SAXIFRAGE FAMILY. 535 



PARNASSIA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 273. 1753. 



Nineteen species, temperate and cooler regions, Northern Hemisphere, Europe, 

 Asia. North America, 6. 

 Parnassia asarifolia Vent. Jard. Malmais. 39. 1803. ARABACCA-LEAF PARNASSIA. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 372. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 173. Chap. Fl. 38. 



Carolinian area. Allegheny Mountains from Virginia to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Clay County, Shinboue Valley, 1,000 feet. Margins 

 of brooklets. Without flowers; rare. Perennial. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PARNASSIA GRANDIFOLIA DC. Prodr. 1 : 320, 1824, which occurs from southwestern 

 Virginia to Florida, is not infrequent in the Pearl River Valley, Poplarville, Miss., 

 and is to be looked for in the western parts of the long-leaf pine belt of this State. 



PARNASSIA CAROLINIANA Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 184, 1803, is not rare in southeast- 

 ern Mississippi, and is to be looked for in southwestern Alabama. 



PHILADELPHUS L. Sp. PL 1: 470. 1753. SYRINGA. 



About 20 species, shrubs, temperate regions. Japan, Himalayas. North Amer- 

 ica 6. 



Fhiladelphus grandiflorus Willd. Enum. 511. 1809. LARGE-FLOWERED SYRINGA. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 538. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 174. Chap. Fl. 156. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Mountains of Virginia to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Lee County, Auburn (Under- 

 wood <f Earle), April, 1896. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith). 



Economic uses: An ornamental shrub. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America boreali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Fhiladelphus inodorus L. Sp. PL 1 : 470. 1753. ODORLESS SYRINGA. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 538. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 174. Chap. Fl. 156. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Mountains of Virginia to South Carolina. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Upper division Coast Pine belt. Dry copses, 

 hillsides. Wilcox County (S. B. Buckley). Clarke County, Lisbon, calcareous 

 bluffs of Alabama River. Flowers white, May. Shrub 4 to' 6 feet high; not fre- 

 quent. 



Economic uses: Ornamental. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Philadelphus hirsutus Nutt. Gen. 1 : 301. 1818. RorGH-HAiRY SYRINGA. 



Chap. Fl. 156. 



Carolinian area. Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee. Mountains of North Car- 

 olina and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley and Mountain region. Dekalb County, cliffs Look- 

 out Mountain, 1,600 to 1,800 feet, near Mentoue. Lauderdale County, Florence, 

 rocky banks Cypress Creek. Flowers white, May, first days of June. " Shrub 3 or 

 4 feet high; infrequent. 



Type locality: "On the rocky banks of French Broad river, Tennessee, near the 

 Warm Springs, abundant." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



HYDRANGEAL.Sp.Pl.l:397. 1753. HYDRANGEA. 

 Thirty species, warmer temperate eastern Asia. Atlantic North America. 

 Hydrangea arborescens L. Sp. PL 1 : 397. 1753. WILD HYDRANGEA. SEVENBARK. 



Hiidratiyea vulgaris Michx. FL Bor. Am. 1 : 268. 1803. 

 Ell.Sk.'l:509. Gray, 



Man. ed. 6, 173. Chap. FL 155. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New York, Pennsylvania. Western 

 Ohio Valley to Missouri, south to Florida, Mississippi, and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Central Pine belt. Wooded hillsides. Shaded 

 banks of streams. Clay County, Moseley. Lauderdale County, Florence. Dekalb 

 and Cullraan counties. Walker County, near Jasper. Tuscaloosa County. Bibb 

 County (E. A. Smith). Flowers white, June. Shrub 1 to 2 feet high. 



Economic uses: The root, under the name " Hydrangea," is used medicinally. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



