80 Tennessee Flora. 



COPTIS Salisb. 



Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. Gold thread. Higher Allegha- 

 nies. Summit of Thimderhead. At the edge of laurel thick- 

 ets. Very abundant. Piney Creek, in Rhea County. Mrs. 

 Lydia A. Bennett. May-July. M. 



XANTHORRHIZA L'Her. 



Xanthorrhiza apiifolia L'Her. Yellow root. Shady banks 

 of mountain streams in the Cumberland and Alleghany Mts. 

 April, May. M. 



ACT^A. L. 



Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd. Red baneberrv. ?*[oist woods. 

 O. S. April-June. M. 



A. alba (L.) Mill. White baneberry. Same range with the 

 former. O. S. April-June. M. 



CIMICIFUGA L. 



Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt. Black snake root. Woods. 

 O. S. June-August. M. 



C. cordifolia Pursh. Blufifs along Tennessee River at Knox- 

 ville. A. Ruth. T. H. Kearney. C. rubifolia Kearney n. sp. 

 seems to be identical with cordifolia Pursh. 



C. Americana Michx. American bugbane. Big Frog Mts. 

 Roane Mt. Chickering. August, September. 



AQUILEGIA L. 



Aquilegia Canadensis L. Columbine. Rocky woods. O. 

 S. April-June. 



A. coccinea Small, ined. Rich soil. Knoxville. A. Ruth. 



DELPHINIUM L. 



Delphinium urceolatum Jacq. D. exaltatum Ait. Tall lark- 

 spur. Roane Mt. J. W. Chickering. July, August. 



D. Consolida L. Knight's spur. Larkspur. Waste grounds, 

 old fields. O. S. Naturalized from Europe. July. 



D. Carolinianum Walter. D. azureum Michx. Rocky 

 places. Frequent about Nashville. May, June. 



D. tricorne IVlichx. Edge of woodlands in rich soil. O. S. 

 April, Mav. 



ACONITUM L. 



Aconitum uncinatum L. Monk's hood. Lake Otosee, near 

 Knoxville. A. Ruth. June. 



A. reclinatum A. Gray. Wolf's bane. Mts. of E. Tenn. 

 July. 



