444 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
ington County, Yellowpine. Clarke County, Thomasville. Baldwin and Mobile 
counties. Flowers yellow. June to August; common. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
STEMONACEAE. 
CROOMIA Torr. ; Torr. & Gr. FI. N. A. 1: 663. 1840. 
Two species, perennial. Southern Japan, southeastern North America. 
Croomia pauciflora Torr.; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. 1: 663. 1840. CROOMIA. 
Cissampelos pauciflora Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7:11. 1834.(?) 
Chap. FI. 480. 
Louisianian area. Georgia, middle Florida. 
ALABAMA: Lower hills. Shaded banks. Tuscaloosa County (£. A. Smith). 
Flowers maroon purple. March, April; local, rare. ; 
Type locality: ‘‘Aspalaga, middle Florida on the Apalachicola River under the 
shade of Torreya taxifolia, Mr. Croom! Dr, Chapman!” 
Herb. Mohr. 
SMILACEAE. Smilax Family. 
SMILAX L. Sp. Pl. 2:1028. 1753. GREENBRIER.' 
About 200 species. Tropical and warmer temperate America; few in Japan. 
North America, 17. Perennials; mostly shrubby climbers. 
Smilax herbacea L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1030. 1753. CARRION FLOWER. 
Smilax pulverulenta Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 2: 238. 1803. 
Coprosmanthus herbaceus Kunth, Enum. 5: 265. 1850. 
Smilax peduncularis Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 4:786. 1806. 
Coprosmanthus peduncularis Kunth, Enum. 5: 264. 1850. 
Ell. Sk.2:702. Gray, Man. ed. 6,520. Chap. Fl.477. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2 :432. 
JAPAN. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, and Sas- 
katchewan; New England to Minnesota and Nebraska; Ohio Valley to Missouri; 
from New York south to Tennessee and western Louisiana (Hale), eastern Texas, and 
Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dry copses. Winston County, Colliers Creek (T. 
M. Peters). Tuscaloosa County (E. A. Smith). Flowers green, ill-scented. May; not 
common. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘“‘Hab. in Virginia, Marylandia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Smilax ecirrhata (Engelm.) Waits. in Gray, Man. ed. 6,520. 1890. 
CARRION FLOWER. 
Coprosmanthus herbacea var. ecirrhata Engelm.; Kunth. Enum. 5: 266. 1850. 
Smilax herbacea var. ecirrhata Gray ; DC. Monogr. Phan. 1:52. 1878. 
S. herbacea Ell. Sk. 2:702. 1821-24. : 
Coprosmanthus herbaceus Kunth, Enum. 5: 264. 1850. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,520. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 504. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Virginia west to Michigan and Missouri, south 
to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower hills. Shady copses, rich woods. Lee 
County, Auburn (F. S. Zarle). Cullman County. Tuscaloosa County (£. A. Smith). 
April, May. Flowers with odor of carrion. Not infrequent. 
Type locality not separately given. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Smilax glauca Walt. Fl. Car. 245. 1788. SARSAPARILLA. GLAUCOUS GREENBRIER. 
‘ a Sk.2:697. Gray, Man.ed.6,520. Chap. Fl. 476. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
MEXICO. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Southern New England to Florida, west to 
Texas, Arkansas, and southern Missouri. 
'Thomas Morong, The Smilaceae of North and Central America, Bull. Torr. Club, 
vol. 21, pp. 419 to 443. 1894. 
