506 PLANT LTFE OF ALA15AMA. 



'Vy]n^ lociility : " Ilal>. in collilms .ipiiciH Carolinac siijxirioriH ct (iooifjiiie." 

 Herb. Cool. Siirv. Hrrli. Molir. 



Magnolia tripetala L. Sp. PI. oil. 2,1: 756. 1762. Elkwoom. Umiujki.i.a Tkee. 



Maiinol'ui iimhrclhi Lam. ICncvcl. 3 : 673. 1783. 



EIL Sk.2:3s. (Jiay. Maii.c('l.(i, l!». Sai-^eiit. Silv. N. A. 1: 13, /. .9, W. Chap. PL 13. 



('aruliiiiaii ;iii<l Loui.siaiiiaii areas. SoutheastiTii Peiinsylvauia, south along the 

 inonntaiiis to (ieoii^ia ami iiortiieastcru Mi88iBsi]>iii. 



Ai.ahama: Mountain io<!;ioi) to Ui)i)cr division (loast Pino belt. Kich hillHides. 

 Winston County. Autauga County, I'rattvillo. Clarke County {Ji. A. SDiitk). 

 Small tree. Flowers white, May, June; not frequent. 



Peonomic uses: An ornamental tree. 



Type loeality: " llab. in Ciuoliiui, rarius in A'irginia." 



Herb. (!eol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Magnolia fraseri Walt. PI. Car. 15!). 1788. Pkaskk'.s MAtiNoi.iA. 



MaqnoVm aitricniata Lam. Pncycl. 3 : 673. 1783. 



Ell." Sk. 2:3!l. (Jrav. Man. ed. 6, 50. Chap. PI. 14. .Sargent, Silv. N. A. 1 : 19, /. 7/, 

 7,'. Gray. Syn. PI. 1, jlt. 1 : 60. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Prom Virginia along the mountains to Ala 

 bania and Pearl River N'alley. Mississip])!. 



Ai.auama: Central Pine belt, U)>i)er division Coast Pine belt. Chilton County, 

 Knighfs Perry. Clarke County, Suggsville {Dr. Denny). Butler County, Mon- 

 terey {/-J. A. Siiiitli). Flowers white, June; infrequent. 



A slender tree 25 to 30 feet high. 



Type loeality: .South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. .Snr\ . Herb. Mohr. 



Magnolia macrophylla Miehx. PI. Por. Am. 1 : 327. 1803. 



Large-leaf Cucumber Tree. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 40. Gray, Man. cd. 6, 49. Chap. PI. 14. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 1 : 11, /. 7. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Southeastern Kentucky, North Carolina to 

 western Florida, and the (Julf States to the Mississip])! Iviver. 



Alabama: .Mountain region to the coast. Rich woods on hillsides and in ravines. 

 Most fre(|aent and of best development in the valleys of the mountain region and 

 among the hills in the up))er (li\ ision of the Coast Pine belt, where trees were 

 observeil 16 to 30 inches in diameter. Rare in the Lower division of the Pine bolt. 

 Winston, Cullman, Clarke, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. Flowers April, May. 



Economic n.ses: Ornamental. 



Type locality: "Hab. in regiouibus occidentalibus fluvio Tenuassee tr.ajectis.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. .Mohr. 



LIRIODENDRON L. Sj.. PI. 1 : 535. 17.53. 



A single si^ecies of Pastern North America. 

 Liriodendron tulipifera L. Sp. PI. 1 : 535. 1753. TiLii' Tree. Yellow Poplar. 



Ell. Sk. 2:40. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 50. Chap. Fl. 14. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 1 : 19, 

 t. IS, II. Gray, Syn. PI. \. A. 1, pt. 1:61. 



Allegheuian to Louisianiau area. Southern New Fhigland west to southern Mich- 

 igan, southward to Florida and to the Gulf States. East of the Mississippi to 

 latitude 31^. Outlying region, southern Missouri and southeastern Arkansas. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Lower Pine belt. Of greatest develoiiment in the 

 Tennessee Valley. Less iieciuent in the rich lands above overflow in the Central 

 Prairie region and Ppper division of the Coast Pine belt. Flowers April, May. 



Large tree, 100 to 120 ft^et high, 2 to 4 feet and over in diameter. 



Economic uses: First class timber tree. The bark, "yellow-poplar bark," is used 

 mediciiuilly. 



Type locality: "Hab. in America septentrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ILLICIUM L. Syst. ed. 10, 2 : 1050. 1759. 



Four species; China and .Japan, 2. South Atlantic North America, 2. 

 Illicium floridanum Ellis, Phil. Trans. 60 : 524, 1. 12. 1770. Florida Star Anise. 

 Chap. PI. 13. (;ray,^ Syn. PI. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 59. 

 Louisiauian area. F^'lorida to Louisiana. 

 Alab.vma : Central Pine belt to the coast. Rich low woods. Most frequent iu the 



