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Family MYEICACE^. 



MYRICA Linn. 



Myrica cerifera Linn. Wax Myrtle. 



Eange. — Southern Maryland to southern Florida and west in the Gulf States to 

 Texas (Rockport, Arkansas Bay); northward west of Mississippi River to Arkansas 

 (Washita River). In the Bahamas, Bermuda, West Indies. 



Names in use.— Wax Myrtle (R. L, K J., Del., K. C., S. 0., Ala., 

 Fla.); Bayberry (Mass., R. L, N. J., N. Y., Pa., Del., K. C, S. 0., Ala., 

 Fla.); Waxberry (R. I., Pa., S. C); Oirier (La.); Caudleberry (Fla,); 

 Myrtle (Fla.); Myrtletree (Fla.); Puckerbush (Fla.). 

 Myrica inodora Bartr. Odorless Myrtle. 



Range. — Near Apalachicola, Fla.; Mobile and Stockton, Ala., and Poplarville, 

 Miss. Rare. 



Myrica californica Cham. California Wax Myrtle. 



Range. — Pacific coast region from Puget Sound to California (Santa Monica). 



Names in use. — California Bayberry; Myrtle; Bayberry (Cal.): 

 California Myrtle (Cal.); Wax Myrtle (Cal.). 



Family LEITNERIACE^. 



LEITNERIA Chapm. 



Leitneria floridana Cbapm. Corkwood. 



Eange. — Western Florida (swamp near Apalachicola) ; Missouri (Butler and 

 Duncan counties); Arkansas (near Varner). Very local, and range imperfectly 

 understood. 



Family SALIOAOB^]. 



SALIX Linn. 



Salix nigra Marsh. Black Willow. 



Range. — New Brunswick to southern Florida and west to eastern Dakota, 

 Nebraska, Kansas, Indian Territory, southern Arizona, and south into Mexico. In 

 California (from the Sierra Nevadas to Colusa County, and from Sacramento River 

 to Arizona). 



Names in use.— Black Willow (N. H.,Vt., R. I., KT., Pa., Del., 

 S. C, Fla., Ala., Miss., La., Tex., Ariz., Cal., N. Mex., Utah, 111., Wis., 

 Mich., Minn., Nebr., Kan., Ohio, Ont.,K Dak.); Swamp Willow (N.O., 

 S. C.) : Willow ($. Y., Pa., K C, S. C, Miss., Tex., Cal., Ky., Mo., Nebr.). 

 Salix nigra falcata (Pursh) Torr. Crescentleaf Willow 



Salix nigra x amygdaloides Glatf. 

 Salix nigra x alba Bebb. 



Salix wardi Bebb. Ward Willow. 



Range. — Virginia (Potomac River near Washington, D C), Kentucky (Ohio 

 River), Central Tennessee, Illinois (Horse Shoe Lake, near Venice), southern Missouri, 

 Indian Territory. Distribution insufficiently known. 



