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OCOTEA Aublet, 



Ocotea catesbyana (Miclix.) Sargent. Lance-wood 



Nectandra willdenoviana Meisner. 



Range. — Southern Florida (shores and islands on the east coast south of Caj)0 

 Canaveral, and on the west coast south of Cape Romano). , 



Names in use. — Lancewood (Fla.); Sweetwood . (Jamaica) ; Cigua 

 (Cuba); Avispillo (Puerto Kico); Canela (Puerto Rico). 



SASSAFRAS Nees & Eberm. 



Sassafras sassafras (Linn.) Karst. Sassafras* 



Sassafras officinale Nees & Eberm. 



Range. — From eastern Massachusetts through southern Vermont, southern Ontario^ 

 and central Michigan, southeastern Iowa, eastern Kansas, and Indian Territory^ 

 south to <•< ntral Florida and Texas (Brazos River). 



Names in use. — Sassafras (Vt., ET. H., Mass., Conn., B. I., N. Y.> 

 N". J., Pa., Del., Md., Ya., W. Va., K C, S. C, Ga., Fla., Miss., La., Tex. ? 

 Ark., Ky., Mo., 111., Ind., Kans., JSTebr., Mich., Ohio, Ont.); Saxifrax 

 (Fla.); Saxifrax-tree (Tenn.); Sassafac (W. Va.); Sassafrac (Del); 

 •Gumbo file (La., Xegro dialect) ; Wah-eh-nah-kas = " Smelling stick' 7 

 (Onondaga Indians, N. Y.). 



UMBELLUL ARI A Nutt. 

 Umbellularia calif ornica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. California Laurel 



Range. — From Oregon (Rogue River) through California (coast ranges and 

 western slopes of Sierra Nevada to southern slopes of San Bernardino Mountains). 



Kames in use. — California Laurel (Gal., Nev.); Mountain Laurel 

 (Cal., Nev.); California Bay-tree (Gal., Nev.); Myrtle-tree (Oreg.); 

 Cajeput (Oreg.); California Olive (Oreg.); Myrtle (Oreg.); Spice-tree 

 (Nev., Oreg.); Laurel (Cal.); Bay-tree (Cal.); Oreodaphne (Cal.); Cali- 

 fornian Sassafras. 



Family CAPPAEIDACEJE. 



CAPPARIS Linn. 



Capparis jamaicensis Jacq. Florida Caper. 



Range. — Southern Florida (coast from Cape Canaveral to the southern keys). 



Name in use. — Caper- tree (Fla.). 



Family SAXIFEAGACEiE. 

 LYONOTHAMNUS Gray. 



Lyonothamnus floribundus Gray. Santa Cruz Ironwood. 



Range. — Santa Catalina and Santa Cruz islands off the southern coast of Cali- 

 fornia. 



