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Coast Pine belt in the semi-swampy woods bordering pine-barren streams. Mobile, 

 Baldwin, Monroe, Clarke, Washington, Montgomery, Hale, and Tuscaloosa counties. 

 Lamar County, Vernon. Flowers maroon, March, April. Shrub 6 to 8 feet nigh. 

 Ill-scented. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SCHIZANDRA Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 218. 1803. 



Three or 4 species, woody climbers, warmer regions of Asia. South Atlantic 

 North America, 1. 



Schizaiidra coccinea Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 219, t. 47. 1803. 



SCARLET-FRUITED SCHIZANDRA. WILD SARSAPARILLA. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 582. Chap. Fl. 13. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. l,pt. 1:58. 



Louisiauian area. South Carolina to Florida, western Louisiana (Red River, 

 Jos. Hale). 



ALABAMA : Central Prairie region. In rich woods, bottoms. Marengo County, 

 Luther's Store. Flowers deep crimson, June. Berries scarlet. Ripe August, Sep- 

 tember. Rare. 



A climbing shrub, stem 20 to 25 feet long. 



Economic uses: The aromatic stem, called "wild sarsaparilla," is used like sassa- 

 fras as a domestic remedy. 



Type locality: "Hab. in umbrosis Carolinae et Georgiae." 



Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ANONACEAE. Custard Apple Family. 



ASIMINA Adans. Fam. PI. 2 : 365. 1763. l 



About 7 species, trees and shrubs of warmer America. Atlantic North America 6, 

 chiefly Southern. 



Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal, Monogr. Anon. 83. 1817. PAPAW. 



Anona trilola L. Sp. PI. 537. 1753. 



Uvaria triloba Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 45. 1838. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 42. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 50. Chap. Fl. 15. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 1 : 23, 1. 15, 16. 

 Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 63. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario, western New York, and central Penn- 

 sylvania, west to Michigan, southeastern Nebraska, and Kansas, south throughout 

 the Ohio Valley to the pine belt of the South Atlantic and Gulf States, and west 

 to eastern Texas and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley to the Upper division of the Coast Pine belt. Rich- 

 woods. Montgomery County. Autauga County, Prattville (southern limit). Com- 

 mon throughout the Mountain region. Flowers brown. March, April; fruit yel- 

 low, pulpy, edible. August, September; frequent. 



Small tree, 10 to 15 feet high. 



Economic uses : The fruit is edible. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Asimina parviftora (Michx.) Dunal, Monogr. Anon. 82, t. 9. 1817. 



SMALL-FLOWERED PAPAW. 



Orchidocarpnm parviflorum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 329. 1803. 



Uvaria parviflora Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 45. 1838. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 41. Chap. Fl. 15. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 63. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. 



ALABAMA : Lower Mountain region to Coast plain. Most frequent throughout the 

 Lower Pine belt. In sandy dry open woods. Lee County, Auburn (Baker $ Earle). 

 Cullrnan, Tuscaloosa, and Clarke counties. Wilcox County (Buckley). Washington, 

 Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers greenish purple, April; fruit August, Sep- 

 tember; common. 



Shrub 2 to 4 feet high. 



Type locality : ff Hab. in Carolina et Georgia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



1 Geo. Nash, Revision of the Genus Asimina in North America, Bull. Torr. Club, 

 vol. 23, pp. 234 to 241. 1896. 



