Small’s Manual includes North Carolina in the range of Pachystima. This record is based possibly on the statement in the “Woody Plants of Western North Carolina” (by House, 1913, Bull. Biltmore Forestry School) which indicated that it was a “rare shrub on cliffs and shaded banks of northwestern section.” No specimen has been located to vouch for this statement. A discussion of this enigma as well as the known distribution of this species was published by Dr. A. B. Massey in 1940 (Castanea 5:8-11).