742 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Europe, DAHURIA, JAPAN, 
Boreal zone to Louisianian area, British North America to latitude 68°. From 
the Atlantic to the Pacitic coast. New England (Maine, Mount Desert Island) to 
Georgia, Mississippi, western Louisiana, Texas, and California, 
ALABAMA: So far only observed in the Coast plain, Open marshes. Mobile County, 
banks of Mobile River. Flowers white; May, June. Weak, assurgent, diffusely 
branched. Perennial. 
A form of more robust growth, with broader leaves, nearly 4 inch wide and ¢ to } 
inch long, larger fruit, approaching var, latifolium Torr. On rotten logs, banks of 
Mobile River. July, September. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab.in Canada. Kalm.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Galium triflorum Michx. I°l. Bor. Am. 1:80. 18038, SWEET-SCENTED BEDSTRAW. 
Ell. Sk. 1:197. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 227. Chap. FL 174. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 1, pt. 
2:39. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1: 284. 
KuROPE, ASIA, TO JAPAN, 
Boreal zone to Louisianian area, Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacitie. New 
England west to Nebraska, Colorado, and Calfornia, south to Florida and northern 
Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower hills, Rich shady woods, Lauderdale 
County. Tuscaloosa County (2. 4. Smith). April, May. Local; not frequent. Per- 
ennial. 
Type locality: ‘In umbrosis Canadae sylvis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Galium uniflorum Michx. I'l. Bor. Am. 1:79. 1803. 
BLACK-FRUITED LADIES’ BEDSTRAW. 
Ell. Sk. 1:195. Chap. Fl. 174. Gray, Syn. PIN. A. 1, pt. 2:41. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Shaded rich woods. Upland hammocks. Mobile County, 
Springhill, Baldwin County, Montrose. Flowers white; July, August. | Fruit 
August, September; plum-purple, with a bloom, Not rare. Perennial. 
Type locality: “ Hab. in Carolina.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Galium hispidulum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am, 1:79, 1603. SCARLET-FRUITED BEDSTRAW, 
Rubia peregrina Walt. Fl. Car, 86, 1788. Not L. 
R. brownei Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:81. 
Ell. Sk.1:195. Gray, Man. ed. 6,227.) Chap. FL. 173.) Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 
Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Dry copses and shaded banks. Mobile and Baldwin 
counties. Flowers greenish white: fruit scarlet. May, June. Perennial, from a 
woody creeping base. Frequent. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Carolina inferiore,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
VIBURNACEAE. Honeysuckle Family. 
SAMBUCUS L. Sp. PI.1: 269. 1758. ELprmr. 
Twenty species, temperate regions, excepting Africa, 
Sambucus canadensis L.Sp. Pl. 1:269, 9 1753, AMERICAN ELDER, 
Ell. Sk. 1:368, Gray, Man.ed.6,217. Chap. F171.) Gray, Syn. PLN. A. 1, pt.2:9. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Through Eastern North America from New 
Brunswick and Saskatchewan to the Gulf, west to Dakota, mountains of Colorado, 
Utah, and Arizona,to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Damp thickets and shaded banks. Flowers May, 
June. Fruit ripe September; berries shining black. Shrub or tree 15 to 20 feet 
high. 
Economie uses: The bark, fruit, and flowers are the “ elder” or “Sambueus” of 
the United States Pharmacoparia, 
Type locality:  Hab.in Canada. 1D. Kalm.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
