4;>2 TLA NT MFK oF A LA 15 AM A. 



HETER ANTHER A Kill/, <V l'a\ . lien. IM. Kl. Tor. ot Chil. 9. 17HI. WatkkStar- 

 tii;A-s. iSciioi.i.KitA Sclircl*. f:rii.785. 178J. Not Hotli. 1788. ) 



Nine spocii's, :ii|iiati<', jx-n'imial, wanner n';;;i<)iis nf Aiiii-rica. 



Heteraiithera diibia (.)ac«i. ) Morons, M«ni. Torr. Club, 5 : 10r>. 1894. 



GOI.DKN-II.OW KUKl) Watkr Stah. 



Conninliiui diihia .Lirq. ni>». Rot. 3 : 0, /. .75. 1768. 



I.rptanthng iiriiiiiiiiviiH Miclix. I"L Hoi. Am. 1: 'J."i, t. ■'>,/. ;?. 1803. 



J I ttt ran thrill iiramiiien ValiL Kimiii. 2 :t."). ]80(!. 



Scliiillfia giiimiina (Jrav, >Liii..">ll. 184S. 



(Jray. Maii.cd. G, 5;iG. Chap. 1-1. 4!t7. Coulter, ("out r. Nat. IL-rb. 2 : 441. Wats. Hot, 

 Calir.'2:178. 



d'HA. 



Allefilienian to Loiiisianiaii area. Nova Scotia, Ontario; New Kiiyiand west to 

 Ohio and Minnesota, south to Florida, aii<l west to Texas and Arkansas. 



Ai.ahama: Tennessee Valley to the seashore. Siiijjfiish streams, under water. 

 Lauderdale County. Tennessee R'wi't (PJ. A. Siiiilh). .Mobile and IJaiiiwin ronnties, 

 in the riverdeltaaiid ii|i]ier ])art of M(diile liay ; abundant. June. Flowers yellow. 



Typi' locality : " ILiud jirociil a moutibus in rivnlo Jacobi dicto.' 



Herb. < ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Heteranthera reniformis Ruiz & Pav. Prodr. Fl. Per. 1 : 43. 1798. Mud Plantain. 



Ltplaiithiis roiiformia Miehx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 25. 1803. 



Gray, Man. eiL(), .-)3ti. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 524. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 590. 



Wkst Indie.s, Mkxico io Ak(;entixa, Paraguay, Peru. 



Carolinian to Lonisianian area. New York, Illinois, and eastern Kansas. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Mobile County, muddy ditches. July. Flowers pale 

 blue. Not frefjuent. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Provincia Cercado, in paludibus et stagnatis Lurin, 

 Limae, Surco, Miraflores, Maj^dalena et Lurigancho. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



JUNCACEAE. Rush Family. 



JUNCUS L. Sp. PL 1:325. 1753. Rush. 



One hundred and seventy-six species, cosmopolitan. North America, 60; North 

 Atlantic States, 30 to 35; Southern, 20. Chiefly perennials. 



Juncus effusus L. Sp. PI. 1 : 326. 1753. Soft Rush. 



Ell. Sk. 1:405. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 540. Chap. Fl. 493. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb 

 2 : 447. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 206. 



KuROPK, A.siA, Africa, America, Australia, Ni:\v Zealand. 



Canadian zone to Lonisianian area. Newfoundland, Quebec, and Ontario to the 

 Pacific; from Vancouver's Island to California; throughout the Eastern States to 

 Florida and Texas. 



Alabama: Over the State. Common in low damp places. June. 

 Type locality : "Hab. in Europae uligiuosis." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Juncus roemerianus Scheele, Linnaea, 22 : 348. 1849. Salt Rush. 



./«»ici/8 ma>i/imHS Chap. FL 493. 1860. Not Lam. 



Chap. Fl. 1. c. ; ed. 3, .520. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 447. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Seashore of New Jersey to Florida, west to 

 Texas. 



Alabama: Littoral region. Salt and brackish swamps, covering the large salt 

 marshes, overflowed by the tide. Mobile and Baldwin counties. July. Abundant. 



Type locality : "Galveston Lslaiid auf feuchtem Muschelsand: Roemer." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Juncus bufonius fasciculatus Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. ed. 2, 845. 1843. 

 Southern Europe. 

 Lonisianian area. Southeastern States. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Damp sandy soil. Mobile County; not frequent. May; 

 annual. 



