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Actaea alba (L.) Mill. Gard. Diet. od. 8. no. 2. 1768. WHITE BANEBERRY. 



Actaea spicata var. alba L. Sp. PL 1 : 504. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 15. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 48. Chap. Fl. 11. Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 55. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia and Ontario, west to British 

 Columbia; southern New England, Ohio Valley to Arkansas, along the mountains to 

 South Carolina. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Central Pine belt. Lee County, Auburn (Baker $ 

 Earle). Cullman County. Madison County, Montesauo. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. 

 Smith). Flowers white, April; berries white, ripe in July; infrequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in nemoribus Americae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CIMICIFUGA L. Amoen. Acad. 8 : 193. 1774. BUGBANE. 



About 10 species. Eastern Europe, Asia, North America, 3. 

 Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt. Gen. 2 : 15. 1818. BLACK COIIOSH. 



Actaea racemosa L. Sp. PL 1 : 504. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 16. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 47. Chap. Fl. 11. Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 54. 



Alleghenian to Carolinian area. Southern Ontario, southwestern New England, 

 west to Wisconsin, south along the mountains to Georgia, Arkansas, central Missouri. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee V alley. Coosa Hills. Mountain region. Rich open woods, 

 chiefly in calcareous soil. Blount County, Blount Springs. Dekalb County, Valley- 

 head, 1,000 feet (E. A. Smith). St. Glair and Tallapoosa counties. Flowers white, 

 June; fruit ripe in July ; frequent. Perennial. 



Economic uses: The root is the "black snakeroot" or "Cimicifuga" of the United 

 States PharmacopcBia. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Florida, Virginia, Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



AQUILEGIA L. Sp. PL 1 : 533. 1753. 



About 50 species described. Temperate regions Northern Hemisphere. North 

 America about 14. 



Aquilegia canadensis L. Sp. PL 1 : 533. 1753. WILD COLUMBINE. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 20. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 46. Chap. FL 9. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 44. 



MEXICO. 



Canadian zone to Carolinian area. Quebec and Ontario west to Manitoba, Sas- 

 katchewan, and the Rocky Mountains. New England to Nebraska and Dakota, 

 south along the mountains to western Florida. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Prairie region. Rocky Avoods. Lauderdale County, 

 bluffs Tennessee River (M. C. Wilson). Autauga County, Prattville (E. A. Smith). 

 Flowers coral-red, June; not frequent. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia, Canada." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



DELPHINIUM L. Sp. PL 1 : 530. 1753. 



About 120 species described. Herbs. Temperate and mountainous regions of the 

 Northern Hemisphere. North America 25, Atlantic 4. Ours perennial. 



Delphinium carolinianum Walt. FL Car. 155. 1788. AZURE LARKSPUR. 



Delphinum azureum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 314. 1 803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 18. Gray. Man. ed. 6, 46. Chap. FL 10. Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 1, pt. 

 1 : 46. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 9. 



MEXICO. 



Canadian zone to Carolinian areas. Manitoba, Saskatchewan ; Wyoming, Nebraska, 

 Missouri, and western Illinois; south from North Carolina to western Florida, west 

 to Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee valley to Central Prairie region. Open copses. Lawrence 

 County, Moulton. Bibb County, Tionus. Dallas, Montgomery, Autauga counties. 

 Lee County, Auburn (Baker <^ Earle, 18). Flowers azure. April, May; not rare. Per- 

 ennial. Most frequent in the limestone valleys and central prairies. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Delphinium urceolatum Jacq. Coll. l^SS. 1786. TALL LARKSPUR. 



Delphinium exaltatum Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 : 244. 1789. 

 Ell. Sk. 2 : 19. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 46. Chap. Fl. 10. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 46. 



