MADDER FAMILY. 739 



Carolinian area. INIonntains of West Virginia, sontlieastern Tennessee, and of 

 Nortli Carolina. 



Alabam.\: Mountain region. Dry gravelly or rocky woods. Clay Connty, 

 Clie-aw-lia Mountain, 2,400 IVet altitude. Cullman County, 800 feet. Etowah 

 County, Lotdvout Mountain, 1,200 feet. Flowers pale purplish; July, August. Not 

 rare. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Near the confluence of Pidgeon river, and the French Broad, Ten- 

 nessee, on dry gravelly hills." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Houstoiiia calycosa (Shuttlew.). Calycose Houstonia. 



Redyotis calycosa Shnttlew.; Gray, PI. Wright. 1:81. 1852. 

 Houstonia purpurea calycosa Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2:26. 1884. 

 Gray, Man. ed. 6, 224. 

 Carolinian area. Illinois, Arkansas, and West Virginia. 



Alauaaia: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Div open woods. Tallapoosa 

 County, Dadoville, .Inly, 1877. Rare and local. Pereuaial. 



Typo locality (Syn. Fl. N. A.) : •' Mountains of Alabama (Kh;/i'1) to Arkansas {Nut- 

 tall), and Illinois {E. Hall); also collected by Drummond.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Houstonia angustifolia Michx.Fl. Bor. Am. 1:85. ISO:!. Eukct-lkaf Houstonia. 



Hedyotis sienophylla Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 :41. 1841. 



Oldenlandia an(/usnfolia Gray, PI. Wright, 2 :68. 185:{. 



Ell. Sk. I:lit2.' Gray, Man. ed. 6, 224. Chap. Fl. 181. Grav, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 26. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 159. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southwestern Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and 

 Texas, east to Tennessee, North Carolina, and Florida. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Coast plain. Dry rocky or gravelly ridges. Cull- 

 man County, 800 feet altitude, ilontgoniery County. Barbour County, Eufaula 

 {I'J. A. Smith). Bladen County, near Magnolia. Flowers rose-pink; June. Not rare. 

 Perennial from a sulfrutescent multicipital rootstock. 



Type locality: " Hab. in submaritimis Floridae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CEPHALANTHUS L. Sp. PI. 1:95. 17.53. 



About one-half dozen species, warmer temperate North America, Asia, Africa.? 

 Cephalanthus occidentalis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 95. 1753. Buttonbush. 



Ell. Sk. 1:186. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 224. Cluxp. Fl. 176. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2: 29. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 160. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1 : 282. 



Cuba, Mkxico. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Brunswick and Quebec to the Gulf, through- 

 out the continent to California. 



Alabama: Throughout the State. Inundated banks. Shallow stagnant water. 

 Flowers white; July, August. Shrub 6 to 15 feet high. 



Economic uses: The bark of the root, under name of " buttonbush bark," is used 

 medicinally. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America septentriouali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



MITCHELLA L. Sp. PI. 1:111. 1753. Paktridge Bekry. 



Two species, perennial creeping herbs, Japan. Atlantic North America, 1. 

 Mitchella repens L. Sp. PI. 1:111. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 1:198. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 225. Chap. FL 176. Gray, Syn. FL N.A. 1, pt. 2:31. 

 Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 160. 



Northern Mexico. 



Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Nova Scotia, Ontario; New 

 England west to southern Hlinois, south to Florida, Texas, and Arkansas. 



Alabama: Over the State. Dry shady woods and shaded banks. Flowers rose- 

 pink; April to June. Fruit ripe July to October; scarlet. Common. Evergreen. 

 Perennial. 



Economic uses: The herb — " partridge berry" — is used medicinally. Ornamental. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Carolina, Terra Mariana, Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Heib. Mohr. 



