Tennessee Flora. 93 



6,000 feet) I found a regular grown tree, 25 feet high by 10 

 inches diameter of trunk. Flowers, Christmas time. Fruit 

 in October. 



LIQUIDAMBAR L. 



Liquidambar Styraciflua L. Sweetgum. Red gum. Large 

 forest tree growing in wet or swampy lands. Very large, and 

 frequent in the Tennessee and Mississippi bottoms. April, 

 May. 



PLATANACE^E Lindl. 



PLATANUS L. 



Platanus occidentalis L. Buttonwood. Plane tree. Syca- 

 more. Attains the widest spread of crown of any of our tim- 

 ber trees. Reaches an altitude of 150 feet and diameter of 

 trunk of 15 feet in our river bottoms. May. 



ROSACE.^ B. Juss. 



OPULASTER Kuntze. (Neillia Brew.) 



Opulaster opulifolius Kuntze. Neillia opulifolia. Brewer 

 & Watson. Nine bark. Rocky places along Cumberland 

 River. June. 



SPIRAEA L. 



Spiraea salicifolia L. ^^leadow sweet. Grand View, Rhea 

 County. Aliller's Cove, E. Tenn. June-August. 



S. tomentosa L. Hardback. Highlands of M. Tenn., in 

 boggy localities. Fountain Head, Sumner County. July. 



S. corymbosa L. S. W, Va. J. K. Small. July. 



S. Virginiana Britton. Little River, E. Tenn. A. Ruth. 

 June. 



ARUNCUS Adans. 



Aruncus Aruncus (L.) Karst. Spiraea Aruncus L. Goat's 

 beard. Moist woodlands. O. S. Nashville, above water- 

 works. May-July. 



PORTERANTHUS Britt. (Gillenia Moench.) 



Porteranthus trifoliatus (L.) Britton. Gillenia trifoliata 

 Moench. Indian physic. Common in E. Tenn. May, June. 



P. stipulatus (Miihl.) Britton. Prevailing in M. Tenn. 

 woods. June, July. 



RUBUS L. 



Rubus odoratus L. High mountains of E. Tenn. Big Frog 

 Mt. Valley of Ocoee River, above Parksville. June. 



