. & H. Wendl.) Britton; plate I). 

 Hammocks and low savannas in Dade, Monroe, and 

 Collier Counties, including Everglades National 

 Park (to Cape Sable and common in lower part) and 

 Collier-Seminole State Park. Also Bahamas, Cuba, 

 and Central America to Nicaragua. 



Alvaradoa amorphoides Liebm., Mexican al- 

 varadoa. Confined to several hammocks, locally 

 common, in southern Dade County, including Cos- 

 tellow, Timms, Ross, and Deer Horn Hammocks, 

 and Everglades National Park (Long Pine Key). 

 Reported from Key Largo, one of the northernmost 

 Upper Keys. Also Bahamas, Cuba, and from Mexico 

 to Costa Rica. 



Colubrina cubensis (Jacq.) Brongn., Cuba colub- 

 rina. Local in hammocks of southern Dade County, 

 including Sykes and Nixon-Lewis, near Homestead, 

 and Everglades National Park. Var. floridana M. C. 

 Johnston is in Florida and Andros of the Bahamas, 

 while other varieties are found in Cuba and His- 

 paniola. 



Primus myrtifolia (L.) Urban, myrtle laurel- 

 cherry or West Indian cherry. Rare in hammocks 

 and pine lands, including Miami, Homestead, 

 Matheson Hammock, Timms Hammock, Sykes 

 Hammock, and Everglades National Park (Long 

 Pine Hammock) in Dade County, southwestern Col- 

 lier County, and Estero, Lee County. Reported in 

 error from Florida Keys. Also in West Indies and to 

 Brazil and Argentina. 



Roystonea elata (Bartr.) F. Harper, Florida 

 royalpalm {R. regia (H.B.K.) O.F. Cook; plate I). 

 Rare as a native tree but common in cultivation. 

 Hammocks of Dade, Monroe, and Collier Counties, 

 including Everglades National Park to Cape Sable 

 region, and Big Cypress, including Collier-Seminole 

 State Park. Formerly north to St. John River near 

 Lake George in central Florida but extinct north- 

 ward. Classed as endangered and protected by State 

 law. Also Cuba. 



Zanthoxylum coriaceum A. Rich., Biscayne 

 prickly-ash. Rare along east coast in Dade, Bro- 

 ward, and Palm Beach Counties. Key Biscayne but 

 not on other Florida Keys as reported earlier. Also 

 in West Indies. 



SPECIES OF BOTH FLORIDA KEYS AND MAINLAND 



About 38 species of native trees have restricted 

 ranges in both the Florida Keys and the mainland at 

 the southern end of the peninsula. Most are limited 

 to Dade and Monroe Counties, but a few extend to 

 Collier County or slightly beyond. All are native in 

 the West Indies, and some in continental tropical 

 America. Nearly all are recorded within Everglades 

 National Park or National Key Deer Refuge on Big 

 Pine Key, some on both. 



Bourreria ovata Miers, Bahama strongbark, lo- 

 cally called strongback. First reported from Key 

 West by Blodgett (Nuttall 1842-49; 3: 83-84). 



Bourreria succulenta Jacq., rough strongbark, 

 locally called strongback (B. revoluta H.B.K.; plate 

 IV). 



Byrsonima lucida DC, Long Key byrsonima, lo- 

 cally called locust-berry (plate VI). 



Calyptranthes pallens Griseb., pale lidflower, lo- 

 cally called spicewood. Common. 



Calyptranthes zuzygium (L.) Sw., myrtle-of- 

 the-river (plate V). On keys south only to Key 

 Largo. 



Canella ivinterana (L.) Gaertn., canella, locally 

 called wild-cinnamon (plate IV). Northwest to 

 Everglades City, Collier County. Uncommon in 

 Everglades National Park. 



Coceothrinax argentata (Jacq.) Bailey, Florida 

 silverpalm. North to Fort Lauderdale, Broward 

 County. 



Colubrina arborescens (Mill.) Sarg., coffee colub- 

 rina. 



Colubrina elliptiea (Sw.) Briz. & Stern, soldier- 

 wood (C. reclinata (L'Her.) Brongn.; plate VI). 

 Upper Keys. Old reports from mainland lack con- 

 firmation. 



Cordia sebestena L., Geiger-tree. First reported 

 from Key West by Blodgett (Nuttall 1842-49, 3: 81- 

 83). Widely planted, perhaps introduced and 

 naturalized (Sargent 1891-1902, 6: 72). The English 

 common name honors John Geiger, a ship pilot of the 

 early 19th century, who first planted this tree at Key 

 West. 



Plate IV. Four tree species of both Florida Keys and mainland. Upper left, Bourreria succulenta, rough strongbark. Upper 

 right, Byrsonima lucida. Long Key byrsonima. Lower left, Calyptranthes zuzygium, myrtle-of-the-river. Lower right, Canella 

 winterana, canella. All drawings one-half natural size. 



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