466 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



banks of Muscle Creek. Shrub about 8 feet high. Only locality known in the 

 State Collected May 16, 1898. 



Type locality : Pennsylvania? 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Salix humilis Marsh. Arb. Am. 140. 1785. PKAIRIE WILLOW. 



Salix longirostris Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 226. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 669. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 483. Chap. Fl. 430. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia, Ontario, New England, New Jer- 

 sey, and along the mountains to North Carolina, west to Minnesota and Nebraska. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. In the barrens, flat gravelly ground. Lauderdale 

 County. Shrub 3 or 4 feet high. 



Type locality not specifically given. 



Herb. Mohr. 



BETULACEAE. Birch Family. 



CARPINUS L. Sp. PL 2 : 998. 1753. 



Twelve species, temperate regions of Europe, Asia, North America. North Amer- 

 ica and Mexico, 1. Small deciduous trees. 



Carpinus caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 236. 1788. IKONWOOD. HORNBEAM. 



Carpinus americana Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 201. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 618. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 474. Chap. Fl. 425. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:413. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 8: 42, t. 447. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario to Georgian Bay ; New England west 

 to Minnesota and eastern Kansas, south to Tampa Bay, Florida, and through the 

 Gulf States to eastern Texas and southern Arkansas. 



ALABAMA : All over the State. In low rich woods. Common throughout. Flow- 

 ers in May ; fruit ripe in October. A tree below medium size. 



Economic uses: The wood valuable for minor purposes. 



Type locality: South Caroliua. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



OSTRYA Scop. Fl. Cam. 414. 1760. 



Two species, Southern Europe. Japan, 1; Mexico and North America, 1. 

 Deciduous trees. 



Ostrya virginiana (Mill.) Willd. Sp. PI. 4 :469. 1805. HOP HORNBEAM. IKON WOOD. 



Carpinus virginiana Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 4. 1768. 



Ostrya americana Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 :202. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 :618. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 474. Chap. Fl. 426. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 414. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 9 : 34, t. 445. 



MEXICO, GUATEMALA. 



Alleghenian and Louisianian areas. Ontario throughout the Atlantic States to 

 Tampa Bay, Florida, west to eastern Texas, Arkansas, Indian Territory, and ('astern 

 Kansas. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to. Upper division of Coast Pine belt in ralcareous 

 soil. Lauderdale and Montgomery counties. Flowers April, May. 



Economic uses: The wood is useful. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CORYLUS L. Sp. PI. 2 : 998. 1753. HAZELNUT. 



Seven species, temperate Europe, Asia. North America, 2. Shrubs. 

 Corylus rostrata Ait. Hort. Kew. 3:364. 1789. BEAKED HA/ELNUT. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 612. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 474. Chap. Fl. 425. 



Allegheuian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and 

 Ontario to Saskatchewan, British Columbia to Pacific coast; New England west to 

 Minnesota, Colorado to the Pacific, Washington; south from New Jersey to upper 

 Carolina and Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower hills. Shrub 3 to 4 feet high, most freemen t 

 in the Metamorphic hills. Clay, Tallapoosa, and Randolph counties. Tuscaloosa 

 County (E. A. Smith). ? Flowers in March; fruit ripe September, October. 



Economic uses : The nuts are edible. 



