452 ri-ANT LIl-'K OK ALABAMA. 



BURMANNIACEAE. Burmannia Family. 

 BURMANNIA I,. Sp. I'l. 1 : JS?. 1753. 



I'woiity s|(c(i(VH, mostly ill tiopiinl n-^^ions of Ixilli licimisplmnsH. Soiitheustorn 

 Nortli Aiiit'ric.i, L'. Tiny, aliimst leiitless, H:ipioi>hyti<; imnuiiis. 



Burmannia biflora I.. Sp. I'l. 1:1.'S7. 17r)3. Two-fi.owkkki. I?i kmannia. 



TriptcrtUa rnvruUa Nul f. (ini. 1 :2l'. IHIS. 



KM. Sk. 1:4:!. Crav. Man. o<l. (;,1!I7. Chii|i. I'l. I.'.l. Coiiltor, (Oiitr. Nat. Her)). 

 2 : 422. 



Wkst Indies. 



Carolinian and l.onisianian areas. 8oiiMuiii \ir;,nnia to Flmida, wost t() «)astiTn 

 Texas. 



Ai.AitAMA: I.dwrr I'inc ri';^ion. Coast jilain. I'eaty soil ol" jiinc haircns. Mol>iie 

 County. Sprin^iiill. llowers lavcmlcr liiiu-. October, November. 



Type lorality : '' Ihib. in \ir<;iuiae iialiidosis."' 



Herb. (ieol. .Surv. Herb. Molir. 



Burmannia capitata Mart. Nov. (Jen. et Sp. 1: 12. 182J. Capita pk ]U;rman.nia. 



I'oqi'lla iopihttd (iniclin, Syst. 107. 1791. 



Triplcrtlla cupitata Michx. Vl. Bor. Am 1 : 1<J, /. 3. 1803. 



Ell. .Sk. 1 : 43. Cb.ap. Fl. 152. Criseb. Fi. Brit. W. Ind. 60H. 



Wicsr Indies, Cayenne, Buazil. 



Lonisianiau area. From I'lorida to Nortli Carolina, west to Lt>nisianai. 



Alabama : Coast ]tlain. IJoj^jjy pine barrens. Mobile and Bablwin comities. 

 Flowers lavender blue. October, Noxembei'; fre(|nent. 



Type locality. " llab. in udis Caroliuae etiam(|ue Cayennae.' 



Herb. (jeol. Siuv. Herb. Molir. 



APTERIA Xntt. Jonrn. Acad. Phila. 7 : 6-1, t. !>. 1834. 



Tliree species, saiuopbytes, of tropical and subtroiiical Anniica. 



Apteria setacea Nutt. .Jonrn. Acad. Pliila. 7:64, ^ o. 1834. Lilac Aitkkia. 



A pterin lilacina .Miers, Trans. Linu. Soc 18: 141. 1811. 



Chai.. Fl. 452. 



West Indies to tkopicai, Bra/il. 



I>oulsianian area. I'lorida to Georgia, west to Louisiana. 



Alaram.\: Coast ])Iaia. ^baded banks amon<>- decayed leaves. Mobile County, 

 Bayou LaBatre. Baldwin County, Stockton. Flowers, like tbe wbole plant, tinged 

 with lilac. .July to September; not fie<|nent. Perennial. 



Clearly subsisting on decomitosing vegetable matter. Tbe rootlets of the numerous 

 contorted stems have never been found in organic connection with the roots of the 

 surrounding herbaccons or woody plants. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mobr. 



ORCHIDACEAE. Orchis Family. 



CYPRIPEDIUM L. Sp. I'l. 2:!t:.l. 17.53. 



About 50 s))e<ieB, jierennials, Kurope. Asia, tcmjxrate Mexico, Central America. 

 North America, 12. 



Cypripedium hirsutum Mill. Diet. ed. 8, no. 3. 17(i8. LAR<iE Lady's Si.iri-Ki;. 



Ci/pripediitm caJcrohm ft L. Sp. PI. 2 : 951. 1753. 



C. pnheHceriH Willd. Sp. PI. 4 : 1 13. 1805. 



Ell. Sk. 2:. 508. Gray. Man ed. 6. 511 Chap. Fl. 464. 



Canadian /.one to Carolinian ana. Nova Scotia, New F.riinswick, Quebec, and 

 Ontario to the Rocky Mountains; New England, west to .Minnesota, Nebraska, and 

 Colorado; throughout the Eastern States, south along the mountains to (jeorgia. 



Ai.auama: Mountain region to I'ppcr division of Coast Pine belt. Rich woods, 

 Madison County, Montesauo. Clarke County, Choctaw Corner. Flowers dingy yel- 

 low. April; infie(j^uent. 



