Ill PLANT LI IK OK A LA HA MA. 



iiiK'toii Coimty. Yfllo\v|.iin',. Clarkr Comity, 'rh<>iii;iH\ ill.-. I'.iildwin iiiul Mobile 

 roiintit's. Kliiwcis vfllow. .Iiiim to Aiif;ii8t ; ttmiiiKm. 



Typr Idiality: South ('.•imliiia. 



Uerh. <;i'ol. Snrv. Ilerli. Molir. 



STEMONACEAE. 

 CROOMIA I'nrr. : Turr. A (ir. Kl. N. A. 1 : ti()M. 1840. 



Two 8]>eci«'H, iKicniiial. Sonflitiii .lapaii. soiitlieaHtern NOrtli Aiiuiiia. 

 Croomia pauciflora Ton . ; Ton. A: Gray, Kl. N. Am. 1 : (it;:}. 1810. CitooMiA, 



iiimaiinielos piiiirillord Niitt. .loiini. .\(a<l. I'liila. 7:11. 1834. ( f ) 



Chap. Kl. 180. 



Loui.siauian aroa. (a-ori^ia. iiiiddli' I'loiida. 



Al-AJiA.M.v : Lower hillw. Sliadt-il hanks. Tuscaloosa ('oiinty (A'. A. -Smith). 

 Flowers maroon jmrpli'. .Manli. Aiiril ; loral, rare. 



Typo Ideality : "A8]>alaj,M. middle Florida, on tlic Apalachicohi LMver iimlfir the 

 shade ol Torni/ii Ui.rifoHa, Mr. Croom! Dr. Chapman!" 



Herb. Mobr. 



SMILACEAE. Smilax Family. 



SMILAX L. Sp. 1'1.2:1028. 17.53. Greknbrikr.' 



About 200 species. Tropieal and warmer temperate America; few in .Japan. 

 North Ameriea, 17. I'erennials: mostly sliriil>by climbers. 



Smilax herbacea L. Sp. 1*1. 2 : 10.30. 1753. Cai:i£I(»n Fi.owkh. 



Smilax pidvcruhma Miehx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:2.38. 1803. 



CopronmanlhuH herhacciis Kuntli, Enutn. 5:26.5. 18r)0. 



Smilax pedinuiilaris .Muhl. ; Wilid. Sp. PI. 4 : 780. 1800. 



Ciiprflxmanlhim 2ndu)uiilariii Kuuth, Enum. 5 :264. 1850. 



Ell. Sk. 2: 702. Grav, Man. ed. 0, .520. Chap. Fl. 477. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:432. 



.Japan. 



Allej;heuian and Carolinian areas. New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, and Sas- 

 katchewan; New En<rland to Minnesota and Nebraska; Ohio Valley to Missouri; 

 from New York south to Tennessee and western Louisiana {Hale), eastern Texas, and 

 Arkansas. 



ia: Mountain region. Dry copses. Wiuston County, Colliers Creek i 



lot 



Axabama: Mountain region. Dry copses. Wiuston County, Colliers Creek (T. 

 M. Peters). Tuscaloosa County (£../. 5mi7/i). Flowers green, ill-scented. May; not 

 common. Perennial. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Virginia, Marylaudia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 



Smilax ecirrhata (Phigelni. ) Wats, in Gray. Man. ed. 0, 520. 1890. 



Carrion Flower. 



CoprosnianthuK herbacea var. ecirrhata Eugelm. ; Kuuth. Enum. 5:266. 1850. 



Smilax hcrhaiea var. ecirrhata Gray ; DC. Mouogr. Phan. 1 : 52. 1878. 



S. herbacea Ell. Sk. 2 : 702. 1X21-24. 



Copronmanlhiis herbaceiis Kuuth. Enum. 5 : 261. 1850. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6. .520. Cliap. Fl. ed. 3, .504. 



AUegheniau and Carolinian areas. \'irginia west to Michigan and Missouri, south 

 to Georgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Lower hills. Shady copses, rich woods. Lee 

 County, Auburn (/>'. AVir/e). Cullman County. Tuscaloosa County ( A'. J. <5mi//0. 

 April, May. Flowers with odor of carrion. Not infrequent. 



Ty])e locality not separately given. 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Smilax glauca Walt. Fl. Car. 245. 1788. Sarsaparilla. Glaucous Greenbrier. 



Ell. Sk. 2: 697. Gray, Man. ed. 6, .520. Chap. Fl. 476. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 432. 



Mexico. 



AUegheniau and Carolinian areas. Southern New England to Florida, west to 

 Texas, Arkansas, and southern Missouri. 



' Thomas Morong, The Smilaceae of North and Central America, Bull. Torr. Club, 

 vol. 21, pp. 419 to 443. 1894. 



