()()S I'LANT LIFK <>F ALA MAM A. 



Sliiiih s to l.'i feel liii^li, fi('(|iiciitly mlioresfoiit. Not freqiKMit. 

 Type looiility: '' llali. ad lijias lluvinniin Carolina^ rt (Jooririat!."' 

 Herb. (Jeol. Siirv. Herb. Molii . 



Adelia ligustrina Miclix. Fl. IU)r. Am. 2 : 1'21. l.sos. rui\i:T-r,iKK Adkma. 



l'on.'<ti(r<i liiinnlrina I'oir. Kncycl. Snppl. 2 : (ifil. ISll. 



Cha]). F1.37(). (iray. Syii. Fl.N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 7(i. 



Carolinian and ]>oni.sianian areas. Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida (Chapman.) 



Alabama : Tennessee Valley. Lower liills. Madison County, foothilla of Monto- 

 aano, ()00 to SOO feet altitude, formin>; a lari^e ])art of the slirnbby <;rowth of the 

 cedar-elad limestone rid^^es. IJibh County, J'ratt's Ferry. Flowers greenish white, 

 fre((iiented by hosts of honey-seekinj;' insects. Slirub (i to H feet high. 



Tyi>e locality : "ILib. in frnticetis lllinoeusibus, Tennasjee, &e." (It does not 

 occur, however, iu Illinois.) 



Herb. GeoJ. Surv. Herb. Molir. 



CHIONANTHUS L.Sp. 1*1.1: S. 17,-)3. 



Two species, China. Atlantic North America, 1. 

 Chionaiithus virginica L. Sp. PL 1 : 8. 1753. Frixgk tree. Old-man's Beard. 



Kll. Sk. I:*), (iray, Man. ed. 6, 337. Chap. Fl. 3G9. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : L'CO. Gray, 8yn. FL N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 77. Sargent. Silv, N. A. 6 : fiO, t. 277. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New .lersey, Pennsyh aula, and. West Virginia 

 to Missouri and Arkansas, south to Florida and Texas. 



Alabama: Over the State. Rich wooded banks along streams. Floweis Ai»ril; 

 fruit rijie September, October, black; freciuent. Shrub -1 to 10 feet high, fre(|uently 

 small tree 10 to 15 feet high, 4 inches in diameter. 



Economic uses: Ornamental. The bark of tbe n)ot, called " lloworing-asli baik," 

 is used in domestic medicine. 



Type locality: " Hab. iu America septcntrionali." 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. 



OSMANTHUS Lour. Fl. Cochin. /. ..'S. 17(10. 



Seven species, evergreen trees, subtropical and tropical eastern Asia, Pacific 

 islands. South Atlantic North America, 1. 



Osiuanthus americana (L.) Benth. & Hook. Gen. PL 2 : 677. 1876. 



Devil-wood. American Olive. 



Olea americajia L. Mant. 1 : 24. 1767. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 5. Chap. FL 369. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 78. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 

 6 : 65, /. 27S. 



Louisianian area. Coast of North Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



Alabama: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Swampy woods along streams. 

 Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers cream color, April, fragrant; fruit ripe in 

 Se])tember, shining black, frequent. Tree 20 to 40 feet high, 8 to 12 inches in 

 diameter. 



Economic uses: Ornamental. 



Typo locality : ''llab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LOGANIACEAE. Logania Family. 



GELSEMIUM .Juss. Gen. 1.50. 1789. 



Two species, woody climbers, eastern Asia. North America, 1. 

 Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) Ait. f. Hort. Kew. 2 : 61. 1811. Yellow .Jessamine. 



r>i(jnon\a sempervirens L. Sp. PL 2 : 623. 1753. 



Gelsemium nitidnm Michx. Fl. lior. Am. 1 : 120. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 311. (Jray, Man. ed. 6, 345. Chap. Fl. 183. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 107. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 271. 



Carolinian aud Louisianian areas. P^astern Virginia to Florida, west to Texas 

 and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Coast plain. Damp thickets. Cullman County, 

 800 feet. Tuscaloosa, Autauga, Jhoctaw, Clarke, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. 

 Flowers golden yellow, February, March ; fragrant. Common. Climbing high from 

 long creeping roots. Most abundant throughout the Coast Pine belt. The whole 

 plant poisonous. 



