508 1M,.\NT LIKK OK ALA15AMA. 



Asiinina pygmaea (KiirtrnnO (!ray. Mot. (Ja/.. 11: KU. 1X86. Not Dunal. 1817. 



Low ASIMINA. 



Aiioua pyqmafa ISartriiiii, TiunoIh. IS. /. /. 17!tl. 

 Kll.Sk.2:J.S. Cha)). Fl. !.■). 

 LoiiiHianiaii aroa. (ioorjjia and I'lorida. 



Ai.aiiama: I'jijtcr (livisidii of Coast I'iiK- Ix-lt. \^;\.\v>(UnMi\y (K. A. Smith). I'lowers 

 wliitt', .\iii;ii8t; rare. 



'I\]i(' locality: " Hah. in Carolina ot Florida." 



Herb. ( ;»'(>!. Siirv. Herb. Molir. 



Saud billauuar " the ferry on St. Illi« aboiit Hixty niilos Honth of tho Altaniaha." 



RANUNCULACEAE. Crowfoot Family. 



HYDRASTIS L. SvMt. ed. 10, in88. lYnft. 



Two spocicH. Atlanfic North Anirrica, Japan. Perennial hcrl»H. 



Hydrastis canadensis L. Sp. I'l. cd. 2, 1: 784. 1762. 



Ykli.owkoot. Yki.i.ow Pcccoon. 



<;ray. Man.od.6, 4S. Chap. Fl. 11. (iray, Syn. Fl. X.A. 1. pt. 1 : 56. 



Allej^hmian and Carolinian areas. Southwestern Ontario, New York to WisconBin, 

 Iowa, Missouri, Ark.insas. and the Ohio \' alley, sonth along the monntains to (Jeorgia. 



Alahama: Tennessee ^'alley to the Coast Pine belt. Rich shady woods. Cullman 

 County. Chilton County, Knight's Ferry. Flowers greenish white, April ; rare. 

 I'lTcnnial. 



Fcononiic uses: The root is the "golden seal" or " Hydrastis" of the T. S. Phar- 

 macoiKeia. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Canadae aquis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ISOPYRUM L. Sp. PI. 1 : 557. 17.53. 



Seven species, temperate zones North Hemisphere. Europe, eastern Asia. Peren- 

 nial herljs. 



laopyrum biternatum (Raf. ) Torr. *fc Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 660. 1840. 



Mountain Wind Flowkr. 



Enemion biternatum Raf. .lourn. Phys. 91 : 70. 1820. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 44. Chap. Fl. 9. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 40. 



AUeghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario, southwestern Virginia to Minnesota, 

 south to North Carolina. 



Alabama: Tennessee A'alley to Lower hills. Rich shady woods and banks. Lauder- 

 dale County, Florence, bluffs of the Tennessee River. Tuscaloosa and Ciilliiian 

 counties. Flowers white, February, March. Not infrcijnent; perennial. 



Type locality : Kentucky {Shu)-lj. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ZANTHORHIZA LMIer. Stirp. Nov. 79. 1784. 



One species, Atlantic North America. A low shrub. 

 Zanthorhiza apiifolia L'Her. Stirp. Nov. 79, t. 34. 1784. Siiht'b Ykli.owroot. 



P:il.Sk. 1:377. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 48. Cha]). Fl. 11. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : .56. 



AUeghenian to Louisianian area. Allegheny Mountains, from southwestern New 

 York to Florida. Kentucky, and Tennessee. 



Alabama : Tt iinessee Valley to Lower Pine region, most frequent in the mountains. 

 Shaded banks of brooks. Clay County, waterfall near Pulpit Rock, 2,200 feet. Cull- 

 man. Madison. Tuscaloosa, Clarke, Choctaw, and Mobile counties. 



Shrul) ^ to 1 foot high. 



Economic uses: The root, known as ''yellow root," is used medicinally .and as a 

 dye. 



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



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ACTAEA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 504. 17.53. 



Two species, temperate regions Northern Hemisphere. Europe, Atlantic North 

 America. 



