506 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Type locality: " Hal), in collibus apricis Carolinae superioris et Georgiae." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Magnolia tripetala L. Sp. PI. eel. 2, 1 : 756. 1762. ELKWOOD. UMBRELLA TREE. 



Magnolia umbrella Lain. Encvcl. 3 : 673. 1783. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 38. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 49. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 1 : 13, t. 9, 10. Chap. PI. 13. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern Pennsylvania, south along the 

 mountains to Georgia and northeastern Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Upper division Coast Pine belt. Rich hillsides. 

 Winston County. Autauga County, Prattville. Clarke County (E. A. Smith). 

 Small tree. Flowers white, May, June; not frequent. 



Economic uses: An ornamental tree. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Carolina, rarius in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Magnolia fraseri Walt. Fl. Car. 159. 1788. ERASER'S MAGNOLIA. 



Magnolia auriculata Lam. Encycl. 3 : 673. 1783. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 39. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 50. Chap. Fl. 14. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 1 : 19, 1. 11, 

 12. Gray, Syn. Fl. 1, pt. 1 : 60. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. From Virginia along the mountains to Ala 

 bama and Pearl River Valley, Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt, Upper division Coast Pine belt. Chilton County, 

 Knight's Ferry. Clarke County, Suggsville (Dr. Denny}. Butler County, Mon- 

 terey (E. A. Smith). Flowers white, June ; infrequent. 



A slender tree 25 to 30 feet high. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Magnolia macrophylla Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 327. 1803. 



LARGE-LEAP CUCUMBER TREE. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 40. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 49. Chap. Fl. 14. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 1 : 11, t. 7. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern Kentucky, North Carolina to 

 western Florida, and the Gulf States to the Mississippi River. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to the coast. Rich woods on hillsides and in ravines. 

 Most frequent and of best development in the valleys of the mountain region ami 

 among the hills in the upper division of the Coast Pine belt, where trees were 

 observed 16 to 30 inches in diameter. Rare in the Lower division of the Pine belt. 

 Winston, Cullman, Clarke, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. Flowers April, May. 



Economic uses: Ornamental. 



Type locality: "Hab. in regionibus occidentalibus fluvio Tennassee trajectis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LIRIODENDRON L. Sp. PI. 1 : 535. 1753. 



A single species of Eastern North America. 

 Liriodendron tulipifera L. Sp. PI. 1:535. 1753. TULIP TREE. YKLLOW POPLAR. 



Ell. Sk. 2:40. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 50. Chap. Fl. 14. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 1 : 19, 

 *. 13, 14. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 61. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Southern New England. west to southern Mich- 

 igan, southward to Florida and to the Gulf States. East of the Mississippi to 

 latitude 31. Outlying region, southern Missouri and southeastern Arkansas. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region to Lower Pine belt. Of greatest development in the 

 Tennessee Valley. Less frequent in the rich lands above overflow in the Central 

 Prairie region and Upper division of the Coast Pine belt. Flowers April, May. 



Large tree, 100 to 120 feet high, 2 to 4 feet and over in diameter. 



Economic uses: First class timber tree. The bark, "yellow-poplar bark," is used 

 medicinally. 



Type locality: "Hab. in America septentrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ILLICIUM L. Syst. ed. 10, 2 : 1050. 1759. . 



Four species ; China and Japan, 2. South Atlantic North America, 2. 

 Illicium floridanum Ellis, Phil. Trans. 60 : 524, 1. 12. 1770. FLORIDA STAR ANISE. 

 Chap. Fl. 13. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 59. 

 Louisianian area. Florida to Louisiana. 

 ALABAMA : Central Pine belt to the coast. Rich low woods. Most frequent in the 



