286 ECONOMIC BOTANY OF ALABAMA 



same year dug up an old generic name of ja])anese origin. Tsitfsiisi, 

 and transferred all our A::alcas to it. 



Some of the S])ecies are quite variable, and just how many dis- 

 tinct forms should he recognized is a problem. Wilson and Rehder 

 credit seven s]:)ecies and subspecies to Alabama, but most of my 

 field work was done before their paper was pul)lished, so that it is 

 practically Impossible to fit my notes to their treatment. vSome of 

 the species bloom in spring and some in summer, and the greatest 

 perplexity is among the vernal species, which differ mostly in 

 color of flowers, and therefore cannot very well be identified when 

 not in bloom. The species are therefore treated here in the older 

 and broader sense, but future investigators may be able to subdi- 

 vide them better. 



Azalea arborescens, Pursh. 



A tall shrub with fragrant white flowers, in May and June. 

 Very ornamental, and said to be easy to cultivate. 



Grows along small streams in the mountainous i)arts of the 

 state. 



2A. Cullman and DeKalb Counties (Mohr). Pisgah gorge. Jackson 

 County (Harbison). Pointed out to me along Eight-mile Creek. Cullman 

 County, by W. Wolf in September, 1927. 



4. Reported from an elevation of 2,200 feet in the Talladega Moun- 

 tains by Dr. Mohr ; and I have seen it at several places on the mountains 

 north of Erin. 



5 ( ?). I ha\e seen what may be this species on the rocky banks of 

 Chestnut Creek in Cliilton County, but only in winter, so that I could not 

 be sure of it. 



Azalea viscosa, L. (vSvvamp Honeysuckle) (Including the var. 

 glaiica, and .-/. scrnihita. Small.) 



A low shrub with sticky white flowers, in June. The leaves in 

 some forms are bright green, and in others glaucous, which has 

 given rise to varietal distinctions. Sometimes cultivated for or- 

 nament. 



Grows mostly in sour swamps and bogs.* 



4. Waterfall near Pulpit Rock (Mohr). 



5. Lee County (Earle & Underwood). 



6B. About two miles east of Booth, Autauga County. 



13. Mobile County (Mohr). Baldwin and Covington Counties. 



*It is reported from Cullman County by Mohr. but Wolf believes he 

 mistook A. caiicscciis for it. 



