CUSTAED APPLE FAMILY. 507 



Coast Pine belt in the semi-swampy woods bordering pine-barren streams. Mobile, 

 Baldwin, Monroe, Clarke, Washington, Montgomery, Hale, and Tuscaloosa counties. 

 Lamar County, Vernon. Flowers maroon, March, April. Shrub 6 to 8 feet high. 

 Ill-scented. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SCHIZANDRA Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:218. 180.S. 



Three or 4 species, woody climbers, warmer regions of Asia. South Atlantic 

 North America, 1. 



Schizandra coccinea Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 219, /. 47. 1803. 



SCARLET-FRriTED SCHIZANDRA. WiLD SaRSAPARILLA. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 582. Chap. Fl. 13. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1 , pt. 1 : 58. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, western Louisiana (Red River, 

 Jos. Hale). 



Alabama: Central Prairie region. In rich woods, bottoms. Marengo County, 

 Luther's Store. Flowers deep crimson, .lune. Berries scarlet. Ripe August, Sep- 

 tember. Rare. 



A climbing shrub, stem 20 to 25 feet long. 



Economic uses: Tlie aromatic stem, called "wild sarsaparilla," is used like sassa- 

 fras as a domestic remedy. 



Tyi»e locality: "Hab. in iimbrosis Carolinae et Georgiae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ANONACEAE. Custard Apple Family. 



ASIMINA Adans. Fam. PI. 2:365. 1763.' 



About 7 species, trees and sluubs of warmer America. Atlantic North America 6, 

 chiefly Southern. 



Asitnina triloba (L.) Dunal, Monogr. Anon. 83. 1817. Papaw. 



Anona iriloha L. Sp. PI. .537. 1753. 



Uvaria irUoha Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 45. 1838. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 42. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 50. Chap. Fl. 15. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 1 : 23, 1. 15, 16. 

 Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 63. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario, western New York, and central Penn- 

 sylvania, west to Michigan, southeastern Nebraska, and Kansas, south throughout 

 the Ohio ^'alle\' to the pine belt of the South Atlantic and Gulf States, and west 

 to eastern Texas and Arkansas. 



Alabama : Tennessee Valley to the Upper division of the Coast Pine belt. Rich- 

 woods. Montgomery County. Autauga County, Prattville (southern limit). Com- 

 mon throughout the Mountain region. Flowers brown. March, April; fruit yel- 

 low, pulpy, edible. August, September; frequent. 



Small tree, 10 to 15 feet high. 



Economic uses : The fruit is edible. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Asimina parviflora (Michx.) Dunal, Monogr. Anon. 82, t.9. 1817. 



Small-flowered Papaw. 



OrcMdocarpnm parviforiim Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 329. 1803. 



Uraria jjarviflora Torr. & Grav, Fl. N. A. 1 : 45. 1838. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 41. Chap. Fl. 15. Gray, Syn. Fl. N A. 1, pt. 1 : 63. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. 



Alabama : Lower Mountain region to Coast plain. Most frequent throughout the 

 Lower Pine belt. In sandy dry open woods. Lee County, Auburn (Baker <f Earle). 

 Cullman, Tuscaloosa, and Clarke counties. Wilcox County (^»cA;/e)/). Washiugtou, 

 Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers greenish purple, April; fruit August, Sep- 

 tember; common. 



Shrub 2 to 4 feet high. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina et Georgia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



' Geo. Nash, Revision of the Genus Asimina in North America, Bull. Torr. Club, 

 vol. 23, pp. 234 to 241. 1896. 



