84 Tennessee Plora. 



B. fertilis (Walt.) Kearney. Calycanthus lasvigatus Willd. 

 Calycanthus glaticus Willd. Cumberland and Alleghany Mts. 

 Fruit poisonous to sheep. August, September. 



LAUEACE^ Lindl. 



SASSAFRAS Nees & Eberm. 



Sassafras Sassafras (L.) Karst. Sassafras of35cinale Nees. 

 Sassafras. A small to a large tree. ■ On the islands of Hi- 

 wassee and Tennessee Rivers, it reaches an altitude of from 

 loo to I20 feet by 5 feet diameter. April, May. Fruit ma- 

 tures in July, August. 31. *" 



MALAPCENA Adans. (Tetranthera Nees.) 



Malapcen^la geniculata (Walt.) Coulter. Tetranthera gen- 

 iculata Nees. Pond spice. In swamps on Cumberland Mts. 

 East of Ducktown, in North Carolina. March, April. 



BENZQIN Fabr. (Laurus L.) 



Benzoin Benzoin (L.) Coulter. Spice bush. O. S. Panks 

 of Cumberland River at Nashville. March, April. Fruit ma- 

 tures in August, September. M. 



B. melissaefolium (Walt.) Nees. Not so frequent like the 

 former. Cumberland Plateau. March. 



PAPAVERACEiE B. Juss. 

 PAPAVER L. 



Papaver somniferum L. Occasionally on waste grounds, es- 

 caped from gardens. June-August. Source of opium. 



P. dubium L. Waste grounds. Unfrequent. Adventitious 

 from Europe. Summer. 



ARGEMONE L. 



Argemone Mexicana L. Prickly poppy. In some streets 

 of Nashville. June-September. 



A. alba Lestib. Is perhaps only a variety of the fofmer, and 

 grows prdfmiscuously in same locality. June, July. 



SANGUINARIA L. 



Sanguinaria Canadensis L. Blood root. In rich wood- 

 lands. O. S. April, May. M. 



STYLOPHORUM Nutt. 



Stylophorum diphyllum (Michx.) Nutt. Celandine poppy. 

 Woods, vicinity of Nashville. March-May. 



