BOX FAMILY. 59D 
Callitriche peploides Nutt. Trans, Am. Phil. Soc. n. ser. 5: 141, 1837, 
DRUMMOND’sS WATER STARWORT. 
Callitriche drummondii Hegelm. Monogr. Callit. 60. 1864, 
Chap. Fl. Suppl. 645; ed. 3, 420. 
CUBA. 
Louisianian area. Arkansas and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp ground in the shade of dwellings. Flowers Feb- 
ruary, March. A more delicate plant than the last; sweet-scented. Annual, 
Type locality: ‘(On the banks of the Mississippi and on the margins of ponds.” 
Herb, Geol. Sury. Herb. Mohr, 
Callitriche heterophylla Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept.1:3, 1814. 
AMERICAN WATER STARWORT. 
El. Sk.1:4. Gray, Man. ed. 6,182. Chap. F'1. 398, 
Carolinian to Louisianian area. New England (Morong) west to Missouri, Colo- 
rado, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana, and from New Jersey to Florida. 
ALABAMA: Undoubtedly all over the State. In stagnant water, ditches. Col- 
lected from but few localities. Montgomery and Mobile counties, February; 
common, Annual, 
A form with short stems, the linear to linear-spathulate leaves scarcely } inch long, 
in muddy soil. 
Type locality: ‘In springs and rivulets, very common,” 
Herb. Mohr. 
Callitriche palustris L. Sp. Pl. 2:969, 1753. EARLY WATER STARWORT. 
Callitriche verna L. Fl. Suec, ed. 2, 2. 1755, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 182. 
EUROPE. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Canada to Florida and from Missouri to 
Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: A form with the leaves all linear, growing in shallow ponds, entirely 
submerged. The typical form has not been observed. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab, in Europae fossis, paludibus.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. 
EMPETRACEAE. Crowberry Family. 
CBRATIOLA Michx. Fl. 2: 222. 1803. 
Monotypical shrub, Southeastern North America. 
Ceratiola ericoides Michx. Fl. Bor. Am, 2: 222, 1803. TIBATHERLIKE CERATIOLA, 
EU. 8k. 2:676. Chap. FI. 411. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina, Florida to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Arid barrensands. Washington County to Mobile 
County; not infrequent. Flowers reddish; August, September. 
Type locality: “ Hab. in aridis sabulosis Georgiae et Floridae.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb, Mohr. 
BUXACEAE. Box Family. 
PACHYSANDRA Michx. Fl. Bor, Ain. 2: 177, t. 45. 1803. 
Two species, Japan and Atlantic North America, 
Pachysandra procumbens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:178, 18038, Low PACHYSANDRA. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,456. Chap. FI. 410. . 
Carolinian and Louisianian area. Kentucky, West Virginia, along the Alle- 
ghenies to Tennessee, western I lorida, and Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rich woods. Winston County, valley of Sipsey 
fork, 1,400 feet (7. M. Peters). Marshall County, Collinsville ((@. C. Boynton). Local 
and rare, Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in oecidentalibus montium Alléeghanis.’ 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
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