()(')4 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



SAPOTACEAE. Sapodilla Family 



BUMELIA Sw. I'lodr. lit. \'i>'H. 



About .SO spocics, trees and sliiiiba, warmer teiuiierati-, Imt cliiotly of siibtr(ipi( al 

 and tropical America. Soiithcni Atlantic North America, 4. 



Bumelia lanuginosa (Micbx.; Pers. Syn. 1:237. 1805. Fai.sk UccKTiKntN. 



Sidcroxiiliin liuiiKi'tnosiim Micbx. Fl. Hor. Am. 1:122. 1803. 



Kil. Slv! 1:288. "(iray, Man. ed. 6,333. Chap. Fl. 27."). Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 2.".t>. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 5 : 171, t. J/7, (iray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : (i8. 



Caridinian an<l Louisianian areas. Southern Illinois and Missouri, south to Texas 

 and east to Florida and (Jeor^ia. 



Ai.ahama: Tennessee \'alley. Coast plain. Open woods, in damp rocky or 

 gravell}' soil. Franklin County, Kussellville. Pike County, Troy. M(d)ile County. 

 Flowers in .June ; fruit ripe September, black. Not infVe(|Uent in the Coast plain, 

 along the western shore of ^Mobile Hay. Tree rarely over 40 feet high. 



Ty])e locality: " I lab. in dumosis humidis (ieorgiae.'' 



Herb. Getd. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Bumelia lycioides (L.) Pers. Syn. 1:237. 1805. SouTiiKitN Hi'CKTiKtRN. 



Sidcro.nilou liidoUles L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1 : 279. 1762. 



Ell. Sk". 1 :287. Grav. Man. ed. 0, 332. Chap. Fl. 275. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 2.")7. (iray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt, 1 : 68. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 5 : 173, t. 24S. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Coast of Virginia, south to Florida, west to 

 Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, and southern Hlinois. 



Alabama: Prairie region. Dry open woods, eoi>ses, calcareous soil. Dallas 

 County. Wilcox County (/j»cfcie.i/). Flowers greenish white, March ; fruit ripe in 

 October, shining black. Not fre(|uent. 



Tyi>e locality : " llab. in Canada." 



Herb.Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



EBENACEAE. Ebony Family. 



DIOSPYROS L. Sp. I'l. 2: 1057. 1753. 



About 160 species, eastern Asia. North America, 2. Trees. 

 Diospyros virginiana L. Sp. PL 2 : 1057. 1753. Persim.mon. 



Ell. Sk. 2:712. Grav, Man. ed. 6, 333. Chap. Fl. 273. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 2.57. (Jray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 6it. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 6 : 7, t. J64. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Connecticut and New York, to the 

 Ohio Valley, Missouri, and Arkansas, south to Florida, and along the Gulf to eastern 

 Texas. 



Ai.ahama: All over the State. Flowers May; fruit ripe in September and Octo- 

 ber, orange buff. Tree of medium size, 40 to 50 feet high, rarely over 12 inches in 

 dianiiter. Produces in the Co.ist i)lain its fruit in greatest perfection, with few seeds 

 and a rich sweet i)ulp, rii)ening early in September. 



Economic uses : Valuable for its wood. The unripe fruit, " Diospyros," is an obso- 

 lete medicine. The mature fruit is used for food. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America septentrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



STYRACACEAE. Storax Family. 



MOHRODENDRON Britten, Card. & For. 6 : 463, 1893. 



(Hau:.sia Ellis; L.Syst.ed. 10, 2:1044. 1759. Not P. Br. 17.56.) 



(MonHiA Britton,Gard.& P^or. 6:434. 1893. Not Sw. 1806.) 



(Oari.omohuia Greene, Erythea, 1: 236. 1893.) 



Three species, Atlantic North America, Southern. Trees. 



Mohrodendron carolinum (L.) Britton, Gard. & For. 6 : 463. 1893. 



Carolina Silverhell Tree. Opossum Wood. 

 Halesia Carolina L. Syst. ed. 10, 2 : 1044. 1759. 

 n. letraptera L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1 : 636. 1762. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 507. Gray, Man. ed. 6. 334. Chap. Fl. 271. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 71. 

 Carolinian area. West Virginia, along the mountains to Tennessee and Florida? 



