874 PLANT LIFK oK ALABAMA. 



Ai.ahaMa: TennoHsio Aiillcy. Central Pino IkiU. Most abundant from the ]ir;iirii« 

 to the coast region. In Ii;;ht"loani.v and lioavy alluvial soils, rerenniul. 

 Type loialilv : '■ llul). in I'-urojia anstrali." 

 Eeouoniic uses: N'aliuible ])asturf grass. 

 Herb. Heol. .Sur\ . Herb. .Mohr. 



SPARTINA Scbrel>. (Jen. 4:i. 1789. 

 (Traciiynoi lA Michx. Fl. Hor. Am. 1 : ^i^^. 1803.) 



Seven species. Coarse, i)erennial inarsb -r.isHts of tht- warmer temperate /one. 

 North America, about (5 species. 



Spartina striata maritima (Walt.) Scrihner, Mem. Torr. Club, 15. 1894. 



Salt Maksii (Jkas.s. 



Davljllix mtiritima \\'alt. Fl. Car. 77. 1788. 



Sparliiia i/hibra Mnhl. Gram. .54. 1817. 



Ell. Sk. 1: !'.">. Gray, Man. ed. G, 627. Chap. Fl. i5.")fi. Coulter, Contr. \at. Herb. 2 : 

 527. 



Carolinian area. Coast of New York and New .Jersey to Florida, west to Texas. 



Alabama: Coast plain. River marshes. Mobile County, estuary of Mobile 

 River; Bayou Labatre, salt marshes. .July to October; rare. 

 Type locality: South Carolina. 

 Herb. ( ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Spartiua patens (Ait.) Muhl. Gram. 5r>. 1817. Salt Riish Grass. 



Ductijlis patens Ait. Hort. Ivew. 1 : 104. 1789. 



TrachiinoVm jiincea Michx. Fl. Hor. Am. 1 : 64. 1803. 



Spartina /HHcm Kll. Sk. 1 :94. 1817. 



Gray, Man. ed. (i, 627. Chap. Fl. .556. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 :527. 



Allegheniau, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Coast of southern New Isngland, 

 New York to Florida, west to Texas. 



AlabajMA : Littoral belt. Deep salt marshes. Mobile and Baldwin counties; 

 abundant, forming the chief growth of the saline marshes. .July to August. 



Type locality not ascertained. Muhlenberg's locality : " Ilab. in Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Spartina polystachya (Michx.) Ell. Sk. 1:95. 1817. Salt Rekd Grass. 



Trachi/notia 2)oly8ta(hija Michx. Fl. B<>r. Am. 1: 64. 1803. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 62. Chap. Fl 556. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New England, coast of New York to 

 Florida, west to Louisiana. 



Alabama: Coast plain and Littoral belt. In fresh, brackish, and salt marshes. 

 Mobile County. Baldwin County, Bon Seccmr, salt marsiies. July; common. 



Type locality : " Hab. in inuudatis maritimis, a Nova Anglia ad Floridam." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CAMPULOSUS Desv. I'.uU. Soc.l'biloni. 2:189. 1810. 



(Cteniu.m I'anzer, Denkschr. Acad. Mueucli. 1813, 288, /. 13. 1814.) 

 (MONOCEUA Ell. Sk. 1 : 176. 1817.) 



Seven species, warmer regions of the Eastern Hemisphere. South and North 

 America, 4 ; .southeastern United States, 1 species. 



Campulosus aroma icus (Walt.) Scribner, Mem. P.ull. Torr. Clnb, 5:45. 1894. 



Toothache Grass. 



Aegilops aromatica Walt. Fl. Car. 249. 1788. 



Chloris monosiaclnja Michx. PM. Bor. Am. 1 : 59. 1803. 



Monocera aromatica Ell. Sk. 1 : 177. 1817. 



Cteiiiiivi amerkaiuim Spreng. Svst. 1 : 274. 1825. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 654. Chap. Fl. 5.58. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia to North Carolina; Florida 

 west to Louisiana. 



Alabama: Mountain region. CentralPinebelt to Coast plain. Sterile, dry, sandy, 

 or damp and exsiccated soil. Sparingly in the open ]>ine woods of a purely sandy 

 soil in the Metamorphic hills. Lee County, (ioldhill, about 800 feet. Abundant in 

 the Hat poor pine barrens along the coast. .July to September. Perennial. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



