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Family THEACEiE. 



G-ORDONIA Ellis. 



Gordonia lasianthus (Linn.) Ellis. Loblolly Bay. 



Range. — Coast region from southern part of Virginia to Florida (Cape Malabar 

 and Cape Romano) and west in the Gulf region to the Mississippi River. 



Names in use.— Loblolly Bay (N. C, S. 0., Ga., Ala., Fla., Miss., 

 La.); Tan Bay (Miss., Fla., La.); Black Laurel (N. 0.). 

 G-ordonia altamaha (Marsh.) Sargent. Franklinia. 



Gordonia pubescens L'Her. 



Range. — At present known only in cultivation. Originally (1765) found growing 

 wild in Georgia (near Fort Barrington on the Altamaha River), but not seen since 

 1790. 



Family CANELLACEiE 



CANELLA Browne. 



Canslia winterana (Linn.) Gsertn. Cinnamon-bark. 



Canell alba Murr. in Linn. 



Range. — Florida keys 



NAMES in USE.— Cinnamon-bark (Fla.); Whitewood; Wild Cinna- 

 mon. 



Family ANACAEDIACE^. 



COTINUS Adans. 



Cotinus cotinoides (Nutt.) Britton. American Smoke-tree. 



Rhus cotinoides Nutt. 



Range. — Indian Territory (Grand River); Alabama (north of Tennessee River and 

 on southern slopes of Cumberland Mountains near Huntsville) ; eastern Tennes- 

 see (Cheat Mountain); Texas (Medina River). 



Names in use. — Chittam wood (Ala.); Yellow-wood (Ala.); Smoke- 

 tree (Ark., E. I. (cult.). 



RHUS Linn. 



Rhus metopium Linn. Poisonwood. 



Range. — Southern Florida (Biscayne Bay) and southern keys; Bahamas, Cuba, 

 Jamaica, Honduras. 



Names in use. — Poisonwood (Fla.); Coral Sumach; Mountain Man- 

 chineel; Bumwood; Hog Plum; Doctor Gum. 



Rhus hirta (Linn.) Sud worth. Staghorn Sumach. 



Rhus typhina Linn. 



Range. — From New Brunswick (through the St. Lawrence River Valley) to south- 

 ern Ontario and Minnesota; south through the Northern States and along the Alle- 

 gheny Mountains to northern Georgia, central Alabama, and Mississippi. 



Names in use.— Staghorn Sumach ( Vt., N. H., Mass., R. I., Conn., 

 N. Y., N. J., Del., Pa., KG., S. C, Miss., Mo., Mich., Wis., Ohio, Ont.); 

 Sumach (Me., Vt., K Y., Pa., W. Va., Ark., Ky., Ind., Wis.); Virginia 

 Sumach (Tenn.); Hairy Sumach. 



