BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 45 



Ileliogci/ddium h'pfoplijfllitin, DC. — This annual is conimou in culiivated grounds 

 and waste places in thf coast reiiion of the Gulf States. 



Ruluirdxoyiia Hctihra, L. Her. — Very common near the coast in this State, having 

 taken po.ssession of old fields and cultivated grounds. Said to have made its appear- 

 ance at the time of tlie Mexican war. Twenty years ago when I met the i)]ant here 

 first it was certainly not near as frequent and extended as now. It is not found at a 

 distance of 50 oi- (>U miles from the seaboard. — From the warmer parts of the Ameri- 

 can continent. 



Acii/zf/iospermuw .r<u)f.hoiilcs. DC. — According to Mr. A. Bei'ksman in Augusta, Ga., 

 it has made its api)earance there and is rapidly spreading. — From South America. 



Parthenium hi/steroKtrophni<, L. — Waste places. Common in the streets of Mobile 

 and New Orleans. — West Indies and South America. 



Ciiicm hfiietlirfus, L. — Abundant in open ])asture grounds. Montgonierv, Ala. 

 Completel}^ naturalized. Flowers April, (18G8). 



Auitgallis (treeiixis, L. — On ballast ground in several localities, not frequent, the 

 varietj^ with red flowers. Mobile Co. 



Centunculiis nuniiiuiK, L. — Sandy fields near the coast. Mobile Co. 

 Lycopus EiiropieuH, L., and Lnmimii. (implexicaule. — Common Mobile Co. 

 Leonotis nepeUefolia, R. Br. — One specimen in seed in the fall of 1878. ]\Iobile, and 

 not found since. Harrisburg, Texas, Dr. Joor, 1875. 



VerheiKi venos(i,ii\\\ and Hook. — Not unfretiuent in severai localities near this 

 city, on roadsides and cultivated grounds. First noticed in 1865. From Buenos 

 Ayres. — TJiis hardy perennial has also been sent to me by Dr. Joor from Louisiana, 

 and is here completely naturalized but slowly spreading. 



Helioiropi}(in Europwum, \i. — Large specimens from New Orleans. Dr. Riddell. 

 Tourncfortia Itel iutropoides, Hook. — This perennial I found in waste i)laces, near 

 Montgomei-y, Ala., in April, ISGS. Quite abundant. From Buenos Ayres. 



Nieoti(tna (/Umrji,. — Ballast grounds, Pensacola, Fla., April, ]875-7(i. Fine speci- 

 mens sent to me in two successive seasons. — Asiatic. 



IlyoKCi/umus a/lmsAj — Several large plants amongst the rocks of the ballast grourid 

 in Pensacola, Fla., July, l!S74. Ripening seeds abundantly and to perfection. Southern 

 Europe. 



Rivind hmiu'lia, L. — Waste grounds near New Orleans, Dr. Riddell. Banks of Red 

 river near Alexandria, La., Dr. Jos. Hale; numerous large specimens. 



Sphonoclea Zeijlduini^ G;ertn. — Waste places l)aid<s of Red river, Alexandria, La., 

 Dr. Jos. Hale, 18:5!). (Like the last from the Riddellian herb.) C^ommon in the 

 tropics of the old world. 



Chenopodium. vuliyiria, L., {Clw.n.fcetidum, Lam.). — Abundant on the ballast ground, 

 Pensacola. Of a more robust habit than I know the plant from the ]\Icilitcrraneau 

 region of Europe to be. Stems 10-13 inches long. July, 1S75. 



Salsola Kali, L. — Frecjuent on the sandy sea beach. Mohilc. (From Kurope). 

 EupliorJiia Pcplix, \j. — Balliist grounds Piiito Fslaiid, frc(|uenl and I'ully established. 

 (Europe). 



Mercitn'dlis hiihiki, L., makes its a])earance in some yai's in al)unilance near the 

 wharves of the city, in others completely n\issing. Mobile l.s,"iS and iSfiG. 



Stilliiujla scJiifcra. — 'I'his Chinese tree is to lie considered as fairly naturalized in 

 lower Louisiana. 



Air(t caryoph.ylh'(i,^j. — Borders of woods and roadsides. For the first lime ob- 

 served near Spring hill, Mol)il(! C'o., April, 1877. Nunnrous specimens. Kurojje. 



Sporobiilus Iiidicux, Brown, Elcnuiue Indira, L., and Did-liilovteainiii ^K(/j/i)liaeniu, 

 Willd., are common grasses around dwellings and in cidtivated grounds throughout 

 this region. All eastern plants. 



