(*.1S; • I'l^ANT MFK <»!<• .\LA|{ AM A. 



Kostelctzkya altheacfolia fJray, I'l. Wri-lil. 1: 2S. IS50. 



A I.TI I KA- I.I K K K( ).STKLET/K YA. 



Konteletzkya ri»v/i»/tt« altltcatj'olia Cliap. Fl. 'u. IStiii. 



Lull isianiiiu urea. Coast of Florida to MiHsissipju. 



Ai.ahama: Littoral ro^ion. Saline marshes on tlio soasbore. Mobiio Connty, 

 West l\>wl Kivcr. I'orennial. More slender than the type. .Steliate-pulieseent, 

 tonientoae. IntcrnnMliate forms loss hoary .md with thf llowers more remote than 

 ill the Hpecinii'ns iVom I'lorida, are lrei|nently met with. 



Type locality: "Near Manatee, Soutli Florida, Uugel.'' 



Herb. (uol. Surv. Ileib. Mohr. 



THEACEAE. Tea Family. 



GORDONIA Kllis, Phil. Trans. 70: r>lis, <.2A 1770. 



Abont in 8]>ecios of snbtropical and tropieal eastern Asia, and Southern Atlantic 

 North America. Southeastern United States, 2. 

 Gordouia lasiauthus L. Mant. 2 : 570. 1771. Loiu.om.y Hay. 



Iltipirlcnm latianthii'^ L. Sp. PI. 2 : 783. 1753. 



i:il. Sk. 2 : 171. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 96. Chap. Fl. 00. Sargent, Silv. 1 : 41, t. 21. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Coast of sontheru ^■irgiuia, North Carolina to 

 Florida, "west to the Mississippi Kiver. 



Alabama : Coast plain. Deep wooded swamps. Mobile Connty, banks of the 

 Chickasaw Bognc near Whistler. Flowers white, .Time; 15 to 20 feet in height and 6 

 to 8 inches in diameter. Rare. Only^ locality known in the State. 



Type locality : "llab. in Carolina, Snrinamo. J. liartsch." 



Herb. (ieol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 



STEWARTIA L. Sp. PL 2 : ()08. 17.53. 



Two species, eastern North America. 



Stewartia malacodendron L. Sp. PL 2 : 698. 1753. A'ikginia Stewautia. 



Slewart'ui rirginica Cav. Diss. 5 : t. lo8,f. fJ. 1787. 



F:il.Sk. 2:172. Gray. Man. ed. 6, 96. Chap. Fl. 61, 



Carolinian and Loiiisianian areas. Virginia to Florida, west to western Lonisiana 



Ai.AiJAMA: Monntain region to Coast plain. Rich wooded banks and shady hill- 

 sides. Cullman County, 800 feet altitude. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. iSmillt). 

 Mobile County, western shore Mobile Jlay, Magnolia Grove, 1879. Not observed in 

 this locality of late years. Flowers white, stamens ])uri)le. May. Deciduous shrub, 

 6 to 10 feet high. Iufre(|uent. 



Type locality : " Ilab. in Airgiuia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Stewartia pentagyna L'Her. Stirp. 155, t. 74. 1784. Mountain Stewaktia. 



Malufhoilcndron ovatum Cav. Diss. 5 : i. 158, f. 2. 1787, 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 173. Gray, Man, ed. 6, 96. Chap. Fl. 61. 



Carolinian area. Mountains, southern Kentucky and Virginia to Georgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Rich woods. Cullman. Flowers pale cream color. 

 .June. Shrub 6 to 10 feet high, conlined to the mountains; less fre(iuent than the 

 above. 



Type locality: '• Hab. in Virginia.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



STERCULIACEAE, Sterculia Family. 

 STERCULIA L. Sp. PL 2 : 1007. 1753. 



Eighty to 90 species, tropics of both hemispheres, largely Asiatic. 



Sterculia platanifolia L. f. Su])pL 423. 1781. 



Sycamore-leak Stehculia. .Japanese Varnish Tree. 

 China, .Iapan. 



Alabama: Introduced in the coast region; escaped from cultivation. Mobile. A 

 pretty tree, 35 to 40 feet high. Flowers June. 

 Ty])e locality : 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. 



