442 I'LAXT LIKE OF ALA1?AM.\. 



Ai.aiiama: Moiinlaiii rc^j^ion aiid Lower liills. liitrli hIijuUmI IiillsidtH, honlt^s (if 

 woods. Ler County, Aiilmrn { Jiuker <>• Karle). 'I'liscaloosii (^miity ( /''. -'■ Smith). 

 ('ulliuitii County. April, May. Flowers ^iit'onisli. 



ryjie loeulity: South Carolina. 



!lerb.(J«ol Snrv. ILrb. Molir. 



Polygonatum commiitatum (Koeni. A .Scbulf.) Uietr. ; Otto iV Dietr. (Jartenz. 

 3 : L'-li. IHir). Lak<;k Soi.oMON'fs Skai,. 



Cunralliirid rominiitatit Kneni. iV .Seliultz. SvHt. Veg. 7: 1(371. 1830. 



I'uUiiiitiiatiiin iiiiiaiitriim Dietr.; Otto A: 1 )ietr. Carteuz. 1835: 222. 18,'i5. 



(Jriiy. Man. etl.tl, ."C't. ('lia)>. Fl. Siipj)!. C'ti;; ed. :<, 507. 



Canadian /one to Carolinian area. Western Ontario to .Saskateliowan; New 

 Kn^land went to Minnesota, sontli to the Ohio \'alley, Missouri, and TeiineHsee, and 

 alon^ the nioiintaina to (ieory;ia. 



.Vi.ai'.ama: Mountain n-jrion. Shaded hillaides. Dekalb County, near snuiniit of 

 Lookout Mountain, l.SOO feet. Flowers jjreeuish. May; rare. 



Kcononiif uses : The rhi/uuias of both species, as " Solomon's seal," are used uiedie- 

 iniilly, mostly in domestic i)ractice. 



Tyjie locality : '"Ad speeimeu in lleili. cli .Martins a D". Sehweinit/. in I'ennsyl- 

 vania lectum." 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Ilerli. Molir. 



MEDEOLA L. Sp. Pl.l::{:{9. 1753. 



One species, perennial; Atlantic North Anieric.i. 

 Medeola virginiana T.,. Sp. IM. 1: 339. 1753. Indian Ct'cumber. 



Kll. Sk. 1: 12."). (;ray, Man. ed. 6, 530. Chap. Fl. 479. 



Alle;;lienian to Louisianian area. New Brunswick, Ontario, New England, to 

 middle Florida and eastern Louisiana. 



Alabama : Tennessee Valley to the Lower Pine belt Shady woods. Franklin 

 and Cullman counties. Tuscaloosa County ( E. A. .S'mi</()' Hale and Gallion counties. 

 Escambia County, Flomaton. May; not infrequent. Perennial. 



TyjMj locality : '• Hab. in \irginia." 



Herb. Ge(d. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



TRILLIUM L. Sp. PI. 1 : 339. 1753. 



Fourteen or l."> sjiecies, perennials, tempcuate North America. One to .Japan and 



Himalayas. 



Tnllium sessile L. Sj). PI. 1 : .S40. 17.')3. Wake-rohix. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 42ti. Cray, Man. ed. (J. 530. Chap. Fl. 477 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Pennsylvania, west to Minnesota; Ohio \ alley 

 to Missouri ; south from New .Jersey to Georgia, along the mountains. 



Alabama: Lowtr hills. Shady woods. Tuscaloosa County (A'. J. iSm/tft). Flowers 

 maroon jiurple. March; not Ireciuent. 

 Type lr)cality: '■ llat>. in Virginia, Carolina." 

 Herb. (;eo]. Snrv. Heib. Mohr. 



Trillium underwoodii Small, Bull. Turr. Clul), 24 : 174. 1897. 



rNi)Ki{ wood's Wake-robin. 



Carolinian and LouisiaTiian areas. Tennessee, South Carolina, middle Florida. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Lower Pine region. Kich woods. Mobile County, 

 Chastangs BlulT. Lee County, Auburn ( I'nderwood .J'- Earle). Flowers greenish. 

 March; iufre(|uent. 



Type locality: '■ In woods and fields. North Carolina to Tennessee, south to F^lor- 

 ida and Alabama." 



Herb. ( ;eoI. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Trillium viride Beek, Am. .Jouru. Sci. 11 : 178. 182(5. 



Trillium iirid<f<C('ns Nntt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. ser. 2, 5 : 1.55, 1837. 



T. neHuih var. unttallii Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14 : 273. 1879. 



Stem rough-pubescent, at least at the top; leaves oliloug-ovate or broadly ovate, 

 acutish or somewhat obtuse, blotched, short-.attenuate at the base; .sei)als lanceolate 

 or liue.ir-lanci'olate; petals clawed, linear, acute, longer than the sepals, greenish 

 purple ; stamens one-third tin; length of the petals ; tilaments shorter than the anthers. 



Carolinian area. Tennessee, Missouri, and Arkansas. 



