SAXIFRAGE FAMILY. 535 



PARNASSIA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 273. 1753. 



Nineteen species, tempei;ite and cooler regions, Northern Hemispbere, Europe, 

 Asia. North America, 6. 



Farnassia asarifolia Vent. Jard. Malmais. 39. 1803. Akai5acc.\-lkaf Parnassia. 



El!. Sk. 1:371.'. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 173. Chap. Fl. 38. 



Carolinian area. Allegheny Mountains from Virginia to Georgia. 



Alaba.ma: Mountain region. Clay County, Shinboue Valley, 1,000 feet. Margins 

 of brooklets. Without Howers; rare. Perennial. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Parnas^ia r.RANDiFOLiA DC. Prodr. 1: 320, 1824, which occurs from southwestern 

 Virginia to Florida, is not inf're(|uent in the Pearl Ri\ er Valley. PoplarvilJe, Miss., 

 and is to be looked for in the western parts of the long-leaf jjine belt of this State. 



Parnassia caroliniaxa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 181, 1803, is not rare in southeast- 

 ern Mississippi, and is to be looked for in southwestern Alabama. 



PHILADELPHUS L. Sp. PI. 1: 470. 1753. Syringa. 



About 20 species, shrubs, temperate regions. Japan, Himalayas. North Amer- 

 ica 6. 



Philadelphus graiidiflorus Willd. Enum. .511. 1809. Large-flowered Syringa. 



Ell. Sk. 1:538. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 174. Chap. Fl. IHG. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Mountains of Virginia to Georgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Lee County, Auburn ( Vnder- 

 wood 4' Earle), April, 1896. Tuscaloosa County {E. A. Smith). 



Economic uses: An ornamental shrub. 



Type locality: " Hab. in America boreali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb Mohr. 



Philadelphus inodorus L. Sp. PL 1 : 470. 1753. Odorless Syrixga. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : .538. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 174. Chap. Fl. 1.56. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Mountains of Virginia to South Carolina. 



Alabama: Central Prairie region. Ui)per division Coast Pine belt. Dry copses, 

 hillsides. Wilcox County (S. B. Bucldiij). Clarke County, Lisbon, calcareous 

 bluffs of Alabama River. Flowers white. May. Shrub 4 to 6 feet high; not fre- 

 quent. 



Economic uses: Ornamental. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Philadelphus hirsutus Nutt. Gen. 1 : .301. 1818. ROfGH-HAiUY Syringa. 



Chap. Fl. 156. 



Carolinian area. Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee. Mountains of North Car- 

 olina and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley and Mountain region. Dekalli County, cliffs Look- 

 out Mountain, 1,600 to 1,800 feet, near Mentone. Lauderdale County, Florence, 

 rocky banks Cypress Creek. Flowers white. May, first days of June. Shrub 3 or 

 4 feet high ; infrequent. 



Type locality: "On the rocky banks of French Broad river, Tennessee, near the 

 Warm Springs, abundant." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



HYDRANGEA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 397. 17.53. Hydrangea. 



Thirty species, warmer temperate eastern Asia. Atlantic North America. 

 Hydrangea arborescens L. Sp. PI. 1: 397. 17.53. Wild Hydrangea. Sevenbark. 



Hildxuiqm vi(I(/arix Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 268. 1803. 



Eil. Sk. 1 :r>09. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 173. Chap. Fl. 1.55. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Southern New York, Pennsylvania. Western 

 Ohio ^'iilley to Missouri, south to Florida, Mississippi, and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley to Central Pine belt. Wooded hillsides. Shaded 

 banks of streams. Clay County, Moseley. Lauderdale County, Florence. Dekalb 

 and Cullman counties. Walker County, near Jasper. Tuscaloosa County. Bibb 

 County (E. A. Smitli). Flowers white, June. Shrul) 1^ to 2 I'eet high. 



Economic uses: The root, under the name " Hydrangea," is used medicinally. 



Type locality : -'Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



