LILY FAMILY. 441 
ALABAMA: Coast Pine belt. Dry sandy banks and openings, most frequent near 
the coast. Clarke County, Suggsville (Dr. Denny). Washington, Mobile, and Bald- 
win counties. Common; 10 to 20 feet high. June, July. Flowers white, fetid; fruit- 
ing sparingly in October and November. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Jamaica, Vera Cruz.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Yucca filamentosa L. Sp. Pl. 1:319. 1753. BEAR GRASS. 
Ell.Sk.1:400, Gray, Man. ed. 6,524. Chap. FI. 485. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Maryland, southern Virginia along the coast 
to Florida, and throughout the eastern Gulf States. 
ALABAMA: From the Tennessee Valley to the coast. Dry sandy or rocky woods. 
Cullman County, 800 feet. Tuscaloosa County. Clarke County, Choctaw Corner, 
Choctaw County, Bladon. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers white. June; 
common, Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Mohr. 
VAGNERA Adans. Fam. Pl. 2:496. 1763. FALSE SOLOMON’S SEAL. 
(SMILACINA Desf. Aun. Mus. Par. 9:51. 1807.) 
About 11 species, perennials, mountains of tropical America and Mexico. North 
America, 5. Japan. 
Vagnera racemosa (L.) Morong, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 114. 1894. 
Convallaria racemosa L. Sp. Pl.1:315. 17538. 
Smilacina racemosa Desf. Ann. Mus. Par, 9:51. 1807. 
ELL S8k.1:395. Gray, Man. ed. 6,525, Chap. Fl. 481. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas, Nova Scotia and Ontario to Saskatchewan ; 
New England throughout the Atlantic States to South Carolina and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: From the Tennessee Valley to Upper division of Coast Pine belt. Rich 
woods. Lawrence County. Winston County, Colliers Creek, 1,500 feet (7. M. 
Peters). Tuscaloosa County (£. A. Smith). Lee County, Auburn (Baker §° Earle). 
Clarke County. Flowers, April, May; white. May, June; not rare. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia, Canada.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
DISPORUM Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. 1:331. 1812. 
(PRosARTES Don, Ann. Nat. Hist. 4: 341. 1840.) 
Twelve species, perennials. East Asia, North America, mountains of tropical 
America. North America, 7. 
Disporum lanuginosum (Michx.) Nichols, Dict. Gard, 1:485. 1884. 
Streptopus lanuginosus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:201. 1803. 
Prosartes lanuginosa Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. 18: 532. 1841. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,527, Chap. Fl. 487. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario; western New York along the moun- 
tains to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rich shaded woods. Dekalb County, Lookout 
Mountain, 1,500 feet. Madison County, Montesano, 1,500 feet. April; not fre- 
quent. . 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in altis montibus Carolinae meridionalis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
POLYGONATUM Adans. Fam. Pl. 2:54. 1763. 
Twenty species, perennials, temperate northern hemisphere, Japan. North 
America, 4. 
Polygonatum biflorum (Walt.) Ell. 8k. 1: 393. 1817. SMALL SOLOMON’S SEAL, 
Convallaria biflora Walt. F]. Car. 122. 1788. 
Ell. Sk. 1: 393. Gray, Man. ed, 6,525. Chap. FI. 481, 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Ontario; 
New England west to Minnesota and Nebraska; Ohio Valley to Missouri and Kan- 
sas; along the lower mountains south to Georgia. 
