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CANOTIA Torr. 

 Canotia holacantha Torr. Canotia. 



Range. — Arizona (from White Mountain region to the Bill Williams (River) Fork) ; 

 southern California (Providence Mountains). 



Name in use. — Canotia (Ariz.). 



Family SIMAEOUBACE^]. 



SIMAROUBA Aublet. 



Simarouba glauca de C. Paradise-tree. 



Range. — Southern Florida (from Cape Canaveral, on the west coast, to the south- 

 ern keys and to Biscayne Bay); Cuba, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Brazil. 



Names in use.— -Paradise-tree (Fla.); Gumbo Limbo (Fla.) ; Bitter- 

 wood (Fla.). 



KCBBERLINIA Zucc. 

 Kceberlinia spinosa Zucc. Kceberlinia. 



Range. — Texas (from valley of Rio Grande River southward) to northern Mexico 

 (to near Altar River, in Sonora, and to near San Luis Potosi). 



AILANTHUS Desf. 

 Ailanthus glandulosa Desf. Ailanthus* 



Range. — China; hut widely naturalized in Eastern United States. 



VARIETIES DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION. 



Ailanthus glandulosa rubra Dipp. Redfruit Ailanthua 



Ailanthus glandulosa pendulifolia Dipp. Drooping Ailanthus,, 



Ailanthus glandulosa aucubaefolia Dipp. 



Family BUESEEACE^]. 



BURSERA Jacq. 



Bursera simaruba (Linn.) Sargent. Gumbo Limbo, 



BURSERA GUMMIFERA Linn. 

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

 keys; west coast on Caloosa River and Caximhas Bay); West Indies, southern. 

 Mexico, Guatemala, New Grenada, Venezuela. 



Names in use. — Gum Elemi (Fla.); Gumbo Limbo (Fla.) $ West 

 Indian Birch (Fla.). 



Family MELIACE^]. 



MELIA Linn. 

 Melia azedarach Linn. China-tree 



Range. — Persia. Widely cultivated in Old and New World and naturalized by- 

 cultivation in Southern United States. 



Melia azedarach umbraculifera Sargent. Umbrella China-tree. 



