DOGBANE FAMILY. 673 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower hills. Moist woods, Dekalb County, Look- 
out Mountain, near Mentone, 1,600 feet. Tuscaloosa County (/. A. Smith). Flowers 
purplish; May. Local and rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
BARTONIA Muhl.; Willd. Neue Schrift. Ges. Nat. Fr. Berlin, 3: 444. 1801. 
Two species, leafless saprophytic annuals, Atlantic North America. 
Bartonia virginica (L.) B.S. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 36. 1888. AUTUMNAL BARTONIA. 
Sagina virginica L. Sp. P12: 128. 1753. 
Bartonia tenella Willd. Neue Schrift. Ges. Nat. Fr. Berlin, 3:445, 1801. 
Centaurella autumnalis Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1:100. 1814. 
Ell. Sk. 1: 204. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 352, Chap. FI. 357, Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 
pt. 1: 127. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, Newfoundland (Gray); northern New England 
(Mount Desert Island), south to Florida, west to Mississippi and Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Mountain Region to Coast plain. In shaded springy places. Cullman 
County, 800 feet. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers greenish white; October. 
Frequent; common on swampy borders of pine-barren streams. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia inter muscos ad margines fontium. D.Gronovius.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Bartonia verna (Michx.) Muhl. Cat. 16, 1813. VERNAL BARTONIA. 
Centaurella verna Michx. F]. Bor, Am. 1:98, t. 72, f. 2. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 1:204. Gray, Man, ed. 6, 353. Chap. FI. 357. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 
2, pt. 1: 127. 
Carolinian (?) and Louisianian areas. Southeastern Virginia to llorida, west to 
Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Flat damp pine barrens under the shelter of low bushes, 
Mobile County. Flowers white, early in February; 2 to 3 inches high. Not infre- 
quent. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in sphagnosis Carolinae inferioris.”’ 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
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LIMNANTHEMUM &¥.G. Gmel. Nov. Act. Petrop, 14: 527, t. 77, f..2. 1769. 
About 20 species, aquatics, warmer temperate and tropical regions, both hemi- 
spheres. North America, 2. 
Limnanthemum lacunosum (Vent.) Griseb, Gent. 347. 1839. 
PITTED FLOATING HEART, 
Villarsia lacunosa Vent. Choix des Plantes, 9. 18038. 
V. cordata Ell. Sk.1: 230, 1817. 
Ell. Sk. le. Gray, Man. ed.6,353. Chap, FI. 3858. Gray, Syn. Fl. N.A. 2, pt. 1: 
128. 
Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, 
Quebec, Ontario; southern New England to Missouri and Arkansas, and along the 
coast to Florida and Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region, Coast plain, In deep ponds. Mobile County, 
Flowers pale pink; March, April. Frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality not ascertained. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
APOCYNACEAE. Dogbane Family. 
AMSONIA Walt. Fl. Car. 8%. 1788. 
Seven species, perennial herbs, Japan. North America, 6, 
Amsonia amsonia (L.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club. 5:262. 1894. 
TABERNAEMONTANA’S AMSONIA, 
Tabernaemontana amsonia L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1: 308. 1762. 
Amsonia tabernaemontana Walt, Fl. Car. 98. 1788. 
A, latifolia Michx, Fl. Bor. Am, 1:121. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 1:318. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 338. Chap. Fl. 360. Gray, Syn. Fl. N, A. 
2, pt. 1:81. Conlter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 2: 262. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas and 
Arkansas, north to southern Missouri and southern I]linois. 
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