460 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Flat damp pine barrens. Mobile County, Fowl River 

 Station. Flowers deep rose purple. April; rare. 



Type locality not ascertained. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



FONTHIEVA R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 5 : 199. 1813. 



Ten species, warmer America. Southeastern America, 1. 

 Ponthieva racemosa (Walt.) MANY-KLOWKUKD POXTHIKVA. 



Arethusa racemosa Walt. 1 1. Car. 222. 1788. 



Ophri/s pubera Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 158. 1803. 



Ponthieva ylanduhsa R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 5 : 200. 1813. 



Cranichis multijlora Nutt. Gen. 2 : 191. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 493. Chap. Fl. ed. 3. 464. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I ml. 638. 



WEST INDIES, MEXICO, ECUADOR. 



Louisianian area. Florida, North Carolina. 



ALABAMA: Lower hills to Upper division Coast Pine belt. Rich shady woods. 

 Talladega County, Adins Mill (E. A. Smith). Clarke County, Suggsville (Dr. Denny). 

 May, June ; local and rare. Perennial. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



HEXALECTRIS Raf. Neogeu. 4. 1825. 



A monotypical saprophyte. Eastern North America. 

 Hexalectris aphyllus (Nutt.) Gray, Man. ed. 6, 501. 1890. 



Bletia aphijUa Nutt. Gen. 2 : 194. 1818. 



Hexalectris squamosus Raf. Fl. Tell. 4 : 48. 1836. 



Ell. Sk. 2: 501. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 501. Chap. Fl. 456. 



NORTHERN MEXICO. 



Louisianian to Carolinian area. Florida to North Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri, 

 Arkansas, and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Lower hills. Shaded copses, rich hillsides. Clay 

 County, Shiubone Valley, 800 feet. Cullman County. Bibb County, Centerville. 

 Tuscaloosa County, Vances Station (E. A. Smith). Flowers light brown purplish, 

 with purple veins. July, August ; not frequent. Never observed in the low country. 



Type locality : "In Carolina and Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



APLECTRUM Nutt. Gen. 2 : 197. 1818. 



One species, temperate North America. 



Aplectrum spicatum (Walt.) B. S. P. Prel. Cat. PI. N. Y. 51. 1881. 



Arethusa spicata Walt. Fl. Car. 222. 1788. 



Cymbidium hyemale Willd. Sp. PI. 4 : 107. 1805. 



Aplectrum hyemale Nutt. Gen. 2 : 198. 1818. 



Corallorhiza hyemale Bart. Fl. N. A. 2 :52. 1822. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 505. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 500. Chap. Fl. 455. 



Canadian zone to Carolinian area. Ontario to Saskatchewan; New England west 

 to Michigan, Minnesota; Ohio Valley south to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Lawrence County, Big Nancy (T. M. Peter*). Per- 

 ennial. 



Has of late not been observed in the State. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



EPIDENDRUM L. Sp. PL 2:952. 1753. 



About 400 species, mostly tropical America. Southeastern North America, 5. 

 Epidendrum conopseum R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 5:219. 1813. 



Louisiauian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Alabama and Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Epiphytic on large magnolias and live oaks in dense 

 damp woods on hammocks. Mobile County. Baldwin County, Blakely. Flowers 

 green, fragrant. July; not rare. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Native of Florida. Mr. William Bartram." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



