652 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



SYMPETAXutE. 



CLETHRACEAE. White Alder Family. 

 CLETHRA L. Sp. PL 1 : 396. 1753. 



About 30 species, -warm temperate regions Northern Hemisphere, Canary Islands, 

 eastern Asia. North America, Allegheniau region, 2. Shrubs or trees. 



Clethra alnifolia L. Sp. PI. 1 : 396. 1753. WHITE ALDER. SWEET PEPPER Brsn. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 502. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 322. Chap. Fl. 264; ed.3,289. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New England (Mount Desert Island), along the 

 coast to Florida, west to eastern Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Low wet thickets. Flowers whifre; 

 June, July. Shrub 3 or 4 feet high, frequent; common in the Coast plain on swampy 

 banks of pine-barren streams. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Carolina, Virginia, Pensylvaiiia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PYROLACEAE. Pyrola Family. 

 CHIMAFHIL A Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 279. 1814. 



Four species, temperate Europe. Eastern Asia. North America, 3. Herbaceous 

 perennials. 



Chimaphila maculata (L. ) Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 300. 1814. 



SPOTTED WINTERGREEN. 



Pyrola maculata L. Sp. PI. 1 : 396. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 1:505. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 323. Chap. Fl. 267. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 

 pt. 1 : 45. 



Carolinian area. Ontario, New England. Lower ranges of the Alleghenies to 

 North Carolina and Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rich wooded hillsides. Morgan County, Falkville, 

 80C feet. Winston County, 1,500 feet. Flowers June. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Americae septentrionalis sylvis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



MONOTROPACEAE. Pinesap Family. 



MONOTROPA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 387. 1753. 



Two species, colorless perennial saprophytes rooting in vegetable mold. North 

 America, 1. 



Monotropa uniflora L. Sp. PI. 2 : 387. 1753. INDIAN PIPE. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 477. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 325. Chap. Fl. 268. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 254. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1 : 463. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2, pt. 1 : 49. 



EASTERN ASIA, HIMALAYAN INDIA, MEXICO, SOUTH AMERICA. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Lake Superior, 

 Ontario, south throughout the eastern United States, west to the Rocky Mountains 

 and Oregon. 



ALABAMA: Throughout the State; scattered. Reported from the Tennessee Val- 

 ley. Cullman, Autauga, and Mobile counties. Flowers September, October; not 

 rare, under pines and deciduous trees ; local, most frequent in the pine forests of 

 the Coast plain. 



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



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



HYPOPITYS Adans. Fam. 2:443. 1763. 



A monotypic genus. North temperate zone. Habit of the last. 

 Hypopitys hypopitys (L.) Small, Mem. Torr. Club, 4 : 137. 1894. PINESAP. 



Monotropa hypopitys L. Sp. PL 1 : 387. 1753. 



Hypopitys monotropa Crantz, Inst. 2 : 467. 1766. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 478. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 326. Chap. Fl. 268. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 254. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2, pt. 1 : 50. 



