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century Bartram found residents of Florida using its bark for 

 tanning. 



This is rather rare in Alabama, and does not grow as large 

 here as it does farther east. It seems to be confined to the south- 

 western pine hills (region 13). Prof. Stelle wrote of it in 1888 

 as if it was common enough in ^Mobile County to be used for fuel, 

 but Dr. Mohr knew it only as a small tree six or eight inches in 

 diameter and 15 or 20 feet tall, in a swamp near Whistler. I have 

 seen still smaller specimens in the western part of Mobile County, 

 and near Geneva. 



STEWARTIA, Linnaeus (also spelled ^///ar^/V/). ( Apparently no 

 common name) 



Tall deciduous .'^hruljs, with large white flowers in late spring. 

 but no other striking characteristics, so that they attract little at- 

 tention when not in bloom, and are scarcely known except to bot- 

 anists. They are not at all common, which is another reason why 

 they do not seem to have any common name. 



Stewartia Malacodendron, L. (S. Jlrginica, Cav.) 



This blooms in j\Iay, and has flowers about 2^ inches in 

 diameter, suggesting the flower clusters of the dogwood at a little 

 distance. It ought to be cultivated for ornament, if nothing else, 

 but I have found no record of its being so used. It is so rare and 

 showy that wherever it grows near a road it is liable to be de- 

 stroyed by vandals when in bloom. When not in bloom it is a 

 very ordinary-looking shrub, not easily identified. 



Grows in dry or rich woods ; rather rare. 



2A. Cullman County (Mohr, Harbison, Wolf). Along Eight-mile 

 Creek near St. Bernard. 



2B. Along Hurricane Creek, Tuscaloosa County (Jelks Barksclale and 

 others. May, 1928). 



4. Clay County.? (Seen only in summer, and identification a little 

 doubtful.) 



6A. Found by Dr. Eugene A. Smith a few miles east of Tuscaloosa 

 about fifty years ago, but he was never able to locate it again. Seen from 

 train in southeastern portion of Bibb County, May 5 and 6, 1927. 



6B or C. Near Bridge Creek about 2]^ miles east of Booth. Mav 18, 

 1924. (See Torreya 24:32. 1924.) 



low. Creek bottoms near Greenville, June, 1906 (past blooming). 



13 or IS. Mobile County (Mohr, 1879). 



