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Family EUTACE^B. 



XANTHOXYLUM Linn. 



Xanthoxylum clava-herculis Linn. Prickly Ash. 



Range. — Coast region from southern Virginia to Florida (Biscayne Bay and Tampa 

 Bay) ; west through the Gulf States to northwestern Louisiana, southern Arkansas, 

 and through Texas (to Devils River). 



Names in use.— Prickly Ash (N. C, S. 0., Ga., Fla., Miss., La., Tex., 

 Ark.) ; Toothache-tree {N. 0., S. C, Fla., Miss., La., Ark.) ; Pepper- wood 

 (Miss.); Sea Ash (Miss., Fla.); Southern Prickly Ash (Ala.); Ash 

 (Va.); Frene-piquant (La.); Sting-tongue (Fla. Negroes, Ark.); Wait- 

 a-bit, Tear-blanket (Ark.); Wild Orange. 

 Xanthoxylum clava-herculis fruticosum Gray. 

 Xanthoxylum cribrosum Spreng. Satinwood. 



Range. — Florida keys (Marquesas Keys, South Bahia Honda, and Boca Chica 

 Keys) ; San Domingo, Puerto Hico, Bahamas, and Bermuda. 



Names in use. — Yellow- wood (Fla.); Satinwood (Fla.). 



Xanthoxylum fagara (Linn.) Sargent. "Wild Lime. 



Xanthoxylum pterota H. B. K. 



Range. — Southern Florida coast and islands (on the east coast south of Mosquito 

 Inlet and on the west coast south oflatitude29°) ; coast of Texas (from Matagorda Bay 

 to the Rio Grande River): West Indies; northern Mexico; Central and South 

 America (to Brazil and Peru). 



Name in use. — Wild Lime (Fla.). 



PTELEA Linn. 

 Ptelea trifoliata Linn. Hoptree. 



Range. — Southern Ontario (Point Pelee, Lake Ontario) ; New York (Long Island) ; 

 Pennsylvania and west through southern Michigan (up to Montcalm County) to 

 Minnesota; south to northern Florida and west to Texas, and through New Mexico 

 to Colorado (Mimhres River); northern Mexico. 



Names in use. — Hoptree; Wafer Ash; Whahoo; Quinine- tree 

 (Mich.). 



VARIETY DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION. 



Ptelea trifoliata aurea Nich. Golden Hoptree. 



HELIETTA Tulasne. 



Helietta parvifolia Benth. Baretta. 



Range. — Texas (near Rio Grande City); Mexico (south of the lower Rio Grande 

 to the lower slopes of the Sierra Madre Mountains and through Nuevo Leon). 



AMYRIS Browne. 



Amyris maritima Jacq. Torchwood. 



Amyris sylvatica de C. 



Range. — Southern Florida (from Mosquito Inlet on the east coast to the southern 

 keys) ; Bahamas, St. Thomas, Cuba, and Jamaica Islands. 



Name in use. — Torch wood (Fla.).. 



