woodlands; not plentiful for bee forage. May, August.* TOOTH-ACHE TREE. PRICKLY ASH. SEA ASH. PEPPERWOOD. Xanthoxylum clava-Herculis L. Rue family. Rutaceae. "Colorado to Rio Grande." (Coulter). "Along or near the coast, Virginia to Florida, Arkansas and Texas." (Small). Hunter: woodland prairies; honey yield good; bees work busily on it. April, June.* HOP TREE. Ptelea trifoliata L. Rue family. Rutaceae. "Throughout Southern and Western Texas." (Coulter). In woodlands and along rivers and creeks. Honey yield good; very good in favorable seasons where abundant. May and July.* HARDY ORANGE. Citrus trifoliata L. Rue family. Rutaceae. College: planted for hedges, scarce; honey yield fair for early brood. Bees worked on it abundantly. March.* TREE OF HEAVEN. Ailanthus glandulosus Desf. Quassia family. Simarubaceae. "In waste places and along streams, more or less extensively naturalized in the United States and Southern British America. Native of China." (Small). Hunter: cultivated for shade and escaped. Honey yield fair in good seasons, pollen; also nectar glands on leaf blades. April.* UMBRELLA CHINA TREE. Melia azedarach L. Melia family. Meliaceae. "A favorite shade tree and extensively naturalized in Central and Southern Texas." (Coulter). Cultivated ornamental shade tree and escaped. Honey yield helps early brood rearing. February, March.* POSSUM HAW. BEAR BERRY. Ilex decidua Walt. Holly family. Ilicineae. "A species of Southern States and extending in Texas to the Valley of the San Antonio." (Coulter). College; along lowlands, creeks and streams. Honey yield good but short; in warm spring early and valuable for early brood. March, May.* YOUPON. Ilex Caroliniana Trelease. Holly family. Ilicineae. "A species of the Gulf States and extending into Texas. Limit uncertain." (Coulter). Hunter: low woodland thickets; not important. March, April.* BRASIL WOOD. LOGWOOD. Condalia obovata Hook. Buckthorn family. Rhamneae. "From the Guadalupe to the Rio Grande and west of New Mexico." (Coulter). Hunter: in woodlands, dry soils; honey yield not very important but comes well in dearth of summer. July, August.* "Abundant along Carter's Creek. Honey yield good during May." (E. Scholl). RATTAN VINE. Berchemia scandens Trelease. Buckthorn family. Rhamneae. "A species of the Southern States extending into Texas where its western limit is uncertain." (Coulter). Along ravines and low woodlands; honey yield good, giving surplus in favorable years but dark amber colored, used in manufacturing-houses. April.* COLUMBRINA TEXENSIS. Gray. Buckthorn family. Rhamneae. "From the Colorado to the Rio Grande westward to New Mexico." (Coulter). Floresville, slopes, adobe hills. Honey yield good but not enough for surplus. Also some pollen. April.* CULTIVATED WINE GRAPES. Vitis (?) (Varieties). Vine family. Ampelidaceae.