LEADWORT FAMILY. 663 
ALABAMA: Fugitive on ballast. Mobile; not rare about the shipping. Flowers 
scarlet; April, May. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Europae arvis.” 
Ilerb. Geol. Surv. 
Anagallis arvensis caerulea (Lam. ) Ledeb. }'l. Ross, 3:30. 1846. 
BLUE-FLOWERED PIMPERNEL. 
Angallis caerulea Lam. F1. Fr. 22285. 1758, 
IUROPE. 
ALABAMA: Fugitive on ballast. Flowers azure, Annual, Observed almost every 
season with the last. Annual, 
Type locality not ascertained. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
CENTUNCULUS L. Sp. PL 1: 116, 1753. 
Three species, temperate Europe. North America, 1. 
Centunculus minimus L. Sp. Pl.1:116, 1753. CHAFF WEED. 
Centunculus lanceolatus Miehx. Fl. Bor, Am. 1:93. 1808. 
EIL Sk. 1:203. Gray, Man. ed. 6,332, Chap. FI. 281. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:956, Wats. Bot. Calif.1:469. Gray, Syn. Fl.N. A. 2, pt.1: 64. 
Europe, Norruern Asta, SoUTH AMERICA (BRAZIL), AUSTRALIA. 
Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Saskatchewan; Minnesota, 
Nebraska, Dakota, and Oregon, south from southern Illinois to Tennessee, and near 
the coast from North Carolina to Florida, Arkansas, and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Open, damp, sandy places. Mobile County, West Fowl 
River. Flowers pink; March, April. Not infrequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘ Hab. in Italiae, Galliae, Germaniae, Scaniae arenosis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
DODECATHEON L. Sp. Pl. 1: 144. 1753, AMERICAN COWSLIP. 
About 10 species, Asia. North America, 1. 
Dodecatheon meadia L. Sp. Pl. 1: 144. 1753. SHOOTING STAR. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,329. Chap. FI. 281. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 255, Wats. Bot 
Calif. 1:467. Gray, Syn. Fl.N. A. 2, pt. 1:57. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Maryland west to Wisconsin, from Virginia to 
Missouri and Arkansas; southward to Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region, Rich banks, Wilcox County (4. B, Buckley). 
Flowers pale purple; June. Rare. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
PLUMBAGINACEAE. Leadwort Family. 
LIMONIUM Adans. Fam. Pl. 2: 283. 1763, 
(SraTicE Willd. Sp. Pl. 1:1552. 1798.) 
One hundred and twenty species, temperate Europe. 
Limonium carolinianum (Walt.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 255, 1893. 
Marsi ROSEMARY. 
Statice caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 118. 1788. 
Statice limonium var. carolinianum Gray, Man. ed, 2:270, 1856. 
EIL Sk. 1:374. Gray, Man. ed. 6,327. Chap, Fl. 278. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:254. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 2, 1:54. 
Boreal zone to Louisianian area. From Labrador and Newfoundland along the 
coast to Florida, and west to the coast of Texas. 
ALABAMA: Littoral region. Saline marshes. Mobile and Baldwin counties. 
Flowers purplish blue; September to November. Frequent among the rushes and 
high marsh grass on the seashore. Perennial. 
Economic uses: The root, known as ‘‘marsh rosemary,” was formerly used in 
medicine. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
