(').")( PLANT l.IFK (»K ALABAMA. 



Hiiiil to Ix" jiosschsimI .if narcotic (|iialitie8 like Iho lioiicy from otlior ineinbcrs of tlio 

 hftiin> family, the ofloi-ts of which, however, liavoin this aection never been observed. 

 OniamiMital. 



Tvi)0 lotalit\ : " liab. in ^■ir•^inia«> siccis." 



Herb. Ciool. Siir\. Herb. Mohr. 



RHODODENDRON L. Sp. PI. 1:302. 175.3. 



About 100 Bpecies, fri<;i(l to temperate regions, Knrope, India, C^hina. North 

 America, 7. 



Rhododendron cata-wrbiense Michx. Kl. J5or. Am. 1 : 258. 1803. 



Catawba Ixiiooodendron. Rose Hay. 



(iray. Man.ed. 0.321. Chap. Fl. 266. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1:42. 



Alle;j;henian and Carolinian areas. Mountains of southwestern Virginia, 2, .500 

 feet; North Carolina, (i,000 feet; eastern Tennessee. 



Alabama: M<nin\tain region. Ix'ocky damp banks of Ktre.ams. Dekallt County, 

 Lookout Mountain, banks of Little Kiver, 1,800 feet. .Jackson County, Pisgah 

 (.)/. ('. HHkoii). Six to 8 feet high; Jlowers lilac-purple. 



Economic uses: drnameutal. 



Type locality : *' llab. in moutibus excelsis Carolinae septcntrionalisjuxtaorigiaem 

 anniis Catawba." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



KALMIA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 391. 1753. 

 Six species, Atlantic North America. West Indies, 1. 



Kalmia latifolia L. Sp. PI. 1 : 39L 1753. 



Calico Bush. Poison Ivy of the Southern Statks. 



Ell. Sk. 1: 181. Cray, Man. od. 6, 319. Chap. Fl. 264. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 

 38. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 5 : 13, /. 236, 237. 



Alleghenian to Louisianan area. New England and New York to northern Ohio, 

 from West Virginia south to the Gulf and from western Florida to Louisiana, Arkan- 

 sas, and North Carolina, 4,100 feet altitude. 



Alabama: Over the State. Rocky woodlands, gravelly exposed or shaded banks, 

 siliceous soil. Flowers white, April, May. Common. Shrub or small tree. 



Economic uses: The leaves, known as "poison ivy," are used medicinally. They 

 are deleterious to cattle. 



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



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Kalmia hirsuta Walt. Fl. Car. 138. 1788. Wicky. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 482. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 319. Chap. Fl. 264. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 39. 



Louisianian area. Coast of North Carolina to western Florida and Mississippi. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Low sandy pine barrens. Flowers rose-pink, May. Not 

 rare. I>ow shrub 6 to 15 inches high. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 1 lerb. Mohr. 



LEUCOTHOE Don, Edinb. New Phil. Journ. 17 : 159. 1834. 



About 35 8i)ecies, sluubs, chiefly American. .Japan. North America, 6; mostly 

 Atl.antic. 



Leiicothoe axillaris (Lam.) Don, Edinb. New Phil. ,Tourn. 17 : 159. 1834. 



Downy Fetter-bush. 



Andromeda axillaris Lam. Encyd. 1 : 157. 1783. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 487, in part. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 317. Chap. Fl. 261. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 

 2, pt. 1 : 34. 



Louisianian area. Coast of North Carolina to P'lorida, west to Mississippi. 



Alab.xma: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Wet borders of rivulets, swampy 

 thickets and woods in the pine barrens. Flowers white, April. Common. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet high. 



Type locality : "Cette plante croit dans I'Amc^rique septentrionale." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray, Man. ed. 2, 2.52. 1856. Racemose Fetter-bush. 

 Jndromfda racemosa L. Sp. PI. 1 : 394. 1753. 

 Ell. Sk. 1:492. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 317. Chap. Fl. 262. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2 : 35, 



