PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Kosteletzkya altheaefolia Gray, PI. Wright. 1 : 23. 1850. 



ALTIIEA-LIKE KOSTKLET/KYA. 



Kosteletzkya virginica altheaefolia Chap. Fl. 57. 1860. 



Louisianian area. Coast of Florida to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Littoral region. Saline marshes 011 the seashore. Mobile County, 

 West Fowl River. Perennial. More slender than the type. Stellate-pubescent, 

 tomeutose. Intermediate forms less hoary and with the flowers more remote than 

 in the specimens from Florida, are frequently met with. 



Type locality: "Near Manatee, South Florida, Rugel." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



THEAGEAE. Tea Family. 

 GORDONIA Ellis, Phil. Trans. 70 : 518, 1. 11. 1770. 



About 16 species of subtropical and tropical eastern Asia, and Southern Atlantic 

 North America. Southeastern United States, 2. 

 Goi doiiia lasianthus L. Mant. 2 : 570. 1771. LOBLOLLY BAY. 



Hypericum lasianthus L. Sp. PL 2 : 783. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 171. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 96. Chap. Fl. 60. Sargent, Silv. 1 : 41, t. 21. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Coast of southern Virginia, North Carolina to 

 Florida, west to the Mississippi River. 



ALABAMA : Coast plain. Deep wooded swamps. Mobile County, banks of the 

 Chickasaw Bogue near Whistler. Flowers white, June ; 15 to 20 feet in height and 6 

 to 8 inches in diameter. Rare. Only locality known in the State. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Carolina, Surinamo. J. Bartsch." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



STEWARTIA L. Sp. PI. 2 : 698. 1753. 



Two species, eastern North America. 

 Stewartia malacodendron L. Sp. PI. 2 : 698. 1753. VIRGINIA STEWARTIA. 



Stewartia virginica Cav. Diss. 5 : 1. 158, f. 2. 1787. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 172. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 96. Chap. Fl. 61. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia to Florida, west to western Louisiana 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Rich wooded banks and shady hill- 

 sides. Cullmau County, 800 feet altitude. Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smilli). 

 Mobile County, western shore Mobile Bay, Magnolia Grove, 1879. Not observed in 

 this locality of late years. Flowers white, stamens purple, May. Deciduous shrub, 

 6 to 10 feet high. Infrequent. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Stewartia pentagyna L'Her. Stirp. 155, t. 74. 1784. MOUNTAIN STEWARTIA. 



Malachodendron ovatum Cav. Diss. 5 : t. 158, f. 2. 1787. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 173. Gray, Man, ed. 6, 96. Chap. Fl. 61. 



Carolinian area. Mountains, southern Kentucky and Virginia to Georgia. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region. Rich woods. Cullrnan. Flowers pale cream color. 

 June. Shrub 6 to 10 feet high, confined to the mountains; less frequent than the 

 above. 



Type locality : ' Hab. in Virginia." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Herb. Mohr. 



STERCULIACEAE, Sterculia Family. 



STBRCULIA L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1007. 1753. 



Eighty to 90 species, tropics of both hemispheres, largely Asiatic. 



Sterculia platanifolia L. f. Suppl. 423. 1781. 



SYCAMORE-LEAF STERCULIA. JAPANESE VARNISH TREE. 



CHINA, JAPAN. 



ALABAMA: Introduced in the coast region; escaped from cultivation. Mobil*-. A 

 pretty tree, 35 to 40 feet high. Flowers June. 



Type locality : 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



