424 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to the Coast plain. Rich wooded bottoms. June; 

 frequent. Common south of the Central Pine belt. 

 Economic uses : The leaves valuable for braiding. 

 Type locality : "In Carolina." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SERENOA Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. 3 : 926. 1883. 



A single species, Southern Atlantic States. 

 Serenoa serrulata (Michx. ) Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. 3 : 926. 1883. SAW PALMETTO. 



Chamaeropa serrulata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 206. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1:431. Chap. Fl. 438; ed.3,462. 



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



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Sandy flat pine barrens, on the islands and all over the 

 Coast plain. June; frequent. Shrub. 



Economic uses : The ripe drupes are used medicinally; the fiber of the steins is 

 used in place of hair in plaster; brushes are made from the roots, and tannin is 

 extracted from the leaves. 



Type locality : " Hab. in maritimis Caroliuae et Georgiae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



RHAPIDOPHYLLUM H. Wendl. & Drude, Bot. Zeit. 34 : 803. 1876. 



One species. Southeastern North America. 



Rhapidophyllum hystrix H. Wendl. & Drude, Bot. Zeit. 34 : 803. 1876. 



BLUE PALMETTO. 



CJiamaerops hystrix Fraser ; Pursh, Fl. 1 : 240. 1814. 



Chap. Fl. 438; ed.3,463. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. South Carolina, Florida. 



ALABAMA : Southern edge of Metamorphic hills. Low shady woods. Lee County, 

 Auburn (Earle $ Tracy, 1S99). Only locality known in the State. 



Type locality: "Near the town of Savannah, Georgia." 



ARACEAE. Arum Family. 



ACORUS L. Sp. PI. 1 : 324. 1753. 



Two species, temperate regions, Europe, Asia; North America, 1. 

 Acorus calamus L. Sp. PI. 1 : 324. 1753. SWEET FLAG. CALAMUS. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 403. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 551. Chap. Fl. 442. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Canada to Saskatchewan and through the 

 United States east of the Mississippi River, west to Nebraska and Kansas. 



EUROPE. 



ALABAMA : Scattered over the State. Border of swamps. Mobile and Montgomery 

 counties. Perennial. 



Economic uses: The root forms the "sweet flag root" or "Calamus" of the U.S. 

 Pharmacopeia. 



Type locality :" Hab. in Europae * " * fossis paludosis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ORONTIUM L. Sp. PI. 1 : 324. 1753. 



Single aquatic species. Atlantic North America. 

 Orontium aquaticum L. Sp. PI. 1 :324. 1753. GOLDEN CLUB. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 404. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 551. Chap. Fl. 442. 



Alleghenian to Lousiauian area. Southern Massachusetts to Florida, west to east- 

 ern Texas and southern Missouri. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. In still-flowing water; ponds. Clay County, Shin- 

 bone Valley, 1,000 feet. Cullman County. Mobile County, February 15. Common. 

 Perennial. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginiae, Canadae paludibus scaturiginibus." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



