744 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Viburnum nudum L. Sp. PI. 1 : 268. 1753. POSSUM HAW. 



Viburnum nudum var. claytonii Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 14. 1841. 

 Ell. Sk. 1 : 365. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 219. Chap. Fl. 171. Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New England, West Virginia, south 

 to Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Swampy thickets. Clay County, 

 1,000 feet. Cullniau, Henry, Franklin, Washington, Montgomery, Monroe, Baldwin, 

 and Mobile counties. Flowers white; April, May. Fruit ripe September; black, 

 with bluish bloom. 



Most frequent in the sandy swamps, borders of pine-barren streams. Shrub, not 

 infrequently somewhat arborescent, 8 to 16 feet high. 



Type locality : ' <Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Viburnum nitidum Ait. Hort. Kew. 1 : 371. 1789. 



Viburnum nudum var. angustifolium Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 2 : 14. 1841. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 2 : 12. 



Slender shrub, 15 to 20 feet high, branches weak, drooping or reclining, leaves 

 smooth, shining above, lanceolate to oblong, acute to acuminate, entire or obscurely 

 crenulate; brauchlets quadrangular, sparingly scurfy ; berries smaller than in the 

 above,' oblong, acute, ^ inch wide, J inch long. 



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



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Wooded swampy banks of pine- 

 barren streams. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers white, May. Berries ripe 

 September, October; bluish black. Frequent. 



Type locality: "Native of North America." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



TRIOSTEUM L. Sp. PI. 1:176. 1753. 



Four species, perennial herbs, temperate North America, Himalayan India, China. 

 Triosteum perfoliatum L. Sp. PI. 1:176. 1753. TINKER'S ROOT. FEVER ROOT. 



Triosteum major Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 107. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 269. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 219. Chap. Fl. 170. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 12. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Quebec, Ontario; New England west to Minne- 

 sota, south to the Ohio Valley, Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee, and along the 

 mountains to Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Rich woods. Montgomery County, Pintlalla 

 Creek. Flowers white, April; fruit ripe July, scarlet. Local and rare. Perennial, 

 from a large woody root. 



Economic uses: The root, under the name of "Tinker's root," is u.sed medicinally. 



Type locality: "Hab. in America septentrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Triosteum angustifolium L. Sp. PI. 1: 176. 1753. NARROW-LEAF FEVER ROOT. 

 Triosteum minus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 107. 1803. 

 Ell. Sk. 1 : 270. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 219. Chap. Fl. 170. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 



Carolinian and Louisiauiau areas. Virginia to Missouri and Arkansas, south to 

 North Carolina and Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Rich copses. Lauderdale County, Greenhill (H. 

 Stutts). Flowers May; fruit ripe in June. Local and rare. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SYMPHORICARPOS Juss. Gen. PL 211. 1789. 



Nine species, temperate Mexico. North America, 7. 



Symphoricarpos symphoricarpos (L.) McMillan, Bull. Torr. Club, 19: 15. 1892. 



CORAL BERRY. 



Lonicera symphoricarpos L. Sp. PL 1 : 175. 1753. 



Symphoricarpos orbiculata Moench, Meth. 503. 1794. 



Symphoricarpos vuh/aris Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 106. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 :273. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 220. Chap. Fl. 169. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 

 2 : 13. 



