650 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Mexico TO Brazi_, ARGENTINA, PERU. ; 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Pennsylvania, Virginia to Florida, west to 
Louisiana, Texas, and California. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Stagnant water, ditches, shallow ponds. Mobile 
County. Flowers May; common. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Mexico. Mutis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CENTELLA L. Pl. Rar. Afr.28. 1760. (Amoen. Acad. 6:112.) 
Centella asiatica (L.) Urban, in Mart. Fl. Bras. 11, pt. 1: 287. 1879. 
. ASIATIC PENNYWORT. 
Hydrocotyle asiatica L. Sp. Pl. 1: 234. 1753, 
H. repanda Pers. Syn.1:302. 1805. 
Ell. Sk.1:347. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 211. Chap. Fl. 159. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:149, Ae 
West Inpigs, MExIco TO ARGENTINA, CHILE, EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA, 
East Inpies, NEW ZEALAND, Paciric ISLANDS. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Close, damp soil in miry ground; 
abundant. Perennial. ; 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in India.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CORNACEAE. Dogwood Family. 
CORNUS L. Sp. Pl.1:117. 1753. DoGwoop. CoRNEL. 
Over 30 species, temperate regions both hemispheres, Europe, Asia, mountains of 
tropical America (Mexico, Peru). North America, 18; Atlantic, 11. 
Cornus stricta Lam. Encycl. 2:116. 1786. Stirr CORNEL. 
Cornus fastigiata Michx. Fl. Bor. Am.1:92. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 1:209. Gray, Man. ed. 6,215. Chap. FI. 167. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia to Florida and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Low, open woods; banks of streams. Lee County, 
Auburn, 860 feet (Earle § Underwood). Limestone County, Athens (Baker §° Earle). 
Mobile County, swampy woods, Three Mile Creek. Baldwin County, Stockton. 
Flowers in May; anthers bluish. Fruit mature in September, sordid blue, stone 
elie’ smooth. Large shrub to small tree, 12 to 18 feet high. Common in the 
oast plain. 
Type locality: ‘‘Nous le croyons originaire de ]’Amérique septentrionale.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Cornus amomum Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8, no. 5. 1768. 
SILKY-LEAVED Swamp DoGwoop. 
Cornus sericea L. Mant. 2:199. 1771. 
C. lanuginosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:92. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 1:208. Gray, Man. ed. 6,214. Chap. Fl. 167. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:150. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia and Ontario; New England, west 
to Dakota, Nebraska, and Arkansas, south to the Gulf from Florida to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Upper division of Coast Pine Belt. Swampy banks 
of streams. Cullman County, 800 feet. Montgomery, Bibb, and Clarke counties. 
Flowers white with blue anthers, May; fruit ripe in September, dark blue. Shrub 
8 to 12 feet high. 
Economic uses: The bark, under the name of ‘‘swamp dogwood bark,” is used 
medicinally. 
Type locality: ‘‘Found in all northern parts of America, * * * being natives 
of the woods in Virginia, New England, Maryland, and Carolina.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. r 
Cornus asperifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:93. .1803. ROUGH-LEAVED CORNEL. 
Ell. Sk. 1: 209. Gray, Man. ed.6, 214. Chap. Fl.167. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2: 150. : 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Ontario and Minnesota, south to Texas, and in 
eastern Tennessee and North Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Dry limestone hills. Thickets. Franklin County, 
Russellville. Flowers in May. Shrubs 8 to 12 feet high. The only locality known 
in the State. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in sylvis umbrosis Carolinae inferioris.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
