296 ECONOMIC BOTANY OF ALABAMA 



lA. Lauderdale and Colbert Counties. 



IB. Madison, Limestone and Colbert Counties. 



2A. Common throughout. 



2B. Walker, Jefferson and Tuscaloosa Counties. 



3. Talladega, Jefferson and Bibb Counties. 



4. Common nearly throughout. 



5. Cleburne, Tallapoosa, Elmore and Chilton Counties. 

 6A. Franklin County to Elmore County. 



6B. Common. 



6C. Greene and Autauga Counties. 



7. On loamy hills, Greene County; second bottoms south of Selma, 

 Dallas County ; near Catoma Creek, Montgomery County. 



8. Pike 'County. 



9. Sumter County. 



lOE. Frequent throughout. 



low. Choctaw, Monroe and Butler Counties. 



11. Choctaw, Washington and Clarke Counties. 



12. Washington, Geneva and Houston Counties. 



13. Mobile, Baldwin, Escambia and Covington Counties. 

 15. Baldwin County. 



POLYCODIUM, Kafinesque. Goose:bi;rrie;s (so called in the 

 South, not in the North). 



Deciduous shrubs, with small bell-shaped white or whitish 

 flowers, and berries that in most forms are rather bitter and 

 hardly considered edible, though some of them make pretty good 

 jelly. Originally this genus included but one species, the first 

 named below (J^acciiuuiii sfaiiiiiicuin, L.), but in the last few de- 

 cades several new forms have been described which are difficult 

 to distinguish, and the number of species which should be recog- 

 nized is uncertain. 



Polycodium stamineum (L.) Greene. 



(Deerberry. Squaw Hucklebe;rry). 



Usually about three feet tall, with pretty little cream-colored 

 flowers in x^pril and greenish berries in summer. Sometimes cul- 

 tivated for ornament. 



Grows in dry and moderately rich woods. One or two other 

 forms may have been confused with it in my notes. 



2A. Lawrence and Winston Counties. 

 2B. Near Lock 14, Tuscaloosa County. 



4. Talladega and Clay Counties. 



5. Near Lafayette, Chambers County. 

 6A. Tuscaloosa and Chilton Counties. 



6B. Tuscaloosa and Hale Counties, rather rare. 

 9. Sumter County. 

 low. Choctaw County. 



