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 Family NYCTAGINACE^E. 



PISONIA Linn. 

 Pisonia obtusata Jacq. Blolly 



Range. — Southern Florida (shores on the east coast from Cape Canaveral to the 

 southern islands; especially large on Elliotts and Old Rhodes Key) ; West Indies to 

 Brazil. 



Names in use.— Pigeon-wood (Fla.); Beef- wood (Fla.); Oork-wood 

 (Fla.); Pork-wood (Fla.); Blolly (Fla.). 



Family MAGNOLIACEJE. 

 MAGNOLIA Linn. 



Magnolia fcetida (Linn.) Sargent. (Evergreen) Magnolia. 



Magnolia grandiflgra Linn. 



Range. — Coast region North Carolina (south of Cape Fear River) to Florida (Mos- 

 quito Inlet and Tampa Bay) and westward in the Gulf coast region to Texas (Brazos 

 River) ; through western Louisiana to southern Arkansas. 



Names in use. — Magnolia (N. C, S. 0., Ala., Fla., Miss., La., Tex., 

 Ky.); Big Laurel (N. C, S. 0., Miss., La.); Bull Bay (Ala., Ga., Miss.); 

 Great Laurel Magnolia (Ala.); Laurel-leaved Magnolia; Large-flowered 

 Evergreen Magnolia; Bat-tree; Laurel Bay; Laurel (S. C). 



VARIETIES DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION. 



Magnolia fcetida lanceolota (Ait.) Sudw. Exmouth Magnolia. 



Magnolia fcetida prascox (Loud.) Sarg. 

 Magnolia fcetida angustifolia (Loud.) Sarg. 

 Magnolia fcetida ferruginea (Sims) Sudw. 



Magnolia glauca Linn. Sweet Magnolia. 



Range. — Massachusetts (Gloucester, Essex County); Long Island (Turtle Pond, 

 Suffolk County); from New Jersey to Florida (Biscayne Bay on the east coast, and 

 to Tampa Bay on the west coast) ; west in the Gulf region to Texas (Trinity River). 



Names in use. — Sweet Bay (Mass., E. I., Pa., K J., N. 0., S. C, 

 Ala., Fla., Miss., La., Ark., Mo.); White Bay (N. C, S. C, Ala,, Fla., 

 Miss., La.); Swamp Laurel (Mass., N. C, Ga., Miss.); Swamp Sassafras 

 (Del., Pa., Tenn.); Swamp Magnolia (N. J., Pa., Tenn.); Magnolia 

 (K. J., Del., Pa.); White Laurel (Del., Miss., La.); Beaver-tree (Del., 

 S. C., Miss.); Bay (S. C). 



VARIETIES DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION. 



Magnolia glauca longifolia Ait. 



Magnolia glauca major Sims. Thomson Magnolia. 



Magnolia acuminata Linn. Cucumber-tree. 



Range. — From western New York through southern Ontario to southern Illinois 

 and south in the Appalachian Mountains to southern Alahama (Stockton) and north- 

 eastern Mississippi (Meridian) ; central Kentucky and Tennessee (near Nashville and 

 eastern part of State) ; northeastern, southern, and southwestern Arkansas, 



Names in use.— Cucumber- tree (R. I., Mass., K Y., Pa., D. 0. (cult.), 

 N. C. ; S. C, Ala., Miss., La., Ark., Ky., W. Va., Ohio, IndV 111.); Moun- 



