594 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Form with narrow linear leaves, smoothish (7. linearifolia MIL). Baldwin County, 
sandy shores of Mobile Bay, Point Clear. Rare, 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginia,” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
MBERCURIALIS L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1087. 1758, 
Seven specics, Kurope. 
Mercurialis annua L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1087, 1758, Dogs Mercury. 
Adventive from Europe. 
ALABAMA: Mobile, ballast weed, observed for over 50 years, common about the 
shipping. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Europae temperatae umbrosis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
RICINUS I.. Sp. Pl. 2: 1007. 1753. 
One species, tropical Africa, Introduced, naturalized in all tropical countries. 
Ricinus communis I. Sp. Pl. 2: 1007. 1753. CasToR OIL BEAN, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,460. Chap. FI. 409. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Escaped from cultivation. 
ALABAMA: Naturalized throughout the State in numerous localities near dwellings. 
Annual, 
Type locality: ‘Hab, in India utraque, Africa, Europa australi.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv, Herb. Mohr. 
JATROPHA L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1006. 1753, 
Seventy species, of tropical America. North America, 5. 
Jatropha stimulosa Miebx. Fl. Bor. Am, 2: 216. 1803. SPURGE NUTTLE, 
Jatropha urens var. stimulosa Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr, 15, pt. 2: 1101, 1866. 
EI. Sk. 2:649. Gray, Man, ed. 6,457. Chap. FI. 409. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Coast of southern Virginia and North Carolina 
to Florida, west to Arkansas and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry sandy pine barrens. Autauga, 
Montgomery, Escambia, and Mobile counties, Flowers white, May to July. Com- 
mon, Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘In parte meridionali Americae septentrionalis, in Virginia prope 
Portsmouth, * * * ,in Carolina * * ,in Alabama * * * , Florida.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
STILLINGIA L. Mant. 1:19. 1767. 
Fifteen species, eastern Asia, Pacific islands. Southern North America, D 
Stillingia sylvatica I.. Mant.1:126. 1767, QUEEN’S DELIGHT, 
Ell, Sk. 2:650. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 461. Chap. FI, 404. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2: 404. 
Yarolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern Virginia to Florida, west to 
Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Light dry soil, open woods, copses. 
ChiltonCounty. Autauga County (/. 4. Smith), Clarke County (Dr. Denny). Mon- 
roe, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers yellow, April to June. Frequent in 
the pine barrens. Perennial. 
Economic uses: The root is the ‘queen's root” of medicine—“ Stillingia,” United 
States Pharmacopmia, 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Carolinae pinetis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
SEBASTIANIA Spreng. Neue Entdeck. 2: 118, t.6. 1821. 
About 405 species, mostly of tropical America and southeastern North America, 
Tropics of the Old World. 
Sebastiania ligustrina Muell. Arg. in DU. Prodr, 15, pt, 2: 1165. 1866. 
Stillingia ligustrina Michx, Fl. Bor. Am. 22215, 1808, 
El. Sk. 2:651. Chap. FI. 405. 
Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Louisi:na, 
