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reported one species only from the hill country and the other only 

 from south of the black belt, and it is possible that they are sep- 

 arated in that way, but if so it is not at present apparent which 

 species the specimens in the coastal plain north of the black belt 

 should l)e referred to. 



2A. DeKalb County (Mohr). Near Mulberry Fork of Warrior River 

 above Bangor, Blount County. 

 2B. Tuscaloosa County. 



3. Blount, St. Clair (Mohr) and Talladega Counties. 



4. Calhoun and Clay Counties. 



5. Clav, Randolph, Cliilton and Chambers Counties. Lee County 

 (Baker & Earle). 



6B. About two miles east of Booth, Autauga Countv. (See Torreva 

 24:82. 1924.) 



6C. Rich woods about a mile southwest of Booth, and along Pine 

 Creek below Dosterville, Autauga County. 



low. Choctaw and Butler Counties. 



low or 11. Clarke County. 



13. Mobile, Baldwin and Escambia Counties (Mohr). 



LAURACEAE. L.mjrkl Family. 

 The laurel from which the ancient Romans made wreaths to 

 crown their heroes and champions with is Laurits nobilis, a Euro- 

 pean member of this family, often cultivated in tubs in northern 

 cities, and less frequently outdoors in the South. The avocado, 

 cinnamon, camphor, and bay rum also come from this family, 

 which includes about 40 genera and 1,000 species, mostly tropical. 

 All are trees or shrubs, with aromatic properties. The various 

 plants commonly called laurel in this country have evergreen leaves 

 something like the European laurel, but belong to quite different 

 families. 



PERSEA, Gaertner. (Tainala. Raf.) The Sweet or Red Bays. 



Persea Borbonia (L.) Spreng. (P. Carolinensis (Mx.) Nees.) 



Red Bay. 



A medium-sized aromatic evergreen tree, with crooked or 

 leaning trunk, seldom exceeding a foot in diameter, and furrowed 

 brown bark. The wood is something like mahogany, and takes a 

 fine polish, but the tree is too small and scarce in Alabama to be of 

 any economic importance. 



(jrows in hammocks and bottoms, in the coastal })lain. 



7. Several places along Catoma Creek, Montgomery County. Rare in 

 Dallas County (Cocks). 



lOE. In the pocosin, Pike County. 



low. Rich woods a few miles northeast of Claiborne. • 



11. Conecuh County. 



13. Mobile, Baldwin and Escambia Counties (Mohr). 



15. Near Orange Beach, Baldwin County. 



