446 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Smilax laurifolia L. Sp. PL 2 : 1030. 1753. BAY-LEAF BAMBOO. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 699. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 521. Chap. Fl 476. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New Jersey to Florida, west to 

 Louisiana and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA : Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Wooded swamps, most frequent in 

 alluvial soil. Tuscaloosa County (B. I). Serins <} Wyman). Montgomery, Wash- 

 ington, Clarke, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. Flowers in May ; fruit matures second 

 year, November, December; black. Common. 



A stout vine with long branches, climbing over trees. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia, Carolina. 7 ' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Smilax pumila Walt. Fl. Car. 244. 1788. DWARF SMILAX. 



Smilax pubera Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 238. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 699. Chap. Fl. 476. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, and eastern Texas (Cass 

 County). 



ALABAMA: Metamorphic hills. Coast Pine belt. Shady banks in pine woods. 

 Lee County, Auburn (F. 8. Earle). Clarke County (Dr. Denny}. Escambia County, 

 Wilson's Station. Mobile County, Springhill. * May; fruit October, November; 

 scarlet. Plants with white berries have been observed. Frequent. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Smilax waiter! Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 249. 1814. CORAL SMILAX. 



Smilax caduca Ell. Sk. 2 : 701. 1824. Not L. 



Ell. Sk. I.e. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 520. Chap. Fl. 476. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey, Virginia, and Tennessee; south- 

 ern Atlantic and Gulf States to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA : Coast Pine belt. Coast plain. Wooded swamps. Clarke County, Suggs- 

 ville (Dr. Denny). Mobile and Baldwin counties. May. Fruit ripe October, Nov- 

 ember; berries scarlet, persistent over winter, matures the second year. Frequent. 



Type locality : "In the lower sandy countries of Virginia and Carolina, on river 

 sides." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Smilax lanceolata L. Sp. PL 2 : 1031. 1753. SWEET-SCENTED SMILAX. 



Smilax ovata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 249. 1814. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 698. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 521. Chap. Fl. 476. Coulter, Contr. Nat, Herb. 

 2:433. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia, North Carolina to Florida, 

 west to eastern Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Rich borders of woods and 

 shaded swamps. Pike County, Troy. Montgomery and Mobile counties. Flowers, 

 May, June; fruit matures the second year in the fall; red. 



An elegant evergreen vine with many long slender branches. Much used for 

 decorations in winter. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



HAEMODOEACEAE. Bloodwort Family. 

 GYROTHECA Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. 1 : 327. 1812. 



(LACHNANTHES Ell. Sk. 1 : 47. 1817.) 

 One species, perennial, Atlantic North America. Southern. 



Gyrotheca capitata (Walt.) Morong, Bull. Torr. Club. 20:472. 1893. KED ROOT. 



Anonymus capitata Walt. Fl. Car. 69. 1788. 



Heritiera gmelini Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 21. 1803. 



Gyrotheca tinctoria Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. 1 : 327. 1812. 



Lachnanthes tinctoria Ell. Sk. 1 : 47. 1816. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 512. Chap. Fl. 469. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Rhode Island, New Jersey to Florida, west to 

 Mississippi. 



