534 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
TIARELLA L. Sp. Pl. 1:405. 1753.) Fats MirreEworrt, 
Four or 5 species, Asin, North America, 3. 
Tiarella cordifolia L.Sp. Pl. 1: 405. 1753. FaLsk MITREWORT. 
Gray, Man. ed.6,171. Chap. FI. 154. 
NORTHWESTERN ASIA, SIBERIA. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, Nova Scotia, Ontario; New England west. to 
Minnesota, south to Tennessee, North Carolina, and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region to Coast Pine belt. Damp shaded 
banks and rocky woods. Lauderdale, Lawrence, Winston, Walker, and Tuscaloosa 
counties. Clarke County, Suggsville (Jr, Denny); most southerly station. Flowers 
white, April; not common. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in America et Asia septentrionali.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
HEUCHERA I.. Sp. Pl. 1: 226. 1753. 
Twenty-four species, perennials. Atlantic and Pacitie North America to the 
mountains of Mexico. 
Heuchera americana L. Sp. Pl. 1: 226. 1753. ALUM Roor, 
KM, Sk. 1:337. Gray, Man. ed. 6,172. Chap. Fl. 152. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Southern Ontario; Connecticut west to Min- 
nesota, south to Arkansas; Ohio Valley, and along the mountains to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Rocky open woods. Lauder- 
dale, Cullman, and Blount counties. Tuscaloosa County (£. A. Smith); most south- 
erly station, Flowers white, April; not common. 
Keonomic uses: The root, called “alum root,” is used medicinally, 
Type locality: ‘ Hab. in Virginia,” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Heuchera rugelii Shuttlew.; Kunze, Linnaea, 20:43. 1817, RucGEr’s ALUM Root. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,172. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 622; ed.3, 144. 
Carolinian area, Mountains of Virginia, west to Kentucky and southern [iinois, 
south on the mountains from Tennessee to Georgia. 
ALABAMA; Mountain region, Damp shaded sandstone rocks. Winston County, 
Collier’s Creek, 1,500 feet. Lawrence County, Mountain Home; in the so-cailed 
rock houses, Cullman County. Flowers white, July, August; infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘ Broad River, North Carolina.” Rugel. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Heuchera hispida Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1: 188. 1814. 
Heuchera richardsonii R. Br. in Frankl. Journ, 766, t. 29, 1823. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,172. Chap. Fl. 14. 
Canadian zone to Carolinian area. 
ALABAMA: Metamorphic hills. On rocks. ‘Talladega County, Kahatchee 
Mountain, June, 1899 (C. D. Beadle), 
Type locality: ‘On high mountains of Virginia and Carolina.” 
Herb. Biltmore. 
Heuchera hispida hirsuticaulis Wheelock, Bull. Torr, Club, 17:199. 1870. 
Carolinian area. [linois and Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Damp shaded cliffs, banks of ‘Tennessee River. 
Tuscaloosa County (L.A. Smith). Flowers June; rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Missouri.—St. Louis, Engelmann; Louisiana, Pech.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
LEPUROPETALON Hl. Sk.1:370. 1817. 
One species, southeastern North America. 
Lepuropetalon spathulatum (Muhl.) Ell. Sk.1:370. 1817. 
Pycidanthera spathulata Muhl. Cat. 24. 1813. 
Ell. Sk.1l.e. Chap. FL. 152. 
Louisianian area. Georgia and South Carolina, 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp grassy banks in sandy soil. Mobile County. 
Flowers in March; not common, A small annual, hidden in the grass and easily 
overlooked. 
Type locality: ‘“ Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
