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Actaea alba (L.) Mill. Card. Diet, ed.8, no. 2. 1768. White Baxebkrry. 



Aetata spicata var. alha L. Sp. PI. 1 : 504. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 15. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 48. Chap. Fl. 11. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 55. 



Allegheniaii and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia and Ontario, west to British 

 Columbia; southern New England, Ohio Valley to Arkansas, along the mountains to 

 South Carolina. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Central Pine belt. Lee County, xVuburn {Baker <f 

 Earle). Cullman County. Madison County, Montesauo. Tuscaloosa County ("/;;. J. 

 Smith). Flowers white, April; berries white, ripe in July ; infrequent. I'ereunial. 



Tj^pe locality : " Hab. in nemoribus Americae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CIMICIFUGA L. Amoen. Acad. 8 : 193. 1774. Bugbane. 

 About 10 species. Eastern Europe, Asia, North America, 3. 



Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt. Gen. 2 : 15. 1818. Black C'ohosh. 



Actaea racemosa L. Sp. PI. 1 : 504. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 16. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 47. Chap. Fl. 11. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 54. 



Allegheuian to Carolinian area. Southern Ontario, southwestern New England, 

 west to Wisconsin, south along the mountains to Georgia, Arkansas, central Missouri. 



Alabama: Tennessee A'alley. Coosa Hills. Mountain region. Rich open woods, 

 chiefly in calcareous soil. Blount County, Blount Springs. Dekalb County, Valley- 

 head, 1,000 feet {E. A. Smith). St. Clair and Tallapoosa counties. Flowers white, 

 June; fruit ripe in July ; frequent. Perennial. 



Economic uses: The root is the *' black suakeroof or "Cimicifuga" of the United 

 States Pharmacopo'ia. 



Tyi)e locality : " Hab. in Florida, Virginia, Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



AQUILEGIA L. Sp. Pi. 1 : 533. 1753. 



About 50 species described. Temperate regions Northern Hemisphere. North 

 America about 14. 



Aquilegia canadensis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 533. 1753. Wild Columbine. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 20. Gray, Man, ed. 6, 46. Chap. Fl. 9. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 44. 



Mexico. 



Canadian zone to Carolinian area. Quebec and Ontario west to Manitoba, Sas- 

 katchewan, and the Rocky Mountains. New England to Nebraska and Dakota, 

 south along the mountains to western Florida. 



Alabama : Tennessee Valley. Prairie region. Rocky woods. Lauderdale County, 

 blufts Tennessee River {M.C. Jf'ilsoii). Autauga County, I'rattville (E. A. Smith). 

 Flowers coral-red, June; not l're(iuent. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia, Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 



DELPHINIUM L. Sp. PI. 1 : 530. 1753. 



Abotit 120 species described. Herbs. Temperate and mountainous regions of the 

 Northern Hemisphere. North America 25, Atlantic 4. Ours perennial. 



Delphinium carolinianuna Walt. Fl. Car. 155. 1788. Azure Larkspur. 



Delphinum azuretim Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 314. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2:18. Gray. Man. ed. 6,46. Chap. Fl. 10. Grav, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 1 : 46. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 9. 



Mexico. 



Canadian zone to Carolinian areas. Manitoba, Saskatchewan ; Wyoming, Nebraska, 

 Missouri, and western Illinois; south from North Carolina to western Florida, west 

 to Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. 



Alabama: Tennessee valley to Central Prairie region. Open copses. Lawrence 

 County, Moulton. Bibb County, Tionus. Dallas, Montgomery, Autauga counties. 

 Lee County, Auburn (7>V/Aer cf-^ar/e, 18). Flowers azure. April, May; not rare. Per- 

 ennial. Most fre(iuent in the limestone valleys and central prairies. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Delphinium urceolatum Jacq. Coll. 1: ^53. 1786. Tall Larkspur. 



Delphinium exaltatum Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 : 244. 1789. 

 EU. Sk, 2 : 19. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 46. Chap. Fl. 10. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 46. 



