4 4(> PLANT LIl'K OK A BAHAMA. 



Smilax laiuifolia L. Sp. I'l. 2 : KCU). nns. IUv-i.k.m I5.\mih»<». 



Kll.Sk. 2 :(■.!•;». (Jniy. Man.t^il.ti, iVJl. Cliai). I'l '"•'• 



Cuniliiiiaii iiimI l.oiiiHiaiiiaii areas. Soiitlicrn N. w .lcrs«\v to I lorida, west to 

 Louisiana aixl ArkaiisaH. 



Ai.ahama: Central riiu- bflt to Coast i)laiM. \\ Ooiled swamps, most fre<|iu'iit in 

 alluvial soil. Tiisciiloosa ("onnty (A*. /'. .\erii(s ,\- /l(/m<///). Monlnomery, W'asli- 

 iiij;tcin. ( laike. Moliile, ami Haldwin coniitieH. j'lowerain .May; Iriiit matures second 

 year, Novemlu-r. Itfccmlxr ; black, ("oinmon. 



A stout vine with lon;j hranclies, climliiun ovrr trees. 



Tvpo locality: "liah.in Vir;iiuia, Carolina.' 



llVrli. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Molir. 



Smilax piimila Walt. l"l. Car. 211. 17HH. DwAiti Smii.ax. 



Smilox piihna Michx. Kl. Hor. Am. 2 : U'lW. WVA. 



Kll.Sk. 2 :(■)!•!•. Chap. I'l. ITti. 



Louisiauiaii area. South ('aiolina. I'ioi'iila. Louisiana, and eastern 'r«!xas (Cass 

 County). 



Aiai-.ama: Melaniorphic hills. Coast I'iue bell. Sha<iy banks in ])iiie woods. 

 Lee County, Auliurn (/'. N. KttrU). Clarke County (lh\ Deuin/K Kscanibia County, 

 Wilson's .st.iticm. Mobih^ County. Sprinj^hill. May; I'ruit ( (ctolier, November; 

 scarlit. Plants with white limies have been observed. l'r(!(|uent. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Herb. (Jeol. Snrv. Herb. Mobr. 



Smilax waiter! I'ursh, Fl. Am. Sept. l:l'l'J. isM. Coicai. S.mii,a.\. 



.S)//,7,(j- c((rfHc« Kll.Sk. 2: 70L 1K21. Not L. 



Kll.Sk. l.c (iray. Man.ed.6. .^JO. Chap. n.47(i. 



Carolinian and Lcmi.sjanian areas. New .lers(!y, Vir<^inia, and Tennessee; south- 

 ern Atlantic and (iulf States to Louisiana, 



Ai.auama: Coast I'ine belt. Coast plain. Wooded swani]»s. Clarke County, Sugjfs- 

 ville (/>r. /^^nii//). Mobile and Maldwin counties. May. I'ruit ripe October, Nov- 

 ember; berries scarlet, ]»ersistent over wintei", matures the second year. Frei|uent. 



Type locality : "In the lower .sandy countries of Virginia and Carolina, on river 

 sides." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. M(djr. 



Smilax lanceolata L. Sp. I'l. 2 : 1031. 17.")3. Swekt-.sckntko Smilax. 



Smilaj- orntd I'ursh. Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 2l!1. 1811. 



Ell.Sk.2:fiiis. (irav, Man.ed.ti, oL'l. Chap. FL 476. Coulter, Conlr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 43:5. 



Candinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia, North Carolina to Florida, 

 west to eastern Texas. 



Alahama: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Rich borders of woods and 

 shaded swamps. I'ike County, I'roy. Montgomery and Mobile counties. Flowers, 

 May..Iune; fruit nuitures the second year in the fall; red. 



An elegant evergreen vine with nuiny long slender branches. Much u.sed for 

 decorations in winter. 



Type locality : "llab.in N'irginia." 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 



HAEMODORACEAE. Bloodwort Family. 

 GYROTHECA Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. 1 : :V27. \XV2. 

 (Lai ii.NA.NTiiKS KU. Sk. 1 : 47. 1817.) 

 One species, ])erennial, Atlantic North America. Southern. 



Gyrotheca capitata (Walt.) Morong, Bull. Torr. Club. 20: 172. 1S93. Rkd Root. 



AnonijmuH ((i]>it<ita Walt. Fl. Car. (19. 17S8. 



Hcrititrti i/mtlini Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:21. 180:>. 



(iiirotheca tiurlnria Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. 1:327. 1812. 



La<lin(iiitli(n thictoria EU. Sk. 1: AT. 181(J. 



(iray, Man. ed. (!, 512. Chap. Fl, 469. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Rhode Island, New .Jensey to Florida, west to 

 Missi8sipi>i. 



