432 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
HETERANTHERA Ruiz & Pav. Gen. Pl. Fl. Per. et Chil. 9. 1794. WATER STAR- 
GRASS. (SCHOLLERA Schreb. Gen. 785. 1789. Not Roth. 1788.) 
Nine species, aquatic, perennial, warmer regions of America. 
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Heteranthera dubia (Jacq.) Morong, Mem. Torr. Club, 5:105. 1894. 
GOLDEN-FLOWERED WATER STAR, 
Commelina dubia Jacq. Obs, Bot. 3:9, 1.59. 1768. 
Leptanthus gramineus Michx. Fl. Bor, Am. 1:25, ¢.5,f..2. 1803. 
Heteranthera graminea Vahl, Enum. 2:45. 1806. 
Schollera graminea Gray, Man.511, 1848, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,536, Chap. F1.497. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:441. Wats. Bot. 
Calif. 2:178. 
CUBA. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, Ontario; New England west to 
Ohio and Minnesota, south to Florida, and west to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: ‘Tennessee Valley to the seashore. Sluggish streams, under water. 
Lauderdale County, Tennessee River (2.1. Smith), Mobile and Baldwin counties, 
in the riverdeltaand upper part of Mobile Bay; abundant. June. Flowers yellow. 
Type locality: ‘* Haud procul a montibus in rivulo Jacobi dicto.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
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Heteranthera reniformis Ruiz & Pay. Prodr. Fl. Per.1:43. 1798. Mup PLANTAIN, 
Leptanthus reniformis Michx, Fl, Bor. Am. 1:25. 1803, 
Gray, Man, ed. 6,536. Chap, Fl ed.3, 524. Griseb. FL. Brit. W. Ind. 590. 
West INbIEs, MEXICO TO ARGENTINA, PARAGUAY, PERU, 
Jarolinian to Louisianian area. New York, Illinois, and eastern Kansas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Mobile County, muddy ditches. July. Flowers pale 
blue, Not frequent. 
Type locality: “Hab. in Provineia Cereado, in paludibus et stagnatis Lurin, 
Limae, Sureo, Miraflores, Magdalena et Lurigancho, 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
JUNCACEAE. Rush Family. 
JUNCUS L. Sp. P1.1:325. 1753. Rusu. 
One hundred and seventy-six species, cosmopolitan. North America, 60; North 
Atlantic States, 30 to 35; Southern, 20. Chiefly perennials. 
Juncus effusus L. Sp. Pl. 1:326. 1753. Sorr Rusu. 
EM Sk. 1:405. Gray, Man. ed.6,510. Chap. F1.493. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb 
2:447. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2: 206, 
Europe, Asta, Arrica, AMerIcA, AUSTRALIA, New ZEALAND. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Newfoundland, Quebec, and Ontario to the 
Pacific; from Vancouver's Island to California; throughout the Eastern States to 
Florida and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Common in low damp places. June. 
Type locality: ‘Hab, in Europae uliginosis.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Juncus roemerianus Scheele, Linnaea, 22:348, 1849, SALT RUSH. 
Juncus maritimus Chap. 1.493, 1860. Not Lam. 
Chap. Fl. 1. ¢e.5 ed.3,520. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 447. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Seashore of New Jersey to Florida, west to 
Texas. 
ALABAMA: Littoral region. Salt and brackish swamps, covering the large salt 
marshes, overtlowed by the tide. Mobile and Baldwin counties, July. Abundant. 
Type locality: “Galveston Island auf feuchtem Muschelsand: Roemer,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
Juncus bufonius fasciculatus Koch, Syn. ll. Germ. ed. 2, 845, 1843. 
SOUTHERN Europe. 
Louisianian area. Southeastern States. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp sandy soil. Mobile County; not frequent. May; 
annual, 
