48r> PLANT LIFK OF AI^AMAMA. 



Polygonum viiginianum I.. Sp. I '1. l::i(i(i. 17.".;!. Viijcima K notwkkk. 



Kll.Sk.l: ir.l. (ir.iy.Maii.rd.i;. IIL'. Cliiip. Kl. .'{!»•». 



Alli>,'lu'iiiau 1() l.oiiisiaiiian area. Ontario, soiitlnrii Now I'.n^naiid, west to 

 Nclinuika, soutli to Florida. Louisiana, Aikaiisas. and MiwHouri. 



Ai.ABAM.v: From the Tenncsst-e Valley to tlie Coast i)laiu. Danij) woods and copHCH. 

 Hottoiiis. Landfidale County. Franklin ("onuty. K'nHselh illc. Cuilinan and Tal- 

 lade^^a ctmnties. Chilton Comity ( E. A. Smith). Montj^^oniery, Clarkr, EHcambiu, and 

 Mobile tonnties. Fiuwcrs f^reon. July to September; lic(iuent. Percuuial. 



Typi- loiality : ' llab. in Virjiinia." 



lliTb. (Jeol. Snrv. Herb. Molir. 



Polygonum sagittatum L. Si>. I'l. 1 : 3()H. IToS. Arrow -i.kaved Tkak-ihitmb. 



Kll. Sk. 1: l.">S. (ir.iv, Man. ed. 6, 142. Chap. Fl. :i!HI. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 378. 



A.'^iA, Smr.KiA. 



Canadian /one to Louisianian area. Newlonndland, Illinois, Ontario. New Eng- 

 land, wi'st to Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio VaUcy, Missouri, and Kansas, south to Florida 

 and Texas. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Central Prairie belt. Low danij) thickets. Clay 

 County. Autauga County, I'rattville {E. A. Smith). Dallas County, Uuiontown. 

 Lee(.'ounty. Auburn. Annual. 



Type loiality : '• Hab. in Airginiae, Marilandiae niatlidis."' 



Herb. (Jeol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polygonum convolvulus L. Sp. PI. 1:364. 1753. Black Bind Weed. 



Ell.sk. 1:459. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 442. Chap. Fl. 3!t(). Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 378. 



EiROPE, Mexico. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario, west to tlie Pacilic, most probably 

 introduced; New England, throughout the Eastern States to the (!u If, Texas, and 

 Mexico. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Waste jilaces. Mobile County on ballast. .lune to 

 August; frequent. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europae agris." 



Herb. Ceol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polygonum cristatum Engelm. &. Or. Bost. .Journ. Nat. Hist. 5 : 259. 1847. 



( ' LIM BI N< ; F A LSE BUCKWHEAT. 



Coulter. Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 378. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Georgia, Indian Territory, and Texas. 



Ai.aha:ma: Over the State. In thickets and cultivated ground, climbing over 

 bushes. Cullman, Bibb, Montgomery, and Mobile counties. A pernicious bindweed. 



Thti Hjieeimeus from Alal.ama so far observed, referred to P. dumetorum and i'. scan- 

 (leiiM, belong to this species. 



Type locality : "Margins of woods, Arc. near Industry [Texas]." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



THYSANELLA Gray, 15ost. .lourn. Nat. Hist. 5 : 24. 1845. 

 One species. Southern Atlantic North America. 



Thysanella fimbriata (Ell.) Gray, Bost. .lourn. Nat. Hist. 5 : 24. 1845. 



Fringed Thysanella. 



PoJi/goniim fimbriatiim Ell. Sk. 1 : 583. 1817. 



Ell." i.e. Chap. Fl. 391. 



Louisianian area, (ieorgia, Florida. 



Alabama: I'pper division Coast Pine belt. Arid sandy ridges. Geneva County 

 {E. A. Smith). Flowers white. September; rare. Annual. 



Tyyje locality : "Grows on the poorest pine barrens, on tlie high ridges between the 

 Flint and Chattahooehie rivers, along what is termed the Federal road." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



POLYGONELL A Michx. Fl. I'.or. Am. 2 : 240. 1803. 

 Seven species, herbs or shrubs. Southeastern North America, 6. 



Polygonella polygama (Vent.) Gray, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 5 : 231. 1847. 



OcToBEK Flower. 

 rohiqonum pohiqamiim Vent. .lard. Cels. 665. 1800. 

 Poiijoonella par'iifolia Miehx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 241 . 1803. 



