608 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
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Aesculus pavia L. Sp. I'l. 1: 544. 1753. RED BUCKEYE, 
Ell. Sk. 1:435. Gray. Man. ed. 6,116. Chap. FI. 79. 
Carolinian and Louisianian area. Pennsylvania and southeastern Virginia south 
to Florida, west to Louisiana, Arkansas, and southern Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Throughout the State, below 800 feet altitude. Borders of open copses 
in moderately fertile soil. Madison, County, Huntsville. Tuscaloosa, Montgomery 
Mobile, and Baldwin counties. Flowers scarlet, March, April; fruit ripe October. 
On the hills of the Tennessee Valley, frequently 10 to 12 feet high. Most common 
in the open rich copses of the Coast plain, there a shrub, rarely over & feet high. 
Keonomic uses: Ornamental, 
Type locality: “ Hab. in Carolina, Brasilia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Aesculus parviflora Walt. Fl. Car, 128. 1788, SPIKED BUCKEYE, 
Aesculus macrostachya Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 220. 1808, 
El. Sk. 1:436. Chap. Fl. 80. 
Carolinian and Louisianian area. Mountain region to Upper division Coast Pine 
helt. Shady hillsides and wooded banks. Clay County, Shinbone Valley, 800 to 
1,000 feet. Blount County, 450 feet. Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, Henry, and Franklin 
counties. Monroe County, Claiborne. Flowers white, June; fruit ripe in October, 
Shrub 4 to 8 feet high; frequent. 
Economic uses: Highly ornamental. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
SAPINDACEAE. Soapberry Family. 
CARDIOSPERMUM L. Sp, P1.1: 366, 1753. 
Four species of tropical America. 
Cardiospermum halicacabum L. Sp. Pl. 1: 366. 1753. BALLOON VINE, 
EM. Sk. 1:460, Chap. Ff). 79. Griseb. F1. Brit. W. Ind. 122. 
EAST AND WEsT INDIES. 
Louisianian area, South Carolina, Florida, and Texas, ‘ 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Central Pine belt. Thickets. Clay County, Moseley. 
Autauga County, Prattville (Dr. J, Smith). Bibb County (2. dA. Smith). An old 
escape from cultivation. 
Type locality: ‘ Tab. in Indiis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
SAPINDUS IL. Sp. Pl. 1: 367. 1753. 
Sapindus marginatus Willd. Enum. Pl. 432. 1809. 
Chap. Fl. 79. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2 : 66. WILD CHINA. SOAPBERRY. 
MEXICO. 
Louisianian area. Louisiana, Mississippi?, Texas, Arkansas, New Mexico (lowa?, 
Kansas?). 
ALABAMA: Mobile. Adventive near an old place in the pine hills on the road to the 
Bienville waterworks; most probably an escape from cultivation. Hale County, 
Gallion, Cultivated and spontancous by escape. Tree 20 to 25 feet high. Flowers 
June; fruit October, black. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Carolina, Georgia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
RHAMNACEAE. Buckthorn Family. 
BERCHEMIA Necker, Elem, 2: 122. 1790. 
Ten species, East Indies. Southeastern North America. 
Berchemia scandens (Hill) Trelease in Trans. St. Louis Acad. 5: 364, 1889, 
Suprp.Le JACK, RATTAN VINE+ 
Rhamnus scandens Hill, Hort. Kew. 453, t. 20. 1768. 
R. volubilis L. f. Suppl. 132. 1781. 
Berchemia volubilis DC. Prodr, 2:22. 1825. 
BH. Sk, 2:290, Gray, Man.ed.6,111. Chap. Fl. 73. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:59. 
