438 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Grassy damp banks. Chiltou County, Verbena 

 Station (E. A. Smith). Rare. 

 Type locality : " Native of North America." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



MEL ANTHIUM L. Sp. PL 1 : 339. 1753. 



Three species, perennials, Atlantic North America. 



Melanthium virginicum L. Sp. PI. 1 : 339. 1753. BUNCH FLOWER. 



M. poly gam um Desr. in Lam. Encycl. 4 : 25. 1797. 



Ell.Sk.lr4W. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 533. Chap. Fl. 488. 



Alleghenian and Louisianian areas. New England to Minnesota and Missouri; 

 Southern Atlantic and Gulf States to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Shaded swampy banks. Cullmau County, 800 feet 

 altitude. Tallapoosa County. Escainbia County, Flomaton. Mobile County. 

 July, August. Flowers white. Not rare. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



UVTTLARIA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 304. 1753. 



Four species, perennials. Atlantic North America. 



Uvularia grandiflora J. E. Smith, Exot. Bot. 1 : 99, t. 51. 1804-05. 



LARGE-FLOWERED BELLWORT. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 391. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 528. Chap. Fl. 487. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. From New Brunswick and Ontario to Minnesota, 

 Iowa; New England to the Ohio Valley and south along the mountains to eastern 

 Tennessee and Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rich shady woods. Madison County, Montesano, 

 1,500 feet. Tuscaloosa County. April. Flowers dingy yellow. Rare. 



Type locality: "Received from North America." 



1 lerb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Uvularia perfoliata L.Sp. PI. 1:304. 1753. PERFOLIATK BELLWORT. 



Uvularia perfoliata minor Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 199. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 390. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 527. Chap. Fl. 487. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:439. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Range as in the last. 



ALABAMA: Mountains and Lower hills. Rich wooded hillsides. Lee County, 

 Auburn (Baker $ Earle). Winston and Cullman counties. Tallapoosa County, 

 Dadeville. Clarke County, Choctaw Corner. April. Flowers yellowish. Not rare. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia, Canada." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Uvularia puberula Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 199. 1803. MOUNTAIN BELLWORT. 



Oakesia puberula Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14 : 269. 1879. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 391. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 528. Chap. Fl. 487. 



Carolinian area. Mountains of Virginia to Tennessee, North Carolina. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rich woods. Madison County, Montesano, 1,500 

 feet. May; rare. 



Type locality: "Hab. in altissimis montibus Carolinae.' 1 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Uvularia sessilifolia L. Sp. PI. 1 : 305. 1753. OAKES'S BELLWORT. 



Oakesia sessilifolia Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 14 : 269. 1879. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 392. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 528. Chap. Fl. 487. 



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

 New England to Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska; Ohio Valley, Missouri, and Kan- 

 sas; New York south to Florida. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower hills. In shady rich woods. Cullman 

 County. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith). Lee County, Auburn (Baker <f- Earle). 

 April; rare. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Canada Kalm." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



