ROSACEAE 



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Fig. 52. Clump of Xcz'iiisia in bloom, on south side of Smith Hall, on 

 University campus. Walter B. Jones, March 27. 1926. (In its native haunts 

 this is usually in such shady places, or so mixed with other shrubbery, that 

 it is difficult to get a satisfactory picture of it. ) 



readily to ctiltivation, and is said to be hardy as far north as 

 Massachusetts. 



This uiiiqite plant, with its nearest relatives Asiatic, was dis- 

 covered near Tuscaloosa by Drs. R. D. Nevius and W. S. Wyman 

 in the spring of 1857. (Both of these gentlemen were living half 

 a century later.) It is not known to grow wild outside of Ala- 

 bama, except that J. C. T. Uphof (Am. Jour. Bot. 9:7. 1922) 

 claims to have found a single specimen on a southeast-facing slope 

 of sandy loam in Butler County, Missouri. 



References: — Harper 3, 19, Mohr 6, Pollard. 



Grows on bluffs and slopes of limestone and shale, usually in 

 shady places. 



IB. Mountain slopes east of New Market, Madison County. (See 

 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33:532. 1906.) Base of Sand Mountain, Jackson 

 County (Harbison). Limestone ridge between Somerville and Falkville, 

 Morgan County. 



2B. Shale cliffs on both sides of the Warrior River within about ten 

 miles of Tuscaloosa. (See Plant World 3:136. 1900; 9:105. 1906.) 



