84 Texnksske Fi.oua. , 



B. fertilis (Walt.) Kearney. Calycanthus laevigatus Willd. 

 Calycanthus glaucus Willd. Cumberland and Alleghany Alts. 

 Fruit poisonous to sheep. August, September. 



LAURACE.E Lindl. 



SASSAFRAS Xees & Eberm. 



Sassafras Sassafras (L.) Karst. Sassafras officinale Nees. 

 Sassafras. A small to a large tree. On the "islands of Hi- 

 wassee and Tennessee Rivers, it reaches an altitude of from 

 loo to I20 feet by 5 feet diameter. April, May. Fruit ma- 

 tures in July, August. M. 



MALAPCENA Adans. (Tetranthera Nees.) 



Malapoenna geniculata (Walt.) Coulter. Tetranthera gen- 

 iculata Xees. Pond spice. In swamps on Cumberland Alts. 

 East of Ducktown, in North Carolina. Alarch, April. 



BENZOIN Fabr. (Laurus L.) 



Benzoin Benzoin (L.) Coulter. Spice bush. O. S. Banks 

 of Cumberland River at Nashville. March, April. Fruit ma- 

 tures in August, September. M. 



B. melissaefolium (Walt.) Nees. Not so frequent like the 

 former. Cumberland Plateau. Alarch. 



PAPAVERACE.^ B. Juss. 

 PAPAVER L. 



Papaver somniferum L. -Occasionally on waste grounds, es- 

 caped from gardens. June-August. Source of opium. 



P. dubium L. Waste grounds. Unfrequent. Adventitious 

 from Europe. Simimer. 



ARGEMONE L. 



Argemone Mexicana L. Prickly poppy. In some streets 

 of NashA'ille. June-September. 



A. alba Lestib. Is perhaps only a variety of the former, and 

 growls promiscuously in same locality. June, July. 



SANGUINARIA L. 



Sanguinaria Canadensis L. Blood root. In rich wood- 

 lands. O. S. April, May. M. 



STYLOPHORUM Nutt. 



Stylophorum diphyllum (Michx.) Nutt. Celandine poppy. 

 Woods, vicinity of Nashville. March-May. 



