584 TLANT I.IFK <>K ALAHAMA. 



TIARELLA I .. S]i. I'l. 1 : lOf). 17r.3. Falsi; MnKK\V(»in-. 



I'liiir or "i spociew, AbI.-i. Nortli Ainerir.i, 'A. 

 Tiaiella coidifolia L. Sp. I'l. 1: 10;".. 17r.3. Fai.sk MniMnvoitT. 



(Jray. Man.-.l.t;, 171. (^ha]). Fl. IM. 



NoUTIIWKSTKKN A.>^lA, SlItKlilA. 



Alloi,'lit'iiiiin to I.onisi.uiian area. Nova Scotia, Ontario; New En<jlaiul west to 

 iMiimi'sota, .south to Tciinesseo, North Carolina, and Mis-sissippi. 



Ai.aiiama: TtMinessee \'allty. Mountain roj;ion to Coast I'lnt; holt. Danij.shadtMl 

 li.mks and rooky woods. LaudtTdale. Lawrence, Winston, Walkor, and Tuscaloo.sa 

 ciMinlies. Clarke County. Sujifisville ( Dr. Dennij) ; most southerly station. Flowers 

 whit<', Ajtril ; not couinion. I'erennial. 



Typf lot ality : " llal>. in America et Asia septcntriouali." 



llorh. (jieol. ISurx . llcrh. Molir. 



HEUCHERA L. Sj.. I'l. 1: L'lT,. 17r.3. 



Twenty-four species, jx-rcnnials. Atlantic and I'acitic North America to the 

 mountains of Mexico. 



Heuchera americana L. Sp. PI. 1:226. 1753. Alum Root. 



KU. Sk. 1 : 337. Gray, Man. ed. (5, 172. Chap. Fl. l.->2. 



Allefjjlienian and t.'arolinian areas. Southern Ontario; Connecticut west to Min- 

 nesota, south to Arkansas; Ohio Valley, and along the mountains to Geor<j;ia. 



Ai.aha.ma: Tcnnes.see Valley. Mountain region. Rocky open woods. Lauder- 

 dale, Cullman, and Hlonnt counties. Tuscaloosa County {E. A. Smith); most south- 

 erly station. Flowers white, April; not common. 



Economic uses: The root, called "alum root," is used medicinally. 



Type locality : " Ilab. in \irginia." 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herh. Mohr. 



Heuchera rugelii Shuttlew. ; Kun/e, Linnaea, 20: 43. 1847. Rrr.KL's Alum Ro<it. 



(Jray, Man. ed. (>. \T1. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 622; ed. 3, 144. 



Carolini.m area. Mountains of \irginia, west to Kentucky and southern Illinois, 

 south on the mountains from Tennessee to Georgia. 



ALA15AMA : Mountain region. Damp shaded sandstone rocks. Winston County, 

 Collier's Creek, l,.^(l() feet. Lawrence Coujity, Mountaiu Home; in the so-called 

 rock houses. Cullman County. Flowers white, .Inly, Aunust ; infrenneut. 



Type locality: " Broad River, North Carolina." Rugcl. 



Herl). Geol. Snrv. Herh. Mohr. 



Heuchera hispida I'ursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 188. 1814. 



llciivhcra richardsonii R. Br. in Frankl. .Jonrn. 766, 1. 29. 1823. 

 Gray. Man. ed. 6, 172. Chap. Fl. 141. 

 Canadian /one to Carolinian area. 



Alaisa.ma: Metamorj.hic hills. On rocks, r.illadojra Conntv. Kahatchee 

 Mountain, .June, 1899 (C. I). Beadle). 



Tyjjc locality: "On high mountains of Virginia aiid Carolina." 

 Herb. Biltmore. 



Heuchera hispida hirsuticaulis Wheelock, Bull. Torr. Clnl>, 17:199. 1870. 



Carolinian area. Illinois .•nid Missouri. 



Alahama: Tennessee Valley. Damji shaded clitfs, b.anks of Tennessee River. 

 Tuscaloosa County {E. A. Smith). Flowers .June; rare. 



Tyjie locality: " Missouri.— St. Louis, Engelmann ; Louisiana, Pech." 



Herb. Gool. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



LEPUROPETALON Kll. Sk. 1 :370. 1S17. 



One species, southeastern North America. 

 Lepuropetalou spathulatiim (Mnlil. ) Ell. Sk. 1 : 370. 1817. 



Fysidanthera sjmthulata Muhl. ( 'at. 24. 1813. 



p:il.Sk.l. c. Cha].. Fl. ir.2. 



Louisianian area. Georgia and South Carolina. 



Alaha.ma: Coast plain. Damp grassy banks in sandy soil. Mobile County. 

 Flowers in March; not common. A small annual, hidden in the grass and easily 

 overlooked. 



Type locality: "Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



