MADDEK FAMILY. 739 



Carolinian area. Mountains of West Virginia, southeastern Tennessee, and of 

 North Carolina. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry gravelly or rocky woods. Clay County, 

 Che-aw-ha Mountain, 2,400 feet altitude. Cullniau County, 800 feet. Etowah 

 County, Lookout Mountain, 1,200 feet. Flowers pale purplish; July, August. Not 

 rare. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Near the confluence of Pidgeou river, and the French Broad, Ten- 

 nessee, 011 dry gravelly hille." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Hcmstoiiia calycosa (Shuttle w.). CALYCOSE HOUSTONIA. 



Hedyotis calycosa Shuttle w. ; Gray, PL Wright. 1:81. 1852. 

 Houstonia purpurea calycosa Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2:26. 1884. 

 Gray, Man. ed. 6, 224. 

 Carolinian area. Illinois, Arkansas, and West Virginia. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region. Metamorphic hills. Dry open woods. Tallapoosa 

 County, Dadeville, July, 1877. Rare and local. Perennial. 



Type locality (Syu. Fl. N. A.) : ' Mountains of Alabama (Rufj^l) to Arkansas (Nut- 

 tall), and Illinois (E. Hall}; also collected by Urummond." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Houstonia angustifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 85. 1803. ERECT-LEAF HOUSTONIA. 



Hedi/otis stenophylla Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 :41. 1841. 



Oldenlandia angusiifolia Gray, PL Wright, 2 :68. 1853. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 192. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 224. Chap. Fl. 181. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 26. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb . 2 : 159. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southwestern Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and 

 Texas, east to Tennessee, North Carolina, and Florida. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Dry rocky or gravelly ridges. Cull- 

 niau County, 800 feet altitude. Montgomery County. Barbour County, Eufaula 

 (E. A. Smith). Bladen County, near Magnolia. Flowers rose-pink; June. Not rare. 

 Perennial from a surlrutescent multicipital rootstock. 



Type locality : " Hab. in submaritimis Floridae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CEPHALANTHUS L. Sp. PI. 1 : 95. 1753. 



About one-half dozen species, warmer temperate North America, Asia, Africa. ? 

 Cephalaiithus occidentalis L. Sp. PL 1 : 95. 1753. BUTTONBUSH. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 186. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 224. Chap. Fl. 176. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 29. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 160. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1 : 282. 



CUBA, MEXICO. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Brunswick and Quebec to the Gulf, through- 

 out the continent to California. 



ALABAMA: Throughout the State. Inundated banks. Shallow stagnant water. 

 Flowers white; July, August. Shrub 6 to 15 feet high. 



Economic uses : The bark of the root, under name of " buttonbush bark," is used 

 medicinally. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America septentriouali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



MITCHELIiA L. Sp. PL 1 : 111. 1753. PARTRIDGE BERRY. 



Two species, perennial creeping herbs, Japan. Atlantic North America, 1. 

 Mitchella repens L. Sp. PL 1 : 111. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 1:198. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 225. Chap. FL 176. Gray, Syn. Fl.N.A. l,pt.2:31. 

 Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 160. 



NORTHERN MEXICO. 



Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianiau areas. Nova Scotia, Ontario; New 

 England west to southern Illinois, south to Florida, Texas, and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Dry shady woods and shaded banks. Flowers rose- 

 pink; April to June. Fruit ripe July to October; scarlet. Common. Evergreen. 

 Perennial. 



Economic uses : The herb" partridge berry "is used medicinally. Ornamental. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Carolina, Terra Mariana, Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



