518 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA, 
CALYCOCARPUM Nutt.; Torr. & Gray, F1.N.A.1:48. 1838. 
One species, perennial climber, South Atlantic North America, 
Calycocarpum lyoni (Pursh) Gray, Gen. Ill.1:76. 1848. Cup SEED. 
Menispermum lyoni Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept.2:371. 1816, 
Gray, Man. ed.6,51. Chap, Fl.16. Gray, Syn. FI.N. A.1, pt. 1:66. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Illinois, southern Missouri and from 
southern Kentucky and Tennessee to Florida. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Central Pine belt. Rich damp banks. Mostly in 
alluvial soil. Lauderdale County. Franklin County, Russellville. Blount County, 
Mulberry River. Tuscaloosa County. Flowers white, June. Fruit ripe 
October, black; twining over Dae ; meeyenner 
Type locality: ‘(In Kentucky and Tennassee.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BUTNERIACEAE (CALYCANTHACEAE). Calycanthus Family. 
BUTNERIA Duhamel, Trait. Arb. 113, t.45. 1755. 
(BEuRERA, Ehret. Pl. Rar. ¢. 78. 1755.) 
(CALYCANTHUS L. Syst. ed. 10, 1066. 1759.) 
Five species, shrubs, temperate North America and Japan. 
Butneria fertilis (Walt.) Kearney, Bull. Torr. Club, 21:175. 1894. 
SMOOTH CALYCANTHUS. MOUNTAIN SPICE-Woop. 
Calycanthus fertilis Walt. Fl. Car. 151. 1788. 
C. glaucus and C. laevigatus Willd. Enum. 559. 1809. 
C. inodorus Ell, Sk.1:576. 1824. 
Ell. 8k.l.¢. Gray, Man. ed. 6,168. Chap. FI. 130. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Allegheny Mountains from Pennsylvania and 
Virginia to Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region, Coosa hills. Low damp thickets, borders of streams. 
Dekalb County, Mentone, banks of Little River, 1,800 feet. St. Clair County, Coosa 
Hills, 650 feet. Lee County, Auburn (Baker §: Earle). Flowers maroon purple, June; 
fruit ripe in September and October, remaining to the next season. Deleterious to 
cattle. Shrub 6 to 8 feet high. 
Economic uses: Ornamental shrub. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Butneria florida (L.) Kearney, Bull. Torr. Club, 21:175, 1894. 
CALYCANTHUS. CAROLINA ALLSPICE. 
Calycanthus floridus L. Syst. ed. 10,1066. 1759. 
C. sterilis Walt. Fl. Car.151. 1788. 
Ell. Sk.1:576. Gray, Man. ed. 6,167. Chap. Fl. 130. 
Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region, border of pine-barren streams. Escambia, Baldwin, 
and Mobile counties. Flowers maroon purple, April; fruit rarely seen. Frequent 
in the Lower Pine region, thus far not observed north of the Coast Pine belt. 
Type locality not ascertained. 
Economic uses: Ornamental shrub. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
LAURACEAE. Laurel Family. 
PERSEA Gaertn. Fruct. 3: 222. 1805. 
Ten species, trees, of subtropical and tropical America. 
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. Syst. 2: 268. 1824. Rep Bay. 
Laurus borbonia L. Sp. Pl. 1:370. 1753. 
L, carolinensis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 245. 1803. 
Persea carolinensis Nees, Syst. 150. 1836. 
Ell. Sk.1:461. Gray, Man. ed. 6,447. Chap. Fl. 393. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:383. Sargent, Silv.N. A. 5:4, 4. 302. 
Carolinian and Louisianiay areas. Sontheastern Virginia south to Bay Biscayne 
and Cape Romanes. Florida west to eastern Texas and Arkansas. 
