602 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Clarke, Esram.bia, Washington, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers white, June. 

 Shrub or more frequently Tow tree, 15 to 30 feet high and 6 to 12 inches in diameter. 

 Most frequent in the Lower Pine region and Coast plain, forming dense thickets. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Carolinae pinetis humentibus." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CLIFTONIA Banks in Gaert. f. Fruct. Suppl. 246, /. ,?35. 1805. 

 (MYLOCARYUM Willd. Eiium. Fl. 54. 1807.) 



Cliftonia monophylla (Lam.) Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 16:310. 1889. 



TI-TI. BUCKWHEAT TREE. 



Ptelea monophylla Lam. Illust. 1 : 336. 1791. 



Cliftonia nitida Gaert. f. Fruct. 3 : 247, t. 225, /. 5. 1805. 



Milocaryum ligmtrinum Willd. Enum. 454. 1807. 



Cliftonia ligustrina Spreug. Syst. 2 : 316. 1825. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 508. Chap. Fl. 273. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 2 : 7, /. 52. 



Louisianian area. Georgia, Florida west to eastern Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Upper division Coast Pine belt to Coast plain. Wet pine barrens, in 

 sour peaty soil. Flowers white, slightly fragrant, middle of March to April. Large 

 shrub to tree of almost medium size, 25 to 35 feet high, and 8 to 12 inches in diameter, 

 forming almost impenetrable thickets, acres in extent the so-called ti-ti swamps. 



Economic uses : The wood is excellent fuel. 



Type locality : "E Carolinia. Fraser." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ILICACEAE. Holly Family. 1 



ILEX L. Sp. PI. 1:125. 1753. 



About 150 species, warm temperate regions of both hemispheres. Europe, Asia, 

 South America. North America, 14 or 15, largely Southeastern. Trees or shrubs. 



Hex opaca Ait. Hort. Kew. 1 : 169. 1789. HOLLY. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 679. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 108. Chap. Fl. 269. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 56. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 1 : 107, *. 45. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern Massachusetts, New York to 

 Florida, west to the Trinity Valley, Texas, Arkansas, and southeastern Missouri. 



ALABAMA: Throughout the State. Rich woodlands. Flowers white, April; fruit 

 ripe in September and October, scarlet, remaining over winter. From 25 to 40 feet 

 high and 10 to 15 inches in diameter. Of largest si/e and most frequent in the rich 

 second bottom lands of the Prairie region and Upper division of the Coast Pine belt. 



Economic uses: An ornamental tree, the wood useful. 



Type locality: "Native of Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ilex cassine L. Sp. PI. 1 : 125. 1753. Not Walt. DAHOON HOLLY. 



Ilex dalioon Walt. Fl. Car. 241. 1788. 



L laurifolia Nutt. Am. Jouru. Sci. 5 : 289. 1822. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 680. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 108. Chap. Fl. 269. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 1 : 108, 

 t.46. 



Louisianian area. Southeastern Virginia along the coast to valley of St. Johns 

 River; Florida along the coast to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA : Coast plain. Alluvial swamps. Baldwin County, Stockton. Mobile 

 County, swamps of Mobile and Dog rivers. Flowers sordid white, April; fruit ripe 

 in September and October, scarlet. Among the dense swamp growth a stout shrub; 

 in more exposed situations from 20 to fully 35 feet high and 6 to 12 inches in diam- 

 eter. Not common. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ilex myrtifolia Walt. Fl. Car. 241. 1788. MYRTLE-LEAF DAHOON 



Hex angustifolia Willd. Enum. 172. 1807. 

 /. dalioon var. myrtifolia Chap. Fl. 269. 

 Ell. Sk. 2: 681. Chap. Fl. I.e. 

 Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida and western Louisiana. 



l Wm. Trelease, Revision of North American Ilicinea* and Celastraceae, Trans. 

 St. Louis Acad. Sci. vol. 5, pp. 343 to 348. 1889. 



