82() PLANT LIKK <>F .\LA15AMA. 



Juiiipeius virginiaua 1.. S|.. ri. 2: UKHt. 175:!. Kkm ( i-.i>ai:. Savin. 



Mi.hx. r. Hist. Aril. Am. 3:42, I. 5. Kll. Sk. 2:717. (Jmv. .M:ui. .<!. C, 191. 

 Coulter, Coiitr. Nat. MimI). 2 : r>."i5. 



Allrixlu'iiiiin to Li)iiisiuiiiaii area. Qneboc, Ontario, New lji;;laiitl, west t<> .Min- 

 nesota, oastcrii N(>lirasl<a, and Texas, and sontii to I'loridii and the (iulf coaHt. 



Ai.a1!A.Ma: ( )ver the State. I'lowers latter part <dMannary and in I'eltrnary; (rnit 

 matures in < )ct<dier of the lirst year. Most rre<|U(nt ami in ;,'r<'at ]nMli(tiou in tin' 

 (•o\fS and v;illeyK ol' the TennPssfo liasin, I'ormin;^ mure <>r less extensive lirakes in 

 tlie limestoni' riflj^ea (d' the same re^jfion In the (.'cntral i'rairio Ixdt .ind th«5adjae<nl 

 rpper diviNion of the Coast I'ine l>elt, onte almndant; .it present almost exhausted. 



lype Ideality: ''llali. in Virginia, Carolina.' 



Kconomie uses: The tiiul»er is liij^hly valu.ilde lor pemil wood and other purposes. 

 .Medieinally it yields the leaves or tops of .luiinnriin lirijiniana If. S. ]'., 1H7<). Oliso- 

 lete. The oil of red cedar, distilled from the wood, is used iu perfumery and as au 

 in.secti fn^^e. 



Herli. tied. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Juniperus barbadensis I^. S]>. I'l. 2 : 1039. 1753. 



.fiiniiieni.s rirt/'miana (iKstraUn Carr. Trait. Conif. 4-1. 1855, 



Mi.hx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 24(3. Griseh. Fl. Hrit. \V. Ind. 503. 



Tree 50 to (iO feet hij>h, the sturdy trunk IG to 24 inches in diameter, 15 to rarely 

 25 feet tall; limlis wi(le-si>r«'adin<;-, forming a rather open r(uindi.sh-oval head, the 

 liranclies and branehlets drooping; leaves minute, on the younger Itranches decus- 

 sately imbricate, deltoid-ovate, bluutish, or on the y(Uingest and most vigorous 

 .shoots subnlate-lauceolate, acutish; furrow of the oil glatnl more or less oblong- 

 linear. Fruit (galbnlns) globose, glaucous black. 



West Indies, IJaiiama.s; .Jamaica in the 15h k Mountains, Antkiua, 



Louisiauan area. Southern coast of South Carolina to l''lorida ami' throughout the 

 peninsula, along the gulf shore to Mississippi; indigenous In the cedar hammocks of 

 the eastern gulf shore. Fre(|ueutly cultivated about dwellings and naturalized iu 

 lower Louisiana and Mississippi. 



Alabama: Coast plain and Littoral belt. Cedar hammocks. Mobile County, 

 Bayou Labatre. 



Distinguished from Junipcnin virgiiiiana by its habit of growth, the character of 

 its leaves, the somewhat longer staniinate tiowers, and the smaller fruit. 



Type locality : " ilab. in America."' 



Economic uses: Important for its wood, which is most highly esteemed for ])encil 

 casings. 



Class ANaiOSPERMAE (METASPERMAE). 



Subclass MONOCOTYLEDONES. 



TYPHACEAE. Cat tail Family. 



TYPHA L. Sp. I'l. 2:U7L 1753. 



Twelve species, temperate and tro))ieal regions, 2 North American. Perennial 

 aquatics. 

 Typha latifolia L. Sp. I'l. 2:!t71. 1753. Large Cat-tail Flag. 



(hay, Man. ed. 6, 547. Chap. Fl. 443. Wats. I5ot. Calif. 2 : 18«. Coulter, Contr. 

 Nat. lierb.2:452. 



EiTKOi'E, Asia, North Africa. 



Alleghenian toLonisianian area. Throughout British North America to the Pacific; 

 from New England to Floriihi and west to California. 



Alabama : Over the State. Shallow jionds and marshes ; abounds in the tidewatisr 

 region. F^lowers in June. 



Type locality: "Hab. in j)aludibus l^uropae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Typha angustifolia L. Sp. PL 2:971. 1753. Smaller Cat-tail. 



(iray, Man. ed. (5, .547. 



ErROrE. 



Alleghenian to Louisiauian area. Nova Scotia, Ontario, New l^ngland; west to 

 Michigan and Missouri; coast of New York and New Jersey. 



