(»,")() I>LANT LIFK <)K ALABAMA. 



Mkmi <) i() I5i!A/ii.. Ak(;kmin.\, I'kkt. 



{'amliiiiaii ami liDnisiaiiiaii aruas. I'oiiiisylx ania, Mrj^inia to llmida, west to 

 hoiiisiana, 'I'cxa.s. iind C'alifoiiiia. 



Ai.ai'.ama: Coast plain. Stiiyiiant watt-r, clitchcM, shallow poinlB. Mobile 

 Comity, i-iowris May ; coiiiiiioii. 



Tyjio locality : " Halt, in .Mrxico. Mutis." 



llVrl). Geol. iSurv. Hcib. Mobr. 



CENTELLA L. ri.Kar. A1V.2S. 17(!0. (Amoeii. Acad. 6: 112.) 



Centella asiatica (L. j Irliaii, in Mart. Fl. Bras. 11. pt. 1 : 287. 187!». 



Asiatic Pennywort. 



JJyihocoli/le asiatica L. 8j). Pi. 1 : 231. 17."i3. 



//. ri'panda Pits. Syii. 1 : 802. 1805. 



Kll.sk. 1:317. Gray, Man. cd. 6, 211. Chap. Fl. LIU. Coulter, Coiitr. Nat. Herb. 

 2: Mil. 



Wkst Indies, Mexico to Ai^iENTiNA, Chile, Eastern and Soutiiekn Africa, 

 East Indies, New Zealand, Paciitc Islands. 



Alabama: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Close, damp soil in miry ground; 

 abundant. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Ilab. in India." 



Herb. Geol. iSurv. Ibrb. Mobr. 



CORNACEAE. Dogwood Family. 



CORNUS L.Sp. PI. 1:117. 1753. DoGW^ooD. Cornel. 



Over 30 species, temperate regions both hemispheres, Europe, Asia, mountains of 

 tropical America (Mexico, Peru). North America, 18; Atlantic, 11. 



Coruus striata Lam. Encycl. 2 : 116. 1786. Stii< f Cornel. 



Cornua faHtiqiata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 92. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1:209. (Jray, Man. ed. 6,215. Chap. Fl. 167. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia to Florida and Mississippi. 



Alabama: Over the State. Low, open woods; banks of streams. Lee County, 

 Auburn, 8ti0 feet {Karlc c)'- I'udrrwood). Limestone County, Athens {Baker iS~ I'^arle). 

 Mobile County, swampy woods. Three Mile Creek. Baldwin C'ounty, Stockton. 

 Flowers in May; anthers ])luish. Fruit mature in September, sordid blue, stone 

 globose, smooth. Large shrub to small tree, 12 to 18 feet high. Common in the 

 Coast plain. 



Type locality: "Nous le croyons origiuaire de I'Am^rique septentrionale." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 

 Cornus amomum Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 5. 1768. 



Silky-leaved Swaj«p Dogwood. 



Cornus scricea L. Mant. 2:199. 1771. 



C. lanuginosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:92. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1:208. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 214. Chap. Fl. 167. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 150. 



Allegheniau to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia and Ontario; New England, west 

 to Dakota, Nebraska, and Arkansas, south to the Gulf from Florida to Texas. 



Alabama : Mountain region to Upper division of Coast Pine Belt. Swampy banks 

 of streams. Cullman County, 800 feet. Montgomery, Bibb, and Clarke counties. 

 Flowers white with blue anthers, May ; fruit ripe in September, dark blue. Shrub 

 8 to 12 feet high. 



Economic uses: The bark, under the name of "swamp dogwood bark," is used 

 medicinally. 



Tyi)e locality : " I'ound in all northern parts of America, * * * being natives 

 of the woods in Virginia, New England, Maryland, and Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Cornus asperifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 93. 1803. Rough-leaved Cornel. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 209. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 214. Chap. Fl. 167. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb 

 2 : 150. 



AUeghenian aud Carolinian areas. Ontario and Minnesota, south to Texas, and in 

 eastern Tennessee aud North Carolina. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley. Dry limestone hills. Thickets. Franklin County, 

 Russellville. Flowers in May. Shrubs 8 to 12 feet high. The only locality known 

 in the State. 



Typo locality: "Ilab. in sylvis umbrosis Carolinae iuferioris." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



