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Gray, Man. ed. 6, 153. Chap. Fl. Snppl. 619; ed. 3, 132. 



Allegheitian and Carolinian areas. New York, mountains of Pennsylvania, West 

 Virginia, Kentucky, and southern Missouri, south to Georgia. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley. Wooded hillsides. Lauderdale County, Florence. 

 Banks of Cypress Creek (M. C. Wilson). Flowers May, June. Rare. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ARUNCUS Adans. Fam. PL 2 : 295. 1763. 

 (SPIRAEA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 489. 1753. In part.; 



Two species, temperate Europe. North America 1. 

 Aruncus aruncus (L.) Karst, Deutsch. Fl. 779. 1880-1883. 



Spiraea arunci<x L. Sp. PI. 1 : 490. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 513. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 153. Chap. Fl. 121. 



Boreal region to Carolinian area. Canada, Lake Superior to British Columbia; 

 Alaska; mountains of New York and Pennsylvania; Ohio s alley to Missouri. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Damp thickets. Cullman County. Fra*udin County, 

 Russellville. Perennial. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Austriae, Alvorniae montanis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PORTERANTHUS Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 4: 115. 1894. 

 (GILLENIA Moench. Meth. Suppl. 286. 1802. Not Gillena Adans. 1763.) 



Two species, Atlantic North America. 



Porteranthus stipulatus (Muhl.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 4 : 115. 1894. 



INDIAN PHYSIC. 



Spiraea stipulata Muhl. ; Willd. Enurn. 542. 1809. 



S. stipulacea Pnreh, Fl. Am. Sept. 343. 1814. 



Gillenia stipulacea Nutt. Gen. 1 : 307. 1818. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 562. Gray. Man. cd. 6, 154. Chap. Fl. 122. 



Carolinian and Lou'isianian areas. West Virginia, throughout the Ohio Valley, 

 western Missouri, Arkansas, south to Tennessee, and along the mountains to South 

 Carolina and Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Central Pine belt. Rich borders of woods and 

 shaded banks. Cullman County. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith). Autauga 

 County, Prattville. Flowers white; not infrequent. Perennial. 



Economic uses: The root, " wild ipecac," is used medicinally. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Peusylvania." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Porteranthus trifoliatus (L.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 4:115. 1894. 



BOWMAN'S ROOT. 



Spiraea trifoliata L. Sp. PL 1 : 490. 1753. 



Gillenia trifoliala Moench. Meth. Suppl. 286. 1802. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 562. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 154. Chap. Fl. 121. 



Allegheniau and Carolinian areas. Ontario, Michigan, New York to West Vir- 

 ginia, eastern Tennessee along the mountains to South Carolina and Georgia; rare 

 west of the Alleghanies. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rich woods. Cullman County. Flowers white. 

 June. Only station known. Perennial. 



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



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



NE VITJ3IA Gray, Mem. Am. Acad. n. ser. 6 : 373, t. SO. 1859. 

 Single species, South Atlantic North America. 



Neviusia alabamensis Gray, Mem. Am. Acad. n. ser. 6 : 374. 1859. 



ALABAMA NKVIUSIA. 



Chap. Fl. 121. 



On the border of the Carolinian and Louisianian areas. 



ALABAMA: Lower hills. Shaded sandstone cliffs on the banks of the Warrior 

 River, in the vicinity of Tuscaloosa (E. A. Smith). Flowers white, March, appearing 

 before the leaves. Shru,b 3 to 4 feet high. One of the rarest plants, confined to the 

 above locality. PLATE IV. 



Type locality: "In praeruptis umbrosis prope Tuscaloosam Alabamae, ubi legit 

 Dow. R. I). Nevius." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



