EOSE FAMILY. 539 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 153. Chap. Fl. Snppl. 619: eel. 3, 132. 



Allewlieniaii aiifl ('aroliniaii areas. New York, nionntains of Pennsylvania. West 

 Virginia, J\eiiTucky, and southern Missonri, south to Georgia. 



Alabama : Tennessee Valley. Wooded hillsides. Lauderdale County, Florence. 

 Banks of Cyi)ress Creek (.1/. C. Jf'ilson). Flowers May, June. Rare. 



Type locality nut ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ARUNCUS Adans. Fam. PL 2 : 295. 176.3. 

 (Spiraea L. Sp. PI. 1 : 489. 1753. In part.; 



Two species, temperate Europe. North America 1. 

 Aruncus aruncus (L.) Karst. Deutsch. Fl. 779. 1880-1883. 



Spiraea aruncus L. Sp. PI. 1 : 490. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 1:513. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 153. Chap. Fl. 121. 



Boreal region to Carolinian area. Canada, Lake Superior to British Columbia; 

 Alaska; mountains of New York and Pennsylvania; Ohio v alley to Missouri. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Damp thickets. Cullman County. Franklin County, 

 Russellville. Perennial. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Austriae, Alvorniae montanis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PORTERANTHUS Britton, Mem. Torr. Clnb, 4: 115. 1894. 

 (GiLLKNiA Moench. Meth. Snppl. 286. 1802. Not ^'i7^e«« Adans. 1763.) 



Two species, Atlantic North America. 



Porteranthus stipulatus (Muhl. ) Britton, Mem. Torr. Clnb, 4 : 115. 1894. 



Indian Physic. 



Spiraea stipulata Muhl. ; Willd. Enura. 542. 1809. 



S. stipulacea Puish, FL Am. Sept. 343. 1814. 



Gilleiiia stipulacea Nutt. (ien. 1 : 307. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 562. (^Iray. Man. . d. 6, 154. Chap. Fl. 122. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. West Virginia, throughout the Ohio Valley, 

 western Missouri, Arkansas, south to Tennessee, and along the mountains to South 

 Carolina and Georgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Central Pino belt. Rich borders of woods and 

 shaded banks. Cullman County. Tuscaloosa County (K. J. Smith }. Autauga' 

 County, Prattville. Flowers white; not infreciuent. Perennial. 



Economic uses: The root, " wild ipecac," is used medicinally. 



Type locality : "Hab. in I'ensylvania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Porteranthus trifoliatus (L.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 4 : 115. 1894. 



Bowman's Root. 



Spiraea trifoliala L. Sp. PL 1 : 490. 1753. 



Gillenia trifoUata Moench. Meth. Snppl. 286. 1802. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 562. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 1.54. Chap. Fl. 121. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario, Michigan, New York to West ^'ir- 

 ginia, eastern Tennessee along the mountains to SoutJa Carolina and Georgia; rare 

 west of the Alleghanies. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Rich woods. Cullman County. Flowers white. 

 June. Only station known. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia, Canada.." 



Herb. Geol. iSurv. Herb. Mohr. 



NEVIUSIA Gray, Mem. Am. Acad. n. ser. 6 : 373. /. .10. 1859. 

 Single species, South Atlantic North America. 



Neviusia alabamensis Gray, Mem. Am. Acad. n. ser. 6 : 374. 1859. 



Alabama Nkviusia. 



Chap. Fl. 121. 



On the border of the Carolinian and Louisianian areas. 



Alabama: Lower hills. Shaded sandstone cliffs on the banks of the Warrior 

 River, in the vicinity of Tuscaloo.sa {E. A. Smith). Flowers whit(\ March. ap])eariiig 

 before the leaves. Shrub 3 to 4 feet high. One of the rarest plants, conlined to the 

 above locality. 1'latk IV. 



Tyjie locality: "In jiraernptis umbrosis jirope Tuscaloosam Alabamae, ubi legit 

 Dom. It. IK Vet'iHs. " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



