712 PLANT I-IKK OK ALABAMA. 



EUKOTK, Daiiikia. .Iai'an. 



Boreal /one to LoiiiNiaiiiaii area. Hritisli North Aniorica to latitude 68^. From 

 tlio Atlantii- ti> till" I'aoilii' loasL. New iliiijjlaiul (Maine. .Mount Desert iHland) to 

 (;eor';ia, Mis.sis.sii)|)i. western Louisiana, Texas, aiid California. 



Ai.AiiAMA : So lar only observed in tb(^ Coast plain. Open marshes. Mobile County, 

 banks of Mobile River. Flowers whit*^; May, June. Weak, as8ur;.(ent, diffusely 

 blanched. I'ereunial. 



A form of more robust gr<)wth, with broader leaves, nearly i inch wide and A to f 

 inch louLC, larijer fruit, approaehinn' \ar. Idtil'oliinn Toi-r. <>n rotten loj;s, banks of 

 Mobile Kiver. July. Septemlier. 



Type loeality: " Halt, in Canada. Kalm.'" 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Galium triflorum Michx. Fl. Hor. Am. 1:80. 1803. .Swkkt-.sckxtko Hkd.straw. 



Kll. Sk. 1 : 1!)7. Grav, Man. ed. 6, 227. Chap. FL 171. Cray, Syn. Fl. .\. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : :W. Wats. Hot. Calif. 1 : 281, 



Ei'ROPE, Asia, to .Jai'an. 



Uoreal zone to Louisianian area. Canada from the Atlantic to tlie Pacific. New 

 Eufjlaud west to Nebraska, Colorado, and Calforuia, south to Florid.a and northern 

 Mississippi. 



Alahama: Mountain region. Lower hills. Rich shady woods. Lauderdale 

 County. Tuscaloosa County (Ji\ J. 6'»ii</i). April. May. Local ; not fref|uent. 'Per- 

 ennial. 



Type locality: " In nnibrosis Canadae sylvis.'" 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Galium uniflorum Michx. FL Bor. Am. 1 : 79. 1803. 



Black-friiitkd Ladiics' Bkdstkaw. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 1!I5. Chap. FL 174. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2:41. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



Alabama: Coastplain. Shaded rich woods. ll])land hamnu)cks. Mobile (bounty, 

 Sprinjihill. Baldwin County, Montrose. Flowers white; .July, August. Fruit 

 August, Se])tcmber; plum-iiurple, with a bloom. Not rare. Perennial. 



Type locality: " llab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 



Galium hispidulum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 79. 1803. ScAUurr-i' laiiTKi) Bkdstraw. 



nubia pert;/ rill a Walt. Fl. Car. 8(i. 1788. Not L. 



A', hroiniti Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 81. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 19."). Gray, Man. ed. G, 227. Chap. Fl. 173. Grav, Svn. Fl. N. A. 1, nt. 

 2:42. 



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



Alabama: Coast plain. Dry copses and shaded banks. Mobile and Baldwin 

 counties. Flowers greenish white: fruit scarlet. May, June. Perennial, fiom a 

 woo<ly crec])ing l)ase. Frequent. 



Tyjie locality : " I lab. in Carolina inferiore." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



VIBURNACEAE. Honeysuckle Family. 



SAMBUCUS L. Sp. 1>1. 1 : 209. 17r)3. Kldkk. 

 Twenty species, tcunperate regions, (excepting Afiica. 



Sambucus canadensis L. Sp. PL 1:269. 17.53. Aaikrican Elder. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 368. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 217. Chap. Fl. 171. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 9. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Througli Eastern North America from New 

 Brunswick and Saskatchewan to the (iulf, west to Dakota, mountains of Colorado, 

 Utah, and Arizona, to Texas. 



Alabama: Over the State. Damp thickets and shaded banks. Flowers May, 

 .June. Fruit ripe September; berries shining black. Shrub or tree 15 to 20 feet 

 high. 



Economic uses: The bark, fruit, and llowers ,ire the " elder" or " Sambucus " of 

 the Knited States Ph.armacopoMa. 



Tyi)e locality : "Hab. in Canada. D. Kalm." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



