518 PLANT LIFE »>F ALA MAMA. 



CALYCOCARPUM Null. ; Torr. A- (Jray, V\. N. A. 1: 18. 1838. 



Ono HpiM-ifs. p«r(Miiiiiil cliinlKT, South Atlantic North America. 

 Calycocarpum lyoni ( I'ursh) (Jray, (ifii. 111. l:7t). 1818. Cur Skeu. 



.MeiiiniKriinim li/oiii I'lirsh, Fl. .Via. Sept . 2 : 1^71. 1816. 



(Jray. Maii.r.l.'i;. r.l. Chaii. Fl. Ki. (4ray. Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : Gli. 



('art)liiiiaii ami Loiiisinnian areas. Simlliern Illinois, southern MisHouri and from 

 soiitluTu KfUtucUy and iVnnt'sset' to Florida. 



Ai.auama: IVnucHson N'alley to Central Fine belt. Hitii damp banks. Mostly in 

 alluvial soil. LaudcnlaleCounty. Franklin County, K'ussellviile. HlountCounty, 

 Mnlltorry Hiver. Tuscaloosa County. Flowere white. .Iiinc Fruit ripe September, 

 ( letober, black ; twining over bushes. 



Tyjte locality: "'In Kentucky and Teunassee." 



Herb. Ceol. Surv. Herl). Mohr. 



BUTNERIACEAE (CALYCANTHACEAE). Calycanthus Family. 



BUTNERIA Duhamel, Trait. Arb. 113, t. -15. 1755. 



(liKiKERA, Ehret. PI. Rar. /. 13. 1755.) 

 (Calycanthus L. Syst. ed. 10, 1066. 1759.) 



Five species, shrubs, temperate North America and .Japan. 



Butneria fertilis (Walt.) Kearney, Bull. Torr. Clnb, 21 : 175. 189L 



Smooth Cai.ycantiius. Mountain Spice-wood. 



Caljica nihil n fertilis Walt. Fl. Car. 151. 1788. 



C glau(iif< and ('. laeiiiiatnn Willd. Enum. 559. 1809. 



V. inodorus Ell. Sk. 1 : 576. 1824. 



Ell. Sk. I.e. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 168. Cliap. Fl. 130. 



Alleshenian and Carolinian areas. Allegheny Mountains from Pennsylvania and 

 Virjjinia to Georgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region, Coosa hills. Low damp thickets, borders of streams. 

 Dekalli County. Mentone, banks of Littles River, 1,800 feet. St. Clair County, Coosa 

 Hills, 650 feet. Lee County, Auburn ( liaker <)• Karle). Flowers maroon purple, June ; 

 fruit ripe in September and <)ctol)er, remaining to the next season. Deleterious to 

 cattle. Shrub 6 to 8 feet high. 



Kconomic uses: Druamental shrub. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Butneria florida (L.) Kearney, Bull. Torr. Club, 21 : 175. 1894. 



Calycanthus. Carolina Allspice. 



Cah/canthus tloridiis L. Syst. ed. 10, 1066. 1759. 



C. Hterilis Walt. Fl. Car. 151. 1788. 



ElLSk. 1:.576. Gray, Man. ed. 6. 167. Chap. Fl. 130. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. 



.Vlabam.v : Lower I'ine region, border of pine-barren streams. Escambia, Baldwin, 

 and Mobile counties. Flowers maroon purple. April; fruit rarely seen. Frequent 

 in the Lower Pine region, thus far not observed north of the Coast Pino belt. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



t^conomic uses: Ornamental shrub. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LAURACEAE. Laurel Family. 



PERSEA ( ;aertn. Fruct. 3 : 222. 1805. 



Ten species, trees, of subtropical and tropical America. 

 Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. Syst. 2 : 268. 1824. Red Bay. 



Laurus horhonia L. S]). PI. 1 : 370. 1753. 



L. caroUnensis Michx. FL Bor. Am. 1 : 245. 1803. 



Persea carolinensis Nees. Svst. 150. 1836. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 461. Grav, Mail. ed. 6, 447. Chap. Fl. 393. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 383. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 5 : 4, f. SOI. 



Carolinian and ]>ouisianian areas. Southeastern Virginia south to Bay Biscayne 

 and Cape Komaues. Florida west to eastern Texas and Arkansas. 



