742 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



EUROPE, DAHURIA, JAPAN. 



Boreal zone to Louisiauian area. British North America to latitude 68. From 

 the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. Xew England (Maine, Mount Desert Island) to 

 Georgia, Mississippi, western Louisiana, Texas, and California. 



ALABAMA: So far only observed in the Coas t plain. Openmarshes. Mobile County, 

 banks of Mobile River. Flowers white; May, June. Weak, assurgeut, diffusely 

 branched. Perennial. 



A form of more robust growth, with broader leaves, nearly -J- inch wide and ^ to f 

 inch long, larger fruit, approaching var. latlfolium Torr. On rotten logs, banks of 

 Mobile River. July, September. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Canada. Kalm." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Galium triflorum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:80. 1803. SWEET-SCENTED BEDSTRAW. 



Ell. Sk. 1: 197. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 227. Chap. Fl. 174. Gray, Syn. Fl. X. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 39. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1 : 284. 



EUROPE, ASIA, TO JAPAN. 



Boreal zone to Louisianian area. Canada from the Atlantic to tbe Pacific. New 

 England west to Nebraska, Colorado, and Calfornia, south to Florida and northern 

 Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower hille. Rich shady woods. Laudenlalr 

 County. Tuscaloosa County (E.A. Smith). April, May. Local ; not frequent. p er- 

 ennial. 



Type locality: " In umbrosis Canadae sylvis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Galium uniflorum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 79. 1803. 



BLACK-FRUITED LADIES' BEDSTRAW. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 195. Chap. Fl. 174. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 41. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Shaded rich woods. Upland hammocks. Mobile County, 

 Springhill. Baldwin County, Montrose. Flowers white; July, August. Fruit 

 August, September; plum-purple, with a bloom. Not rare. Perennial. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Galium hispidulum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 79. 1303. SCARLET-FRUITED BEDSTRAW. 



Rubia peregrina Walt. Fl. Car. 86. 1788. Not L. 



R. brownei Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 81. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 195. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 227. Chap. Fl. 173. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2:42. 



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



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Dry copses and shaded banks. Mobile and Baldwin 

 counties. Flowers greenish white: fruit scarlet. May, June. Perennial, from a 

 woody creeping base. Frequent. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Carolina inferiore." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



VIBURNACEAE. Honeysuckle Family. 



SAMBUCUS L. Sp. PI. 1 : 269. 1753. ELDER. 

 Twenty species, temperate regions, excepting Africa. 



Sambucus canadensis L.Sp. PI. 1:269. 1753. AMERICAN ELDER. 



Ell. Sk. 1:368'. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 2 17. Chap. Fl. 171. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2: !>. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Through Eastern North America from Ne\v 

 Brunswick and Saskatchewan to the Gulf, west to Dakota, mountains of Colorado, 

 Utah, and Arizona, to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Damp thickets and shaded banks. Flowers May, 

 June. Fruit ripe September; berries shining black. Shrub or tree 15 to 20 feet 

 high. 



Economic uses: The bark, fruit, and flowers are the " elder" or "Sambucus " of 

 the United States Pharmacopoeia. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Canada. D. Kalm.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



