668 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA, 
Shrub 8 to 15 feet high, frequently arborescent. Not frequent. ; 
Type locality: ‘ Hab. ad ripas fliviorum Carolinae et Georgiae,” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Adelia ligustrina Michx. I'l. Bor. Am. 2: 224. 1803. PRIVET-LIKE ADELIA, 
lorestiera ligustrina Poir, Encyel. Suppl. 2: 664, 1811. 
Chap. F1.370. Gray, Syn, F1l.N, A. 2, pt. 1: 76. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida (Chapman. ) 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Lower hills. Madison County, foothills of Monte- 
sano, 600 to 800 feet altitude, forming a large part of the shrubby growth of the 
cedar-clad limestone ridges, Bibb County, Pratt’s Ferry. Flowers greenish white, 
frequented by hosts of honey-seeking insects. Shrub 6 to & feet high. 
Type locality: “Hab.in fruticetis Hlinoensibus, Tennassée, &c.” (Tt does not 
occur, however, in Illinois.) 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CHIONANTHUS IL. Sp.1'1.1:8. 1753, 
Two species, China. Atlantic North Ameriea, 1. 
ao 
Chionanthus virginica L. Sp. Pl. 1:8. 1753. FRINGE TREE. OLD-MAN’S BEARD, 
EM. Sk. 1:6. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 337. Chap. FL 369. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:260, 0 Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 2, pt. 1:77. Sargent. Silv. NA. 6:60, 4.277. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, New Jersey, Peunsylvania, and West Virginia 
to Missouri and Arkansas, south to Florida and ‘Texas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Rich wooded banks along streams. Flowers April; 
fruit ripe September, October, black; frequent. Shrub 4 to 10 feet high, frequently 
small tree 10 to 15 feet high, 4 inches in diameter, 
Economie uses: Ornamental. The bark of the root, called “ tlowering-ash bark,” 
is used in domestic medicine, 
Type locality: Hab. in America septentrionali.”’ 
Herb. Geol. Surv, 
OSMANTHUS Lour. FI. Cochin. ¢. 28. 1790. 
Seven species, evergreen trees, subtropical and tropical eastern Asia, Pacitie 
islands. South Atlantic North America, 1. 
Osmanthus americana (L.) Benth. & Hook. Gen. Pl. 2: 677. 1876. 
DEVIL-Woop, AMERICAN OLIVE, 
Olea americana 1,,Mant. 1:24, 1767, 
Ell. Sk. 1:5. Chap. Fl. 369. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 2, pt. 1:78, Sargent, Silv. N. A. 
6: 65, 1. 278. 
Louisianian area. Coast of North Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana, 
ALABAMA; Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Swampy woods along streams. 
Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers cream color, April, fragrant; fruit ripe in 
September, shining black, frequent. Tree 20 to 40 feet high, 8 to 12 inehes in 
dinmeter, 
Keonomic uses: Ornamental. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr, 
LOGANIACEAE. Logania Family. 
GELSEMIUM Juss. Gen, 150. 1789, 
Two species, woody climbers, eastern Asia, North America, 1. 
Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) Ait. f. Hort. Kew. 2:61. 1811. Ye Low JESSAMINE. 
Bignonia sempervirens L. Sp. Pl, 2:623. 1753. 
Gelsemium nitidum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 120, 1803. 
EM. Sk.1:311. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 345. Chap. FI, 183. Gray, Syn. FIN, A. 2, pt. 
1:107. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 271. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Eastern Virginia to llorida, west to Texas 
and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Damp thickets. Cullman County, 
800 feet. Tuscaloosa, Antauga, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. 
Flowers golden yellow, February, March; fragrant. Common. Chinbing high from 
long creeping roots. Most abundant throughout the Coast Pine belt. The whole 
plant poisonous. 
