250 ECONOMIC BOTANY OF ALABAAIA 



3. DeKalb, Blount and Talladega Counties. 



4. Calhoun and Coosa Counties. 



5. Clay County (Mohr). Coosa, Randolph and Chilton Counties. 

 6A. Franklin, Tuscaloosa, Chilton and Elmore Counties. 



6C. House Bluff, Autauga County. 



7 (?). Montgomery County (Mohr). 



lOE. Dale Countv. 



low (?). Clarke County (Mohr). 



11. Choctaw, Washington and Conecuh Counties. 



13. Mobile and Baldwin Counties (Mohr). 



Euonymus aitropurpureus, Jacq., a species which sometimes 

 grows larger, and is of some medicinal value, and occasionally cul- 

 tivated for ornament, Dr. Mohr was told was indigenous near (^jiir- 

 ley, Jackson County, but this has probably never been verified. 

 In li)22 I saw what I took to be this species on the north side of 

 Mussel Shoals in Lauderdale County, but it may have been 

 drowned out since by the Wilson Dam. In the spring of 1928 I 

 found a few specimens on limestone on the north slope of War- 

 nock Mountain, in Blount Coimty, and in rich woods near the 

 Alabama River north of Montgomery. 



CELASTRUS, Linnaeus, (False Bittersweet. W^axwork.) 

 Celastrus scandens, L. 



A deciduous woody vine with reddish fruits, which l)urst open 

 in the fall and display a few large bright red seeds. Often gath- 

 ered or cultivated for ornament in the North, where it is com- 

 moner than with us. The bark, especially of the root, has medici- 

 nal and nutritive properties, but is not officinal. 



IB. On a small limestone knob near Cedar Plains, Morgan County. 



2A. Reported from near Mentone on Lookout Mountain by Dr. Mohr. 



SAPINDACEAE. Soapberry Family. 

 About 125 genera and over 1,000 species, mostly trees and 

 shrubs of the Old World tropics. Several are ornamental, and a 

 few have edible fruit. 



SAPINDUS, Linnaeus. 

 Sapindus marginatus, Willd. (Soapberry. Wild China.*) 

 A small tree, said to be native in Florida. Texas, Mexico, etc. 

 Occasionally cultivated for ornament or shade, and escaped near 

 Gallion and Mobile, according to Dr. Mohr. 



*Some writers on economic botany have confused this with the china- 

 berry (Mclia Azedarach) , probably on account of not finding the prevailing 

 southern name of that in the books. See remarks under that species, and 

 also under Ilex glabra. 



