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Family HAMAMELIDACE^E. 



HAMAMELIS Linn. 



Hamameiis virginiana Linn. Witch Hazel. 



Range. — Froin Nora Scotia, New Brunswick, and valley of the St. Lawrence 

 River to southern Ontario, Wisconsin, and eastern Nebraska; south to northern 

 Florida and eastern Texas. 



Names in use.— Witch Hazel (Me., Vt., Mass., R. I., Conn., N. Y., 

 N. J., Del., Pa., Va., W. Va., K, C, S. C, Ga., Ala., Fla., Miss., La., 

 Tex., Ky., Mo., 111., Wis., Iowa, Ohio, Mich., Nebr.); Oe-eh-nah-kwe- 

 ha-he =" Spotted stick'' (Onondaga Indians, K. Y.); Winter Bloom, 

 Snapping Hazel, Spotted Alder (lit. of domestic medicine). 



LIQUXDAMBAR Linn. 

 Liquidambar styraciflua Linn. (Red, or) Sweet Gum. 



Range. — From Connecticut (Fairfield County) to southeastern Missouri and 

 Arkansas; south to Florida (Cape Canaveral and Tampa Bay) and Texas (Trinity 

 River). 



Names in use. — Sweet Gum (Mass., R. I., K. Y., N. J., Pa., Del., 

 Va., W. Va,, K". C, S. C, Ga,, Ala., Fla., Miss., La., Tex., Ark., Ky.,* 

 Mo., 111., Ind., Ohio); Liquidamber (R. I., K Y., Del., N. J., Pa., La., 

 Tex., Ohio, 111.); Red Gum (Va., Ala., Miss., Tex., La.); Gum (Va.); 

 Gum-tree (S. 0., La.); Alligator- wood (KJ.); Bilsted (K. J.); Star- 

 leaved Gum; Satin Walnut (lumber markets). 



Family PLA-T^lSr^CE^S. 



PLATANUS Linn. 



Platanus occidentalis Linn. Sycamore. 



Range. — Southeastern New Hampshire and southern Maine to northern Vermont 

 and Lake Ontario (Don River, near north shores of the lake); west to eastern 

 Nebraska and Kansas, and south to northern Florida, central Alabama and Missis- 

 sippi, and Texas (Brazos River and thence south to Devils River). 



Names in use. — Sy^more (Vt., IS". H., Mass., Conn., R. I., N. Y., 

 N. J., Pa., Del., Va., W. Va., K. C, S. C, Ga., Fla., Ala., Miss., La., Tex., 

 Ky., Ark., Mo., 111., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Nebr., Mich., Wis., Ohio, Oat.); 

 Button-wood (Vt, H". H., R. I., Mass., ST. Y., K J., Pa,, Del., S. C, Ala., 

 Miss., La., Tex., Ark., Mo., 111., Nebr., Mich., Minn., Ohio, Out.); But- 

 tonball-tree (Mass., R. I., Conn., N. Y.,K J., Pa., Del., Miss., La., Mo., 

 111., Iowa, Mich., Nebr., Ohio); Buttonball (R. I., K Y., Pa., Fla.); 

 Plane-tree (R. I., Del., S. C, Kaus., Nebr., Iowa); Water Beech (Del.); 

 Platane (La.); Cotooier (La.); Bois puaut (La.); Oo-da-te-cha-wun- 

 nes = "Big stockings" (Indians, N. Y.). 

 Platanus racemosa Nutt. California Sycamore. 



Range. — California (from the lower Sacramento River through interior valleys 

 and coast ranges) to Lower California (San Pedro Martir Mountain). 



Names in use. — Sycamore (Gal.); Buttonwood; Buttonball-tree 

 tCal.); Buttonba 1 ! (Cal.) 



