500 rT>ANT IJKE OK ALABAMA. 



WiscoiiHiii, south frtim Honthcni New Voik and New .IcrHty iiloiij; tlm iiKiuiitiiiiis to 

 (itM)r|;ia; moiintains of Koiitliwfstcru ToxaH. 



Alabama: Moiiiitaiu icfjioii at greatest elcvatioiiH. On lockg. WinHton ('oiinly 

 {T. M. l't(riM). Flowers wliito. .luiio, .Inly. I'crennial. 



Type locality : '• Halt, in rniiilms Xo\ ao Angliao, Canadac" 



Herb. (ieol. Snrv. Herb. .Mohr. 



Areuaria patula Miclix. Fl. Hor. Am. 1 : 2TA. 18(W. I'nciiKVt'i^ Sani>\vokt. 



Ariiuuhi pUcluri Nutt. ; Torr. A- CJrav, Fl. N. A. 1 : ISO. WAX. 



(iray, Man. vd. 6. SC. Chap. Fl. 19. 



Caroliniau area. Southern \'ir<jinia. west to southern lllinoiH, southcru Missouri, 

 i\n<l Arkauaas. south to North Carolina, Tennessee, and soutlnvestcru Texas. (Riddell, 

 in herb.) 



Ai.amama: Mountain region. Tennessee basin. Lawrence County. Madison 

 County, lluntsville. .lackson County. Scottsboro. Fretiuent on exposed limestone 

 rocks. Occasionally on river hanks in the lower country. Sumter County, Esjies 

 Station {K. A. Sniiili). Baldwin (Niunty, Point Clear, adventive from the upper 

 country on drilted rubbish on the bay shore. Flowers white. May. Annual. 



Type locality: " Hab. in rupibiis circa Knoxville.'" 



Herb. Geol. Snrv. Herb. Mohr. 



Arenaria brevifolia Nutt. ; Torr. A, Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 180. 1838. 



Siionri.KAK Sanowokt. 



Chap. Fl. 49. 



Carolinian area. Mountains of Georgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Exposed sandstone rocks. Dekalb County, summit 

 of Lookout Mountain, 2,000 feet. Flowers white. June; rare. Annual. 



Type locality: "On rocks, Georgia, Nutiall!" 



Herb.,Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Areuaria serpyllifolia L. Sp. PI. 1 : 423. 1753. Thymklkak Sandwort. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 518. Gray, Man. ed. 0, 85. Chap. Fl. 49. 



EUHOI'K. 



Canadian zone to Carolinian area. Nova Scotia, Ontario, New Fhigland along 

 the mountains to Georgia. Natui-alized. f 



Alabama: Mountain region. On dry or damj) rocky places, to all appearances 

 indigenous. Madison County, Montesano, about 1,000 feet. Jackson County, Scotts- 

 boro. Flowers white. May; not infreciuent. Annual. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Europae sylvis glareosis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Areuaria lanuginosa Rohrb. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 14, jit. 2 : 274, /. 63. 1872. 



Spreading Stakwokt. 



Spcrgnlasfrnm lanitginosnm Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 275. 1803. 



Areuaria diffusa Ell. Sk. 1 : 519. 1817. 



Siellaria lanuginosa Torr. &, Gray, IT. N. Am. 1 : 187. 1838. 



Ell. Sk. I.e. Chap. Fl. 49. 



Mexico, Central America to Argentina. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to Mi.S8i8si]>pi. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley. Coast plain. Shady copses, thickets in dry soil. 

 Franklin County, Kussellville. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Most frequent near 

 the coast. Perennial. 



Type locality not ascertained ; Michaux's locality : " Hab. in meridionalibus Amer- 

 icae septentrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SPERGULA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 440. 1753. 



Two or three species of temperate l^urope and Asia. Widely naturalized weeds 

 in iields. 



Spergula arveusis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 440. 175^. Corn Spurry. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 523. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 90. Chap. Fl. 48. 



Europe. 



Naturalized from Canada to the Gulf and sparingly on the Pacific coast. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Abundant in sandy low fields, pastures. Mobile County. 

 Flowers white. March. Annual. 



Economic uses: Useful for fodder; valuable for early pasture. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Europae agris.'' 



Heib. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



