BUCKWHEAT FAMILY. 481 
Asarum virginicum L. Sp. Pl.1:442. 1753. WILD GINGER. CoLic Root. 
Ell. Sk.1:532. Gray, Man. ed. 6,445. Chap. Fl. 371. 
_Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Virginia along the mountains to North Caro- 
lina, Georgia, and eastern Tennessee. / 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Lower hills. Rich shaded copses and hillsides. 
Tuscaloosa County (#. 4. Smith). Flowers maroon; March, April; rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia, terra Mariana, Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Asarum macranthum (Shuttlew.) Small, Mem. Torr. Club, 5:136. 1894. 
LARGE-FLOWERED WILD GINGER. 
Asarum virginicum var. grandiflorum Michx.; Duchartre in DC. Prodr. 15: 426. 1864. 
Asarum grandiflorum Small, Mem. Torr. Club, 4: 150. 1894. Not Klotzsch. 
Homotropa macranthum Shuttlew.; Small & Heller, Mem. Torr. Club, 3:11. 1892. 
As synonym. 
Carolinian area. West Virginia to northern Alabama. 
AvaBAMA: Higher mountain ranges. Rocky shaded banks, Dekalb County. On 
Lookout Mountain, near Mentone 1,800 to 2,000 feet. June 3. Only locality known 
in the State. Flowers purple brown; bright-spotted inside. 
Type locality: ‘Collected by Rugel in 1841 on the Broad River, N. C.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Asarum arifolium Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 279. 1803. SOUTHERN WILD GINGER. 
Ell. 8k. 1:532. Gray, Man. ed. 6,445. Chap. Fl. 371. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. West Virginia and eastern Tennessee to the 
low country of the Atlantic and Gulf States, west to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt. Coast plain. Rich shaded hillsides. Tuscaloosa, 
Clarke, Mobile, and Baldwin counties. Flowers maroon. March; common. 
Economic uses: The root of the several species is used medicinally under the 
names of ‘‘ wild ginger” and ‘colic root.” 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in umbrosis sylvis Carolinae inferioris.” 
Herb. Mohr. 
POLYGONACEAE. Buckwheat Family. 
ERIOGONUM Michx. FI. Bor. Am. 1: 246. 1803. 
About 100 species, almost exclusively confined to the Sonoran area from Texas to 
the Pacific. Southeastern Atlantic States, 2. Herbs, chiefly perennial. 
Erigonum tomentosum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 246, 1803. Downy ERIOGONUM. 
Ell. Sk.1:465. Chap. Fl. 392. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina, Georgia, western Florida. 
ALABAMA: Upper division of Coast Pine belt. Dry sandy pine ridges in the 
so-called wire-grass counties. Henry County, Abbeyville. Dale County, Ozark. 
Geneva County (£..4. Smith). Flowers white. August to October; not rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in aridissimis, pinetis Carolinae et Georgiae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. : 
RUMEX L. Sp. Pl. 1:333. 1753. Dock.! 
About 100 species, cosmopolitan in the Northern Hemisphere. North America, 20. 
Eastern States and adjoining Provinces of Canada, 9. Herbs mostly perennial. 
Rumex acetosella L. Sp. Pl.1:338. 1753. Sanp SoORREL. 
Ell. Sk. 1:415. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 489. Chap. F1.386. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:379. 
EUROPE. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Naturalized over the continent. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. In light sandy soil, waste places, worn-out fields. 
Flowers reddish. April, May. Anabundant and troublesome weed, Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Europae pascuis et arvis arenosis.” , 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
1 William Trelease, The species of Rumex north of Mexico, Report Mo. Bot. Gard., 
vol. 3, pp. 74 to 95. 1892. 
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