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VARIETY DISTINGUISHED IN CULTIVATION. 



Nyssa sylvatica pendula (Temple) Sudw. 



Nyssa biflora Walt. Water Gum. 



Nyssa aquatica Linn. 



Range. — Maryland (Montgomery County) to Florida and central Alabama. 



Nyssa ogeche Marsh. Sour Tupelo. 



Nyssa capitata Walt. 



Range. — From southern borders of South Carolina (near coast and through the 

 Ogeechee River Valley in Georgia) to northern Florida (Clay County) and western 

 Florida (Washington County). 



Names in use. — Sour Tupelo (S. 0., Fla.); Ogeechee Lime (S. C. ; 

 Fla.); Gopher Plum (Fla.); Tupelo; Wild Limetree; Limetree. 



Nyssa aquatica Linn. Cotton G-um. 



Nyssa uniflora Wang. 



Range. — Coast region from southern Virginia to northern Florida, and through 

 the Gulf States to Texas (Nueces River) ; northward through Arkansas, west Ten- 

 nessee and Kentucky, southern and southeastern Missouri to southern Illinois (lower 

 Wabash River). 



Names in use. — Large Tupelo (Ala., La., Tex.); Tupelo Cium (Ga., 

 Ala., Miss., La.); Sour Gum (Ark., Mo.); Swamp Tupelo (S. C, La.); 

 Cotton Gum (N. 0., S. 0., Fla.); Tupelo (N. O., S. C); Wild Olivetree 

 (La.); Olivier a grandes feuilles (La.); Olivetree (Miss.). 



Family ERICAC^E. 



VACCINIUM Linn. 



Vaccinium arboreum Marsh. Tree Huckleberry. 



Range. — From North Carolina to Florida (Hernando County) and through the 

 Gulf States to eastern Texas (Matagorda Bay); northward through Arkansas and 

 Tennessee to southern Illinois and Missouri. 



Names in use.— Farkleberry (N. C, S. 0., Fla., Miss., La., Mo.); 

 Sparkleberry (N. C, S. C, Ala., Fla.); Myrtle Berries (La.); Bluet 

 (La.); Tree Huckleberry (S. 0.); Gooseberry (N. C). 



ARBUTUS Linn. 

 Arbutus menziesii Parsh. Madrona. 



Range. — Coast region from British Columbia (islands at Seymour Narrows) tc 

 California (coast ranges to Santa Lucia Mountains). 



Names in use.— Madrona (Oal., Oreg.); Madrove (Oal.); Laurel- 

 wood (Oreg.); Madrone-tree; Laurel (Oreg.); Manzanita (Oieg.). 



Arbutus xalapensis H. B. K. Mexican Madrona. 



Arbutus xalapensis var. texana Gray. 



Range. — Texas (Travis and Hays — Rio lilauco River — counties to Eagle and Gua- 

 dalupe mountains); Mexico (Sierra Madre Mountains in Nuevo Leon, to mountains 

 near .Jalapa). 



Names in USE. — Manzanita; Madrona; Madrone-tree; Laurel. 



