n.SS I'LAN'l' LIKK OK ALAUAMA. 



K«-t»nomir iihoh: Tlu* Ic.iv fs arc lli.- witcli lia/cl or " I lanianiflis "of tin- I'liitiMl States 

 I'liariiiai'opn'ia. 



l'\]>r locality. "Hall, in \ ir^iinia." 

 Herb. (;co|. Smv. Herb. .Molir. 



LIQUIDAMBAR I,. .Sp. IM. 2 : !•!»!». 17.".:i S\VKKT-(;iM TuKK. 



Konr spwies. .\sia, .Vtlantic North America ami Mexico. 

 Liquidambar styraciflua L. Si>. PI. 2 : 9it!t. 17.".:i Swkbt (Jum. liK.n Gum. Uilsikd. 



Kll. .-ik. 2:(;l'1. (iray. Man. ed. fi, 180. C'lia].. I'l. l.^u. Sar<,'ont, Silv. N. A. 5 : 1«, 

 t. i:>9. 



Mkmco. (Juatkmai.a. 



Carolinian ami Loiiisiaiiiaii are.is. Sontheasttrii Coniucticut, southern New York, 

 New .lensev. West \iruinia, and Ohio N'aliey to sontlitiaHtein Missouri and ArkanaaH, 

 Hontli to Floriila and tiironghont the (Jnlf States to the Trinity Valley, Texas. 



Ai.aiiama: Over thi- State. Ivich bottoms and border of swainits. In greatest 

 development .sonth of the rejjion of I.ower hills to the Coast I'iue belt. Flowers 

 {;n'cn, Kebrnary, March. 



Kcononii<' uses: Valuable timber tree. The balsamic exudation, "sweet gnm," 

 and tlie bark, '•sweet-gum bark." are used medicinally. 

 Tviie locality: " Hab. in \irginia, Mexico.'' 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. H<rl.. .Mohr. 



PLATANACEAE. Plane Tree Family. 



PLATANUS L. Sp. i'l. 2:it!tfl. 17.">:>. Plane Tkkk. BittonwooI). 



Three species, Euroiie, Asia. North America, 2. 

 Platanus occidentali.s L. Sp. PI. 2:Hi>9. 17.53. Sycaj.iohk. IUtttonwood. 



Kll. Sk. 2 : (ii'O. (irav, Man. ed. 0, 167. Chap. Fl. 41S. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 1 10. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 7 : 102. 



Alleghenian to Lonisi.inian area. Ontario, soiiihern Maine, west to Nebraska and 

 Kansas ami south tlirongliont the ( )hio Valley to Florida, eastern Texas, and Arkansas. 



Ai.aijama: Over the State. lu bottom lamls, chielly in the central sections, far- 

 thiT .south sparsely scattered, and in the coast region scarcely indigenous, llowers 

 May; fruit ripi' Sejitember. 



Typt^ locality: '* Hab. in America s<!]it(mtrionali.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ROSACEAE. Rose Family. 



OPULASTER Medic. PH. Anat. 2:109. 1799. 



(Piiysocari'a Kaf. New Fl. N. A. 3 : 73. 1836. ) 



(Nkillia Don, Prodr. Fl. Noj). 228. 182.5. ) 



Four or 5 species shrubs, mountains of Asia. North America, 2. 

 Opulaster opulifolius (L.) Kuutze, Kev. Gen. PI. 2 : 919. 1891. Ninkbark. 



.Spiraea opnlifoUu L. Sp. PI. 1 : 489. 17.53. 



I'ln/sorarpd opiilit'olid Kaf. New Fl. N. A. 3 : 73. 1836 



Neillia opnli folia Henth. & 1 look. (ien. PI. 1 : 612. 1865. 



Kll. Sk. 1 : .5(10. (Jray. Man. e.l. 6, 153. Chap. Fl. 120. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Quebec and Ontario to Saskatchewan; New 

 Kngland west to Minnesota, Neiiraska, and Colorado, south to New York, Ohio, Illi- 

 nois, southeastern Missouri, Arkansas, and from West Virginia to Georgia. 



Ai.aisama: Tennessee Valley. Metamorphic hills. Rocky banks of streams. 

 Lauderdale County, Florence, banks of Cyjtre.ss Creek (J/. ('. Wilson). Lee County, 

 Auburn ( I\arle). Flowers white, Ai)ril. Shrub 8 to 12 feet high; rare. 



Tyi)e locality: " Hab. in Virgiuia, Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 1 Icrb. Mohr. 



SPIRAEA L. Si>. PL 1 : 189. 17.53. Simbaka. 



Ff)rty species shrubs or perennial herbs of tlm temperate North Hemisphere, En- 

 rope, Asia. North America, 4 or 5. 



Spiraea corynibosa Kaf. I'rec. Decouv. .36. 1814. Meadow-swekt. 



Spiraea betulaefoHa var. coryinbosa Wats, in Gray, Man. ed. 6, 153. 1890. 



