HOO PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Wiscohsin, south from southern New York and New Jersey along the mountains to 
Georgia; mountains of southwestern Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region at greatest elevations. On rocks. Winston County 
(T. M. Peters). Vlowers white. June, July. Perennial. 
Type locality: “ Hab. in rupibus Novae Angliae, Canadac.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Arenaria patula Michx. Fl. Bor, Am.1:275. 1808. PIrcHER’s SANDWORT, 
Arenaria pitcheri Nutt.; Torr. & Gray, F'1l.N. A. 1: 180, 183%, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 86. Chap. F1. 49. 
Carolinian area, Southern Virginia, west to southern []linois, southern Missouri, 
and Arkansas, south to North Carolina, Tennessee, and southwestern Texas. (Riddell, 
in herb.) 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Tennessee basin. Lawrence County. Madison 
County, Huntsville. Jackson County, Scottsboro. Frequent on exposed limestone 
rocks. Occasionally on river banks in the lower country. Sumter County, Espes 
Station (FZ. A. Smith), Baldwin County, Point Clear, adventive from the upper 
country on drifted rubbish on the bay shore. Flowers white. May. Annual, 
Type locality: ‘ Hab. in rupibus cirea Knoxville,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Arenaria brevifolia Nutt. ; Torr. & Gray, Fl.N.A.1: 180. 1838. 
SHORTLEAF SANDWORT, 
Chap. I. 49. 
Carolinian area, Mountains of Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Exposed sandstone rocks. Dekalb County, summit 
of Lookout Mountain, 2,000 feet. Flowers white. June; rare, Annual, 
Type locality: ‘(On rocks, Georgia, Nuttall!” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Arenaria serpyllifolia L. Sp. Pl. 1:423. 1753. THY MELEAF SANDWORT, 
El. Sk.1:518. Gray, Man. ed.6,85. Chap. FI. 49. 
EUROPE. 
‘anadian zone to Carolinian area. Nova Scotia, Ontario, New England along 
the mountains to Georgia. Naturalized.? 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. On dry or damp rocky places, to all appearances 
indigenous. Madison County, Montesano, about 1,000 feet. Jackson County, Scotts- 
boro. Flowers white. May; not infrequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Europae sylvis glareosis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Arenaria lanuginosa Rohrb. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 14, pt. 2: 274, 1.60, 1872. 
SPREADING STARWORT. 
Sperqulastrum lanuginosum Michx. Fl. Bor, Am, 1: 275, 1803, 
Arenaria diffusa El. Sk.1:519, 1817. 
Stellaria lanuginosa Torr. & Gray, F'1.N. Am. 1: 187, 1838, 
Ell. Sk. l.¢. Chap. FI. 49. 
MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA TO ARGENTINA, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: ‘Tennessee Valley. Coast plain. Shady copses, thickets in dry soil. 
Franklin County, Russellville. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Most frequent near 
the coast. Perennial. 
Type locality not ascertained; Michaux’s locality: ‘“ Hab. in meridionalibus Amer- 
icae septentrionali.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
SPERGULA L. Sp. Pl. 1:440. 1755. 
Two or three species of temperate Europe and Asia. Widely naturalized weeds 
in fields. 
Spergula arvensis L. Sp. Pl.1:440. 1753. CORN SPURRY. 
Ell. 8k. 1:523. Gray, Man. ed. 6,90. Chap. FI. 48. 
EUROPE. 
Naturalized from Canada to the Gulf and sparingly on the Pacific coast, 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Abundant in sandy low fields, pastures. Mobile County. 
Flowers white. March. Annual. 
‘conomic uses: Useful for fodder; valuable for early pasture. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Europae agris.” 
Herb. Geol. Sury, Herb, Mohr, 
