650 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
MEXxIco TO Brazit, ARGENTINA, PERU. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Pennsylvania, Virginia to Florida, west to 
Louisiana, Texas, and California. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Stagnant water, ditches, shallow ponds. Mobile 
County. Flowers May; common, 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Mexico. Mutis.” 
Herb, Geol, Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
CENTELLA L. PI. Rar. Afr.28. 1760. (Amoen. Acad. 6: 112.) 
Centella asiatica (L.) Urban, in Mart. Fl. Bras. 11, pt. 1: 287. 1879, 
ASIATIC PENNYWORT. 
Hydrocotyle asiatica L. Sp. Pl. 1: 234. 1753. 
H. repanda Pers. Syn. 1:302. 1805. 
EM. Sk.1:347, Gray, Man. ed. 6, 211. Chap. Fl, 159. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:149. 
West INDIES, MEXICO TO ARGENTINA, CHILE, EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA, 
Kast INDIES, NEW ZEALAND, Paciric ISLANDS, 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Close, damp soil in miry ground; 
abundant. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in India.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CORNACEAE. Dogwood Family. 
CORNUS L. Sp. P11: 117. 1753. Doawoop. Cornet. 
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Over 30 species, temperate regions both hemispheres, Europe, Asia, mountains of 
tropical America (Mexico, Peru), North America, 18; Atlantic, 11. 
Cornus stricta Lam. Encyel. 2:116. 1786. STIFF CORNEL, 
Cornus fastigiata Michx, Fl. Bor. Am.1:92. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 1:209. Gray, Man. ed. 6,215, Chap. F'1. 167. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Virginia to Florida and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Low, open woods; banks of streams. Lee County, 
Auburn, 860 feet (Harle J: Underwood), Limestone County, Athens (Baker § Earle), 
Mobile County, swampy woods, Three Mile Creek. Baldwin County, Stockton, 
Flowers in May; anthers bluish. Fruit mature in September, sordid blue, stone 
globose, smooth. Large shrub to small tree, 12 to 18 feet high. Common in the 
Coast plain, 
Type locality: ‘‘Nous le croyons originaire de l’Amérique septentrionale,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
Cornus amomum Mill, Gard. Dict. ed. 8, no. 5. 1768, 
SILKY-LEAVED Swamp DoGwoop. 
Cornus sericea 1. Mant. 2:199. 1771. 
C. lanuginosa Michx. I]. Bor. Am. 1:92. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 1:208. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 214. Chap. FI. 167. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 
2 :150. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia and Ontario; New England, west 
to Dakota, Nebraska, and Arkansas, south to the Gulf trom Florida to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Upper division of Coast Pine Belt. Swampy banks 
of streams. Cullman County, 800 feet. Montgomery, Bibb, and Clarke counties. 
Flowers white with blue authers, May; fruit ripe in September, dark blue. Shrub 
8 to 12 feet high. 
Economic uses: The bark, under the name of “swamp dogwood bark,” is used 
medicinally. 
Type locality: ‘Found in all northern parts of America, * * * being natives 
of the woods in Virginia, New England, Maryland, and Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
Cornus asperifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:93. 1803, ROUGH-LEAVED CORNEL, 
Ell. Sk. 1: 209, Gray, Man. ed. 6, 214. Chap. Fl. 167. Coulter, Contr, Nat. Herb 
2: 150, 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario and Minnesota, south to Texas, and in 
eastern Tennessee and North Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Dry limestone hills. Thickets. Franklin County, 
Russellville. Flowers in May. Shrubs 8 to 12 feet high. The only locality known 
in the State. 
Type locality: “Hab. in sylvis umbrosis Carolinae inferioris,” 
Hlerb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
