(>0H I'LANT LIFK OK ALAHAMA. 



Aesculus pavia L. Sj). I'l. 1:M\. 17r>:i. Ukd I'-uckkyk. 



KIl. Sk. 1 : i:r>. (hay. Man. ed. C>. 11(>. Chap. V\. 7!t. 



Caroliiiiaii and l.ouisianian .-in-a. reiinsyh ania and Hontbeastcni \irgiuia south 

 ti> Floriila. wost to Loiiisi.iiia, Arkansas, and soutliein Missouri. 



Ai.AHAM.v : Thronjihout tho .State, lielow KOO feet altitude. Bord(MH of open copses 

 in niodoratt'ly fertile soil. Madison, County, iluntsville. Tnsealoosa, Montgomery 

 Mobile, and Ualdwin counties. Flowers scarlet. March, April; fruit rip<! October. 

 On the hills of the Tennessi'e \'alley, freiiuently 10 to 12 feet liifjli. Most common 

 in the open rii h coj)scs of the Coast jdain, there a shrub, rarely over 8 feet high. 



Kconouiic uses: < >riianient:il. 



Type locality : "llab. in Carolina, Brasilia."' 



Herb. (ieol. 8urv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aesculus paiviflora Walt. Fl. Car. 128. 1788. Simm;i) Hickkvk. 



Afsciiliis murroitturlnia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:220. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1: ISt). Chap. Fl. 80. 



Candinian and Louisianian area. Mountain re,i;ion to I'lijier divisicm Coast Fine 

 belt. Shady hillsides and wooded banks. Clay County. Shiiibone ^■alley, 800 to 

 1,000 feet. Bhuiut County, 450 feet. .Jeflerson, TTiscaloosa, Henry, and Franklin 

 counties. Monroe County, Chiiborne. Flowers white, June; fruit ripe in October. 

 Shrub 4 to 8 feet high ; freiiuent. 



Economic uses: Hi<;hly ornamental. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SAPINDACEAE. Soapberry Family. 

 CARDIOSPERMUM L. Sp. Fl. 1 : 36t). 1753. 



Four species of tro]iical America. 

 Cardiospermum halicacabum L. Sp. I'l. 1 : 366. 1753. Balloon Nine. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 460. Chap. Fl. 79. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. lud. 122. 



East and We.st Indies. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina, Florida, and Texas. 



Alaiiama: Mountain region. Central Pine belt. Thickets. Clay County, Moselcy. 

 Autauga County, I'rattville {Dr. J. Sviith). Bibb County {E. A. Smith). An old 

 escajie from cultivation. 



Type locality : "llab. in Indiis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



SAPINDUS E. Sp. PI. 1:367. 17.53. 



Sapindus marginatus Willd. Euum. PI. 132. 1809. 



Cliap. Fl. 79. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 66. Wild China. Soapukkry. 



Mi:xico. 



Louisianian area. Louisiana, Mississippi?, Texas, Arkansas, New Mexico (Iowa?, 

 Kansas?). 



Alauama: Mobile. Adventive ne.ar an old place in the pine hills on the road to the 

 Bienville waterworks; most probably an escape from cultivation. Hale County, 

 Gallion. Cultivated and spontaneous by escape. Tree 20 to 25 feet high. Flowers 

 June; fruit October, black. 



Type locality : " liab. in Carolina, Georgia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



RHAMNACEAE. Buckthorn Family. 

 BERCHEMIA Necker, Elem. 2 : 122. 1790. 



Ten species, East Indies. Southeastern North America. 



Berchemia scandens (Hill) Trelease in Trans. St. Louis Acad. 5 : 364 1889. 



Supple Jack. Rattan Vine- 



Ehamnus scandens Hill, Hort. Kew. 453, t. 20. 1768. 



n. rohihilis L. f. Suppl. 132. 1781. 



Bn-chenna rohihilis DC. Prodr. 2 : 22. 1825. 



Ell. Sk. 1:290. Gray, Man. ed. 0. 111. Chap. Fl. 73. ('oulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:59. 



