520 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Benzoin melissaefolium (Walt. ) N ees, Syst. 494, 1836. 
Laurus melissaefolia Walt. Fl, Car. 134, 1788. 
Lindera melissaéfolia Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. 1:324, 1857. 
Ell. Sk,1:464. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 447. Chap. FI, 394. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Louisiana to Florida, and along the Atlantic 
coast to Virginia, west to southern [linois and southern Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Low thickets, border of woods. Wilcox 
County, Allenton (S. B. Buckley). Flowers yellowish, February, March; rare. 
Shrub 2 to 3 feet high. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
PAPAVERACEAE. Poppy Family. 
SANGUINARIA L. Sp. Pl. 1:505. 1753. 
One species, eastern North America. 
Sanguinaria canadensis L. Sp. P1.1:505, 1753. Rep Puccoon, 
Ell. 8k.2:13. Gray, Man. ed. 6,58, Chap. F1.22, Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 1, pt. 1:86. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba; New England west 
to Dakota, south to northern Florida and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rocky woods. Winston County, Colliers Creck, 
1,500 feet. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain, 1,600 feet. Tuscaloosa County, 350 
feet (£. A. Smith). Mobile County (Wm. McNeal). Flowers white; March, April. 
Perennial. 
Economie uses: The root is the “bloodroot” or “Sanguinaria” of the United 
States Pharmacopaia. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in America septentrionali.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ARGEMONE L. Sp. Pl. 1:508. 1753. PrickLy Porry. 
Five species, warmer regions of America, Mexico. Western Texas. Annuals or 
biennials. 
Argemone mexicana L. Sp. Pl. 1:508. 1753. MEXICAN PRICKLY Poppy, 
Ell, Sk. 2:13. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 59. Chap, Fl. 21, Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:12. Gray, Syn. FIN, A, 1, pt. 1:87. 
MEXIco. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Adventive sparingly in North Atlantic ports, 
frequent on the South Atlantic and Gulf coast. 
ALABAMA: Mobile County, roadsides, waste places near dwellings. Flowers lemon 
yellow; April, May; not rare. 
Type locality: “ Hab. in Mexico, Jamaica, Caribaeis nune in Europa australi.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
Argemone alba Lestib. Bot. Belg. ed. 2, 3, pt.2:132. 1799, 
Argemone albiflora Hornem. Hort. Hatn. 439, 1815. 
Argemone mexicana albiflora DC. Prodr. 1: 120, 1824. 
A. georgiana Croom, Am. Journ. Sci. 25:75. 1834, 
Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 1, pt. 1:88, 
Alleghenian and Louisianian areas. Nebraska to Texas, South Atlantie States to 
Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Waste places. Mobile. Flowers white, April, May; 
not rare. Annual. 
Type locality not ascertained. 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BICUCULLA Adans. Fam. Pl. 2, App.:23. 1763. 
(DICENTRA Bernh. Linnaea, 8: 468. 1833.) 
Fifteen species, temperate regions Northern Hemisphere. Asia, North America, 
Perennial herbs. 
Bicuculla cucullaria (L.) Millsp. Bull. W. Va. Exp. Sta. 2:327, 1892. 
Fumaria cucullaria L. Sp. Pl, 2:699. 1753. 
Diclytra cucullaria DC, Syst. 2:108, 1821. 
