652 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
SYMPETALAE. 
CLETHRACEAE. White Alder Family. 
CLETHRA L. Sp. P1.1:396. 1753. 
About 30 species, warm temperate regions Northern Hemisphere, Canary Islands, 
eastern Asia. North America, Alleghenian region, 2. Shrubs or trees. 
Clethra alnifolia L. Sp. Pl.1:396. 1753. WHITE ALDER. SWEET PEPPER Busu. 
Ell. Sk.1:502. Gray, Man. ed. 6,322. Chap. Fl. 264; ed. 3, 289. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, New England (Mount Desert Island), along the 
coast to Florida, west to eastern Louisiana. ~ 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Low wet thickets. Flowers white; 
June, July. Shrub 3or4 feet high, frequent; common in the Coast plain on swampy 
banks of pine-barren streams. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Carolina, Virginia, Pensylvania.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv, Her). Mohr. 
PYROLACEAE, Pyrola Family. 
CHIMAPHILA Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept.1:279. 1814. 
Four species, temperate Europe. Eastern Asia. North America,3. Herbaceous 
perennials. 
Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1: 300. 1814, 
SPOTTED WINTERGREEN. 
Pyrola maculata L. Sp. Pl. 1: 396. 1753. 
Ell. Sk. 1:505. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 323, Chap. Fl. 267. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 
pt. 1:45. 
Carolinian area. Ontario, New England. Lower ranges of the Alleghenies to 
North Carolina and Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rich wooded hillsides. Morgan County, Falkville, 
80C feet. Winston County, 1,500 feet. Flowers June. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Americae septentrionalis sylvis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
MONOTROPACEAE. Pinesap Family. 
MONOTROPA L. Sp. Pl. 1:387. 1753. 
Two species, colorless perennial saprophytes rooting in vegetable mold. North 
America, 1. 
Monotropa uniflora L. Sp. Pl. 2: 387. 1753. INDIAN PIPE. 
Ell. Sk. 1:477. Gray, Man. ed. 6,325. Chap. Fl. 268. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:254. Wats. Bot. Calif.1:463. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2, pt.1: 49. 
EASTERN Asis, HIMALAYAN Inp14, Mexico, SouTH AMERICA. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Lake Superior, 
Ontario, south throughout the eastern United States, west to the Rocky Mountains 
and Oregon. 
ALABAMA: Throughout the State; scattered. Reported from the Tennessee Val- 
ley. Cullman, Autauga, and Mobile counties. Flowers September, October; not 
rare, under pines and deciduous trees; local, most frequent in the pine forests of 
the Coast plain. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Marilandia, Virginia, Canada.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
HYPOPITYS Adans. Fam. 2:443. 1763. 
A monotypic genus. North temperate zone. Habit of the last. 
Hypopitys hypopitys (L.) Small, Mem. Torr. Club, 4: 137. 1894. PINESAP. 
Monotropa hypopitys L. Sp. Pl. 1: 387. 1753. 
Hypopitys monotropa Crantz, Inst. 2:467. 1766. 
Ell. Sk.1:478. Gray, Man. ed. 6,326. Chap. Fl. 268. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:254, Gray, Syn. Fl. 2, pt. 1:50. 
