452 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
BURMANNIACEAE. Burmannia Family. 
BURMANNIA L. Sp. Pl. 1: 287. 1753. 
Twenty species, mostly in tropical regions of both hemispheres. Southeastern 
North America, 2. Tiny, almost leafless, saprophytic annuals. 
Burmannia biflora L. Sp. Pl. 1: 287, 1753. TW0O-FLOWERED BURMANNIA. 
Tripterella caerulea Nutt. Gen. 1:22. 1818. 
Ell. Sk. 1:43. Gray, Man. ed. 6,497. Chap. F1451. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:422, 
West INDIES. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia to Florida, west to eastern 
Texas. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Peaty soil of pine barrens. Mobile 
County, Springhill. Flowers lavender blue. October, November, 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Virginiae paludosis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Burmannia capitata Mart. Nov. Gen. et Sp.1:12. 1824. CaPrITATE BURMANNIA. 
Vogelia capitata Gmelin, Syst. 107. 1791. 
Tripterella capitata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am 1:19, t. 8. 1803. 
Ell. Sk.1:43. Chap. F1.452. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 606. 
West INDIES, CAYENNE, BRAZIL. 
Louisianian area. From Florida to North Carolina, west to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Boggy pine barrens. Mobile and Baldwin counties. 
Flowers lavender blue. October, November; frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in udis Carolinae etiamque Cayennac.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
APTERIA Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7:64, t.9, 1834, 
Three species, saprophytes, of tropical and subtropical America. 
Aopteria setacea Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7:64, ¢. 9. 1834. Linac APTERIA. 
Apteria lilacina Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. 18: 144. 1841. 
Chap. Fl. 452. 
West INDIES TO TROPICAL BRAZIL. 
Louisianian area. Florida to Georgia, west to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Shaded banks among decayed leaves. Mobile County, 
Bayou La Batre. Baldwin County, Stockton. Flowers, like the whole plant, tinged 
with lilac. July to September; not frequent. Perennial. 
Clearly subsisting on decomposing vegetable matter. ‘The rootlets of the numerous 
contorted stems have never been found in organic connection with the roots of the 
surrounding herbaceous or woody plants. 
Type locality not uscertained. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ORCHIDACEAE, Orchis Family. 
CYPRIPEDIUM L. Sp. Pl. 2:951. 1753. 
About 50 species, perennials, Europe, Asia, temperate Mexico, Central America. 
North America, 12. 
Cypripedium hirsutum Mill. Dict. ed. 8, no. 3. 1768. Larcy Lapy’s SLiprrer, 
Cypripedium calceolus 3 L. Sp. Pl. 2:951. 1753. 
C. pubescens Willd. Sp. Pl. 4: 148. 1805. 
Ell. 8k, 2:508. Gray, Man ed.6,511 Chap. Fl. 464. 
Canadian zone to Carolinian area. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and 
Ontario to the Rocky Mountains; New England, west to Minnesota, Nebraska, and 
Colorado; throughout the Eastern States, south along the mountains to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Upper division of Coast Pine belt. Rich woods. 
Madison County, Montesano. Clarke County, Choctaw Corner. Flowers dingy yel- 
low. April; infrequent. 
