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Alabama, is probably what he referred to A. patens in his Plant 

 Life of Alabama, 1901.) Hopkins's distribution map for that species 

 shows three stations in Georgia and two in Alabama, but omits the 

 type-locality, on the state line. 



As stated in the original description (Torreya, 3: 87-88. June, 

 1903), I first found the plant on the bank of the Chattahoochee 

 River in Stewart County, Georgia, July 18, 1901, in fruit. The 

 seeds, or some of them, were ripe enough to germinate, and some 

 planted at the New York Botanical Garden produced plants which 

 bloomed in April, 1903, enabling me to describe the species. 



On December 30, 1903, I found what was evidently the same 

 species on the Oostanaula River in Gordon County, northwestern 

 Georgia. It was of course all dead at the time, but I took a few 

 specimens (one of which was cited by Mr. Hopkins), and reported 

 the occurrence in Torreya, 4: 24—25. February, 1904. 



The next development w^as finding it on the Coosa River in 

 Elmore County, Alabama, December 9, 1905. I revisited the spot 

 on April 24, 1906, and found it in bloom, and reported it in the 

 Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club a few months later (33: 532. 

 1906). I have not met with the plant in the succeeding 34 years, 

 which suggests that it must be rather rare. But with about six 

 stations on record, in two states, it could probably be found in 

 similar habitats elsewhere if one looked for it. It would be most 

 conspicuous at flowering time, but its best distinguishing char- 

 acters are in the fruit. 



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