ERICACEAE 291 



lA. Lauderdale and Colbert Counties. 



IC. Colbert County. 



2A., 2B. Frequent or common on rocky bluffs and banks of streams. 



3. Talladega, Shelby, Jefferson, Bibb and Tuscaloosa Counties. 



4. Common on cliffs and in ravines. 



5. Frequent, except perhaps in Chambers and Lee Counties. 

 6A. Scattered throughout. 



6B. Hale, Bibb, Autauga and Elmore Counties. In this region its usual 

 habitat is in gullies among the high pine hills, where there is almost no 

 shade or humus, but practically perfect protection from fire. 



6C. High hills near Prattville. Along \'alley Creek about three miles 

 north of Selma. 



lOB. Pike, Dale, Coffee and Covington Counties. 



low. Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe and Butler Counties, mostly in the 

 Buhrstone mountains. 



11. Choctaw and Monroe Counties. 



12. Washington and Geneva Counties. 



13. Washington, Mobile, Escambia and Covington Counties. 



Kalmia hirsuta, A\'alt. (Wicky). 



A low shriilx al)Out a foot tall, with bristly stems, small ever- 

 gfeen leaves, and |)ink-piirple flowers in summer. Fxonomic 

 properties unknown. 



Grows in damp sandy pine lands. (Less common in Ala- 

 bama than in Georgia and Florida.) 



13. Near Josephine, Baldwin County. 



15. South of Orange Beach, Baldwin County. 



LEUCOTHOE, D. Don. 



Leucothoe axillaris fLam.) Don. 



A low, almost unbranched shrub with curving stems, toothed 

 evergreen leaves, and waxy-white flowers ( much like those of the 

 huckleberries) in late spring. Shipped from Evergreen for winter 

 decorations, and would probably be cultivated for ornament if it 

 was better known. Believed to be poisonous to cattle. 



Grows in wet woods in the lower parts of the coastal plain. 



lOE. Coffee and Covington Counties. 

 11. Murder Creek swamp near Evergreen. 



13. Spring-head about 5 miles west of Bay Minette. Along Franklin 

 Creek north of Grand Bay. 



Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray. 



A slender deciduous shrub with small white flowers in slender 

 drooping clusters, in late spring or early siunmer. 



