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EuPHORBIA PILULIFERA DISCOLOR Engelm. in Torr. Bot. Mex. 
= Bound. Surv. 188. 1859. 
In our specimens the close, cymulose clusters are on peduncles 
14’_38’ long, with hairy involucre, and small appendages, seeds 
minute, acute, angled, faintly pitted. 
_ Adventive, with ballast and during the past years widely dif- 
fused over cultivated grounds in the vicinity of Mobile, becoming 
a troublesome weed. Stem 8/10’ high, erect or assurgent, the 
plant purplish. 
ASCYRUM MULTICAULE Michx. F]. Bor. Am. 2: 77. 1803. 
Ascyrum Crux-Andreae L. Sp. Pl. 788. 1753.(?) and of most 
American authors. a 
Considering the confusion existing in the nomenclature of As- 
eyrum Crux-Andreae and A. hypertcoides, and the obscurity sur- 
rounding the Linnaean species, Michaux’s name as the next avail- 
able has been taken for this species; it comprises the northern 
forms and those extending southward. which are identical with 
them. Common throughout the State in various forms difficult to 
define. 
Ascyrum uypericores L, Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1108. 1764. Hemsl. Bot. 
Centr. Am. 1: 82. 1879-88; and also Coult.; in Bot. Gaz. 11: 
80. 1886. oy: 
Ascyrum Crux-Andreae var. angustifolium Nutt. Gen. 2: 16. 
1818. : : 
Ascyrum Crux-Andreae of all southern authors (Coulter 1. c.). 
Coast plain. Damp sandy pine barrens, not infrequent. 
HYPERICUM ASPALATHOIDES Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 1451. 1803. 
Hypericum fasciculatum var. aspalathoides Chapm. FI. 40. 
1860. 
Clearly distinct by permanent characters. 
Lower pine region and coast plain. Shallow, pine barren 
ponds, Mobile. September—October. Frequent. 
XOLISMA LIGUSTRINA FOLIOSIFLORA (Michx.) 
Andromeda paniculata foliosifiora Michx. FI: Bor. Am. 1: 25 g: 
1803. . Se Se th 
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