MADDER FAMILY. 739 
Carolinian area. Mountains of West Virginia, southeastern Tennessee, and of 
North Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry gravelly or rocky woods. Clay County, 
Che-aw-ha Mountain, 2,400 feet altitude. Cullman County, 800 feet. Etowah 
County, Lookout Mountain, 1,200 feet. Flowers pale purplish; July, August. Not 
rare. Perennial. 
Type locality: “Near the contluence of Pidgeon river, and the French Broad, Ten- 
nessee, on dry gravelly hills.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Houstonia calycosa (Shuttlew.). CALYCOSE HOUSTONIA. 
Hedyotis calycosa Shuttlew.; Gray, Pl. Wright. 1:81. 1852. 
Houstonia purpurea calycosa Gray, Syn. PLN. A. 1, pt. 2:26. 1884, 
Gray, Man, ed. 6, 224, 
Carolinian area. [linois, Arkansas, and West Virginia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Dry open woods. Tallapoosa 
County, Dadeville, July, I877.. Rare and local. Perenaial. 
Type locality (Syn. FL N.A.): ** Mountains of Alabama (Ragel) to Arkansas (Nut- 
tall), wand Illinois (“. Hall); also collected by Drummond.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Houstonia angustifolia Michx. Fl Bor. Am. 1:85. 1803. ERect-LEAr HOUSTONIA. 
Hedyotis stenophylla Torr. & Gray, FIN. A, 2:41. 1841, 
Oldenlandia angusiifolia Gray, Pl. Wright, 2:68. 1853, 
Kil. Sk. 1:102. Gray, Man.ed.6, 224. Chap. F181. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 
2:26. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 22159. 
Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Southwestern [linois, Missouri, Arkansas, and 
Texas, east to Tennessee, North Carolina, and Florida, 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Dry rocky or gravelly ridges. Cull- 
man County, 800 feet altitude. Montgomery County. Barbour County, Eufaula 
(1. A. Smith). Bladen County, near Magnolia. Flowers rose-pink; June, Not rare, 
Perennial from a suffrutescent multicipital rootstock. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in submaritimis Floridae.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
CEPHALANTHUS LL. Sp. Pl. 1:95. 1753. 
About one-half dozen species, warmer temperate North America, Asia, Africa, ? 
Cephalanthus occidentalis L.Sp. Pl.1:95. 1753. BUTTONBUSH. 
Ell. Sk. 1:186. Gray, Man. ed.6,224. Chap. Fl. 176. Gray, Syn. Fl. N, A. 1, pt. 
2:29. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:160. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1: 282. 
CuBA, MEXICO. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Brunswick and Quebee to the Gulf, through- 
out the continent to California, 
ALABAMA: Throughout the State. Inundated banks. Shallow stagnant water. 
Flowers white; July, August. Shrub 6 to 15 feet high. 
Economic uses: The bark of the root, under name of  buttonbush bark,” is used 
medicinally. 
Type locality: ‘¢ Hab. in America septentrionali,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
MITCHELLA IL. Sp. Pl. 1: 111. 17538. PARTRIDGE BERRY. 
Two species, perennial creeping herbs, Japan. Atlantic North America, 1. 
Mitchella repens L.Sp.PIL1:111. 1753, 
Ell. Sk.1:198. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 225. Chap. F1L176. Gray, Syn. FL N.A. 1, pt. 2:31. 
Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 160. 
NORTHERN MEXICO. 
Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas, Nova Scotia, Ontario; New 
England west to southern Illinois, south to Florida, Texas, and Arkansas, 
ALABAMA: Over the State, Dry shady woods and shaded banks. Flowers rose- 
pink; April to June. Fruit ripe July to October; scarlet. Common. Evergreen. 
Perennial. 
Economic uses: The herb—“ partridge berry ’—is used medicinally. Ornamental, 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Carolina, Terra Mariana, Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Sury. Herb. Mohr. 
