440 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
L. superbum var, carolinianum Chap. F1. 484. 1860. 
Ell. Sk. 1:388. Chap. FI. 484. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi, 
Louisiana, and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Lower Pine belt. Dry woods. Cullman County. 
Shelby County (/..A. Smith). Mobile County. Flowers orange vermilion with small 
brown spots. July; not rare, 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in herbosis humidis Carolinae inferioris.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Lilium catesbaei Walt. Fl. Car. 123. 1788. CaTEsBY’s LILY. 
KIL Sk.1:387. Gray, Man. ed. 6,529. Chap. F1. 484. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi 
and southern Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low wet pine barrens. Mobile and Baldwin counties. 
Flowers scarlet, with orange. July; not rare. 
Type locality: ‘South Carolina,” 
Herb. Mohr. 
ERYTHRONIUM L. Sp. Pl. 1:305. 1753. 
Seven species, perennials, north temperate zone, Japan. North America, 5. Atlantic 
States, 2. 
Erythronium americanum Ker-Gawl. Bot. Mag. 27: ¢, 1113. 1808. 
YELLOW ADDER’s TONGUE, 
Hrythronium dens-canis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:198. 1803. Not LL. 
Ell. Sk. 1:389, Gray, Man. ed. 6,528. Chap. F1. 484. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia and Ontario; New England west 
to Minnesota, Missouri, and Arkansas; New York to the Ohio Valley; south to mid- 
dle Florida, 
ALABAMA: Lower hills. Rich shaded banks. Tuscaloosa County (#. A. Smith). 
March to April. Flowers yellow, spotted brown. Rare. 
Type locality of FE. dens canis Michx.: ‘ Hab. in frigidioribus Americae septentri- 
onalis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
QUAMASIA Raf. Am. Month. Mag. 2: 265. 1818. 
(CAMASSIA Lindl, Bot. Reg. ¢. 2486, 1832.) 
Four species, perennials, North American. Eastern 1, Pacific 3. 
Quamasia esculenta (Ker-Gawl.) Coville, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 11:65. 1X97. 
WILD HYACINTH, 
Scilla esculenta Ker-Gawl. Bot. Mag. 38: t. 1574. 1813. 
Phalangium esculentum Nutt. ; Ker-Gawl. Bot. Mag. 38: ¢.7574. 1813, As synonym. 
Lemotrys hgacinthina Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3:51. 1836. 
Camassia fraseri Torr. Pac, R. Rep. 2 [pt.4]:176. 1855. 
Scilla fraseri Gray, Man. ed. 2, 469. 1856. 
@uamasia hyacinthina Britton in Britt. & Brown, Ill. Fl. 1:423. 1896. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,523. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 656. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 435. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario; Pennsylvania to Minnesota and 
through the Ohio Valley to Missouri, south along the lower mountains to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Prairie region. Rich copses. Sumter County, Livingston (#. A. 
Smith). Flowers lilac. April; infrequent. 
Type locality: According to F, V. Coville, op. cit., the type specimens probably 
came from near St. Louis, Mo. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
YUCCA L. Sp. Pl.1:319, 1753. 
About 1 dozen species, of warmer and temperate Mexico, Central America, and 
North America; arid plains of the Lower Sonoran area to the Pacific. East of the 
Mississippi River 2 species. 
Yucca aloifolia L. Sp. P1.1:319. 1753. SPANISH DAGGER, 
Ell. Sk.1:401, Chap. F1.485.  Griseb, Fl. Brit. W. Ind, 582, 
MExico, WEsT INDIES. 
Louisianian area. North Carolina along the coast to Florida and Louisiana. 
