466 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
banks of Muscle Creek. Shrub about & feet high. Only locality known in the 
State Collected May 16, 1898. 
Type locality: Pennsylvania? 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Salix humilis Marsh. Arb. Am. 140. 1785. PRAIRIE WILLOW. 
Salix longirostris Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 226. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 2: 669. Gray, Man. ed. 6,483. Chap. F1. 480. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia, Ontario, New England, New Jer- 
sey, and along the mountains to North Carolina, west to Minnesota and Nebraska. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. In the barrens, flat gravelly ground, Lauderdale 
County. Shrub 3 or 4 feet high. 
Type locality not specifically given. 
Herb, Mohr. 
BETULACEAE. Birch Family. 
CARPINUS L. Sp. P1.2:998. 1753, 
Twelve species, temperate regions of Europe, Asia, North America. North Amer- 
ica and Mexico, 1. Small deciduous trees. 
Carpinus caroliniana Walt. I'l. Car, 236. L788, IRONWOOD. HORNBEAM, 
Carpinus americana Michx. Fl. Bor. Am, 2:201L. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 2:618. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 474. Chap. FL 425. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 
2:413. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8:42, t. 447. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario to Georgian Bay; New England west 
to Minnesota and eastern Kansas, south to Tampa Bay, Florida, and through the 
Gulf States to eastern Texas and southern Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: All over the State, In low rich woods. Common throughout. Flow- 
ers in May; fruit ripe in October. A tree below medium size. 
Economic uses: The wood valuable for minor purposes. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
OSTRYA Scop. Fl. Carn. 414. 1760. 
Two species, Southern Europe. Japan, 1; Mexico and North America, 1, 
Deciduous trees. 
Ostrya virginiana ( Mill.) Willd. Sp. Pl 4:469. 1805. Hor HornneamM, TRoNWoop., 
Carpinus virginiana Mill, Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no, 4, 1768. 
Ostrya americana Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:202. 18038. 
Ell. Sk. 2:618. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 474. Chap. FL. 426. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 
2:414. Sargent, Silv. N.A.9:34, t. 445, 
MEXICO, GUATEMALA. 
Alleghenian and Louisianian areas. Ontario throughout the Atlantie States to 
Tampa Bay, Florida, west to eastern Texas, Arkansas, Indian Territory, and eastern 
Kansas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Upper division of Coast Pine belt in caleareous 
soil. Lauderdale and Montgomery counties. Flowers April, May. 
Economic uses: The wood is useful. 
Type locality not ascertained, 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CORYLUS L.Sp. Pl. 2:998. 1753. HazeLnur. 
Seven species, temperate Europe, Asia. North America,?. Shrubs. 
Corylus rostrata Ait. Hort. Kew. 3: 364. 1789. BEAKED HAZELNUT, 
Ell. Sk, 2:612. Gray, Man, ed. 6, 474. Chap. FI. 425, 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and 
Ontario to Saskatchewan, British Columbia to Pacific coast; New England west to 
Minnesota, Colorado to the Pacific, Washington; south from New Jersey to upper 
Carolina and Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Lower hills. Shrub 3 to 4 feet high, most frequent 
in the Metamorphic hills. Clay, Tallapoosa, and Randolph counties. Tuscaloosa 
County (£. A. Smith).? Flowers in March; fruit ripe September, October. 
Economic uses: The nuts are edible, 
