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ALABAMA: Mountainregion. Rich shady woods. Blount County, Warnock Moun- 
tain, 1,500 feet altitude. April, May; infrequent. 
Type locality (Beck, Bot, U. 8.): “Shady woods. Miss|ouri].” 
Trillium erectum L. Sp. P1.1:340, 1753. ILL-SCENTED WAKE-ROBIN. 
Trillium pendulum Willd, Neue Schrift. 3: 421. 1801. 
T. rhomboideum Michx. F]. Bor. Am. 1: 215, 1803, 
Ell. Sk.1:427. Gray, Man. ed. 6,530. Chap, FI. 478. 
EAST SIBERIA, JAPAN. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia and Ontario; from New England, 
throughout the Ohio Valley, to Missouri, south along the mountains to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Lower hills. Woods. Jefferson County. Flowers white. April; in- 
frequent. 
Economic uses: The rhizomas of this, 7. sessile and 7, cernuum, are indiscriminately 
collected for medicinal use under the name of birth-root, Used by the aborigines, 
and now in eclectic practice. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Trillium stylosum Nutt. Gen. 1: 239, 1818. CATESBY’S WAKE-ROBIN, 
Trillium catesbaei Ell. Sk. 1:429, and T. nervosum E11. 1. ¢. 
Ell. Sk.l.e. Chap. Fl. 479. 
Carolinian area. Mountains of Carolina and Georgia, 
ALABAMA: Mountainregion. Rich shaded banks. Dekalb County, Mentone, 1,600 
feet. Auburn County (7.5, Karle). 
Type locality: ‘‘ Upper Carolina and Georgia.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
Trillium recurvatum lanceolatum Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14: 273. 1879. 
Trillium lanceolatum Boykin, name only, in Herb. Torr. 
Chap. FI. Suppl. 656; ed. 3, 505, 
Carolinian area. Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Ascribed to this State by Chapman, Flora, 1. e. 
Type Jocality: ‘‘ Georgia and Alabama.” 
Trillium cernuum L. Sp. P1.1:339. 1753. NoppING TRILLIUM. 
Ell. Sk. 1:428. Gray, Man.ed. 6,531. Chap. FI. 478. 
Canadian zone to Carolinian area. Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario; New 
England south to New Jersey along the mountains to Georgia, 
ALABAMA: Lower hills. Tuscaloosa County (£. A. Smith). Flowers March, April. 
Rare. Perennial. 
Type locality: “ Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 
ALBETRIS L. Sp. Pl. 1:319. 17538. 
Two species, perennials, Eastern Asia, North America, Atlantic America, 2. 
Aletris farinosa L. Sp. Pl. 1: 319, 1753. WHITE STAR GRASS. 
Aletris alba Michx. Fl. Bor, Am. 1:189, 1803. 
Ell. Sk 1:398. Gray, Man. ed, 6,513. Chap. FI. 470. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, Ontario and New England west to Minnesota, 
from New York south to Florida, west to Arkansas and Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to the Coast plain. Damp light soil, prairies, borders 
of swamps; most frequent in the pine barrens. Autauga County. Prattville. Chil- 
ton, Washington, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. Flowers white, May, June; 
frequent. 
Economic uses: The root, as “ colic root,” is used medicinally. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab, in America septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Aletris aurea Walt, Fl. Car. 121. 1788. GOLDEN STAR GRASS. 
Ell. Sk. 1:399. Gray, Man.ed.6,513. Chap. Fl. 470. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:426. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Pine barrens. New Jersey along the coast to 
Florida, west to eastern Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast Pine belt to the Coast plain. Low damp pine barrens, Wash- 
