668 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Shrub 8 to 15 feet high, frequently arborescent. Not frequent. 

 Type locality: " Hab. ad ripas flnviornm Carolinae et Georgiae." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Adelia ligustrina Micbx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 224. 1803. PRIVET-LIKE ADELIA. 



Forestiera ligustrina Poir. Encycl. Suppl. 2 : 664. 1811 . 



Chap. Fl. 370. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 76. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida (Chapman.) 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Lower hills. Madison County, foothills of Monte- 

 sano, 600 to 800 feet altitude, forming a large part of the shrubby growth of the 

 cedar-clad limestone ridges. Bibb County, Pratt's Ferry. 1- lowers greenish white, 

 frequented by hosts of honey-seeking insects. Shrub 6 to 8 feet high. 



Type locality: " Hab. in fruticetis lllinoensibus, Tennasje'e, &c." (It does not 

 occur, however, in Illinois.) 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CHIONANTHUS L. Sp. PI. 1:8. 1753. 



Two species, China. Atlantic North America, 1. 

 Chioiianthus virginica L. Sp. PI. 1 : 8. 1753. FRINGE THEE. OLD-MAN'S BEARD. 



Ell. Sk. 1:6. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 337. Chap. Fl. 369. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 260. Gray, Syn . Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 77. Sargent. Sil v. N. A. 6 : 60, t. 277. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia 

 to Missouri and Arkansas, south to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Rich wooded banks along streams. Flowers April ; 

 fruit ripe September, October, black; frequent. Shrub 4 to 10 feet high, frequently 

 small tree 10 to 15 feet high, 4 inches in diameter. 



Economic uses: Ornamental. The bark of the root, called "flowering-ash bark," 

 is used in domestic medicine. 



Type locality: "Hab. in America septentriouali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



OSMANTHUS Lour. Fl. Cochin, t. 28. 1790. 



Seven species, evergreen trees, subtropical and tropical eastern Asia, Pacific 

 islands. South Atlantic North America, 1. 



Osmanthus americana (L.) Benth. & Hook. Gen. PI. 2 : 677. 1876. 



DEVIL-WOOD. AMERICAN OLIVE. 



Olea americana L. Mant. 1 : 24. 1767. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 5. Chap. Fl. 369. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 78. Sargent, Silv. N. A. 

 6:65,1.278. 



Louisianian area. Coast of North Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Swampy woods along streams. 

 Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers cream color, April, fragrant; fruit ripe in 

 September, shining black, frequent. Tree 20 to 40 feet high, 8 to 12 inches in 

 diameter. 



Economic uses: Ornamental. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LOGANIACEAE. Logania Family. 



GELSEMIUM Juss. Gen. 150. 1789. 



Two species, woody climbers, eastern Asia. North America, 1. 

 Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) Ait. f. Hort. Kew. 2 : 64. 1811. YELLOW JESSAMINE. 



Bignonia sempervirena L. Sp. PI. 2 : 623. 1753. 



Gelsemium nitidum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 120. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 311. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 345. Chap. Fl. 183. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 

 1 : 107. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 271. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Eastern Virginia to Florida, west to Texas 

 and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Damp thickets. Cullman County, 

 800 feet. Tuscaloosa, Autauga, Jhoctaw, Clarke, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. 

 Flowers golden yellow, February, March ; fragrant. Common. Climbing high from 

 long creeping roots. Most abundant throughout the Coast Pine belt. The whole 

 plaiit poisonous. 



