04n PLANT I-IKK OF ALAHAMA. 



ARALIACEAE. Ginseng Family. 



ARALIA L.Si). ri.l:27:^. 1753. 



Thirty apecios, vrarmer .iiul teiiii»oratti iiortboastern Asia. North America, 7. 

 Woody or herbaceous pereuuials. 



Aralia racemosa I.. S\k VL 1 : 273. 1753. Si-ikenard. 



i;il. Sk. 1 : 373. Gray, Man. cd. fi, 213. Chap. Fl. 106. 



Canadian to Carolinian area. Nova Scotia, New Brnnswick, and Ontario; New 

 Kn^jlaiid west to Minnesota, Nebraska, Colorado, and Montana; southern Ohio Val- 

 ley to Missouri, and ah)ng the niountain.s to (Jeorgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region. lUch woodlands. Winston (Jounty, Davidson 

 Creek, 1, ")()() feet. Kare. Perennial. 



l''.coiioniic uses: The root is used medicinally und<r the name of spiken.ird. 



Type locality: " llab. in Canada." 



Herb. (Jeol. ISurv. Herb. Mohr. 



Aralia spinosa L. Sp. PI. 1 : 273. 1753. Angelica Tkke. 



Ell. Sk. 1:372. Gray, M.an. ed. 6, 213. Chap. Fl. 166. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 5:. 56, 

 t. 211. 



Carolinian .and Louisianian areas. Virginia and Ohio to Missouri and Arkansas, 

 south to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



Alabama: Throughout, excepting the highest summits. Damp borders of woods 

 and copses. Cullnnin County, Mariots Creek, 600 feet. Arborescent, clear trunk 30 

 feet high, 5 to (5 inches in diameter. Clarke and Mobile connties. Flowers wliite; 

 June. Frei|uent, principally throughout the Coast Pine belt. 



Ornamental. 



Type locality: "llab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Heib. Mohr. 



PANAX L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1058. 17.53. Ginseng. 



About 30 specit^s, temperate Asia. Atlantic North America, 2. 

 Panax quinquefolia L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1058. 1753. Ginseng. 



Aralia (iuin<iHe folia Decaisne »& Planch. Rev. Hort. ser. 14, 3 : 105. 1854. 



(iray, Man. ed. 6, 213. Chap. Fl. 167. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Ontario, throughout the eastern United States 

 to Georgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Upper division Coast Pine belt. Rich hilly 

 woodlands. Madison County, Montesano, 1,500 feet. Monroe County, 300 to 350 

 feet. Flowers May. Widely diffused over the monntain and bill country and in the 

 calcareous hills of the Tertiary formation as far south as Monroe County. Per- 

 ennial. 



Economic uses: The root is the ginseng of commerce. 



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



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



APIACEAE. Parsley Family. 

 DAUCUS L. .Sp. PI. 1 : 242. J753. Carrot. 



Fifty species, temperate and w.irmer temperate regions of Europe, northern Afric, 

 Asia. North America. 1. 



Daucu.s pusillus Michx. Fl. IJor. Am. 1 : 164. 1803. Lesser Carrot. 



Ell. .Sk. 1:341). Chap. Fl. 161. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:140. 



Mkxico. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. On the Pacific coast 

 from British Columbia to Mexico. 



Alabama: Central Pine region to Coast plain. Dry open sandy or gravelly places, 

 pastures, roadsides. Tuscaloosa, Montgomery, Clark, and Mobile counties. Flowers 

 white;. June. Common. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in campestribns Carolinae." 



Herl). (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Daucus carota L. Sp. PI. 1:242. 1753. Wild Carrot. 



AUeghenian to Louisianian area. Common in the North. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 201. 

 Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 182. liritt. &. Br. 111. Fl. 2 : 510. 



