80 Tennessee .Flora. 



COPTIS Salisb. 



Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. Gold thread. Higher Allegha- 

 nies. Summit of Thunderhead. At the edge. of laurel thick- 

 ets. Very abundant. Piney Creek, in Rhea County. Mrs. 

 Lydia A. Bennett. May-July. M. 



XANTHORRHIZA L'Hef. 



Xanthorrhiza apiifolia L'Her. Yellow root. Shady banks 

 of mountain streams in the Cumberland and Alleghany Mts. 

 April, May. if.. 



ACT^A. L. 



Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd. Red baneberry. Moist woods. 

 O. S. April-June. ' M. 



A. alba (L.), Mill. White baneberry. Same. range with the 

 former. O. S. April-June. M. 



CIMICIFUGA L. 



Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt. Black snake root. Woods. 

 O. S. June- August. M. 



C. cordifolia Pursh. Bluffs along Tennessee River at Knox- 

 ville. A. Ruth. T. H. Kearney. C. rubifolia Kearney n. sp. 

 seems to be identical with cordifolia Pursh. 



C. Americana Michx. American bugbane. Big Frog Mts. 

 Roane Mt. Chickering. August, September. 



AQUILEGIA L. 



Aquilegia Canadensis L. Columbine. Rocky woods. O. 

 S. April-June. 

 A. coccinea Small, ined. Rich soil. Knoxville. A. Ruth. 



DELPHINIUM L. 



Delphinium urceolatum Jacq. D. exaltatum Ait. Tall lark- 

 spur. Roane Mt. J. W. Chickering. July, August. 



D. Consolida L. Knight's spur. Larkspur. Waste grounds, 

 old fields. O. S. Naturalized from Europe. July. 



D. Carolinianum Walter. D. azureum Michx, Rocky 

 places. . Frequent about Nashville. May, June. 



D. tricorne Michx. Edge of woodlands in rich soil. O. S. 

 April, Alay. 



ACONITUM L. 



Aconitum uncinatum L. Monk's hood. Lake Otosee, near 

 Knoxville. A. Ruth. June. 



A. reclinatum A. Gray. Wolf's bane. Mts. of E. Tenn. 

 July. ' 



