r)'M\ IM.AXT LIKK OF ALAl'.AMA. 



Hydrangea arborescens cordata ( I'msli ) 'Ion-. A (iruy, I"l. N'. A. 1 :.")!»!. islK. 



Willi 1 IVDl'.ANCiKA. 



Hi/dniiKiea vordatn I'lirsli. 11. Am. Sept. l:;{(i;t. 1S17. 



Kll.Sk.'l :.-.()!•. 



Carolinian .irea. Moiinlaiiis >>f I'cimeB.see. Carolina, and Georf^ia. 



Alabama: .Mnmituin rc;ii<>n. Lower liills. Sliadrd rich hillside.^^, rocky avogjIh. 

 Clay County. Talladifia Crick, near .Moselcy. 1,000 feet. Tuscaloosa County. Wins- 

 ton ("ouuly. 1,.".()0 ffi't. Flowers white, .Inly. Slirnlt (! to « Icet. \\\\:,\\\ not lre(|nent. 



In tlie extrenu' torui i|uite distinct. eonnecte<l however with the type, hy iuter- 

 f^radinjj forms. 



Ty]io locality : "On the mountains oCCaiolina." 



Herb. (ieol.Surv. Herb. Mtihr. 



Hydrangea cinerea Small. Hull. Torr. Clnh, 25 : 14.S. 189S. 



Ivobnst shrul). :5 1o I feet lii^h. Leaves thinnish, broadly ovate to elliptical, acu- 

 niiuate, more oi- less cordate at the base, 2^ to '^\ inches wide, about 5 in<he8 long, 

 ciuereons-canesceiit on the lower side, petioles about half tin? leufrth of the leaf 

 blades; corymbs spreading; radiate sterile llowers not nuiuerons, their calyx lobes 

 ronndisli, (d>tiise; stamens loug-exserted; capsules small, crowned by the 2 or 3 

 erect- spreading styles. 



Carolinian area. Tennessee, Georgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region, 'I'ennessee Valley. Shaded rocky banks and ravines. 

 Tuscaloosa County. Lauderdale County, Floience, banks of the Tennessee Kiver. 

 .June, 1892. 



Resembles the mountain forms of Hydraiif/ea arborescens with broad, cordate leaves, 

 pale beneath ; recognizird. however, at tirst sight by its more rolmst habit of growth, 

 the cinereous close jjubescence of the lower siile of the leaves, the more widely 

 sjjreading cymes, tln^ obtuse round calyx lobes of the ray (lowers, and the conspic- 

 uously exserteil stamens. 



Type locality : "Western slopes of the.Vlleglicuy Mountains. Tennessee and Geor- 

 gia.'"' 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. 1 lerb. Mohr. 



Hydrangea quercifoUa Bartram, Travels, 382, /. 7 (ed. 2, 380). 1791. 



Oak-lkak Hydrangea. Sevknbauk. 



Ell. Sk. 1:510. Chap. Fl. 15.5. 



Carolinian and Louisianian aieas. Cieorgia and Florida to Louisiana. 



Alabama : Mountain region to Coast plain. Wooded hillsides, ravines, high banks 

 of streams. Abunilant throughout the mountains and lower hills. Sparsely scat- 

 tered throughout the Prairie region and Coast Tine belt. Winston, Madison, Cull- 

 man. ;md 'Tuscaloosa counties. Escambia County, Flomaton. Mobile County, shell 

 bank on Dog Kiver. I lowers white, A])ril, May. Shrub 4 to fi ieet Jiigb. 



Economic uses: Ornamental and cultivated. 'The bark. '• sevenbark," is used in 

 domestic medicine. 



Type loealitv: Kegion of the Ocniulgee Riv<ir, soutliern (ieorgia. 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. .Mohr. 



ITEA L. Sp. I'l. 1 : li)9. 1753. 



One species, southern Atlantic North America. 

 Itea virginica L. Sp. PI. 1 : 199. 1753. A'ikginian Itka. 



Ell. Sk. 1:293. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 171. Chap. Fl. 155. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New .lersey ahmg the Atlantic slope 

 to I'lorida and tlirouglmut the Gulf States to Louisiana and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Tennessee Vallej' to the Coast jdain. Shadeil wet borders of streams, 

 most common in the Lower I'me region and Coast i)lain. Lauderdale. Cullman, Mont- 

 gomery, and Mol)ile counties. FMowers white; end of May, .June. Shrub 4 to 6 feet 

 high ; common. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herli. Mohr. 



DECUMARIA L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 2 : 10(13. 1703. 



Two species, China. Southeastern North America 1. 

 Decumaria barbara L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 2 : l()t)3. 17()3. Carolina Dkciimahia. 



Decnmaria sarmentosa I'll. Sk. 1 : 534. 1817-21. 



Ell. Sk. I.e. Gray. Man. ed. 6. 174. Chap. Fl. 1.5,5. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia (Dismal Swamp), along the 

 Atlantic slope to Florida, and throughout the (Julf States to Louisiana. 



