fj'jO PLANT MKK oF ALAHAMA. 



Benzoin meliBBaefolium (Walt.) Nees, Syet. 4lt4. \K\i\. 



lAiiinix mtliaxiiel'iilia \\'.\\\.V\A'nr.l'M. 178S. 



lAiuUra mtliHxiir folia lUiiiiir, Miis. Bot. Luf^il. 1 : .'^24. \\i'u. 



r.ll. Sk. l:4(;i. '(Jniy.Man.ed.t), 117. Cliap. ri.3y4. 



('iiroliniaii and l,<iuisiaiiiaii ar.-as. I.oiiiHiaiia to Florida, and aloiij,' tlio Atlantic 

 «()a«t to \irj::inia. west to nouthorii IlliiioiH and southern Missouri. 



Ai.ahama: C«'ntral I'rairio rcni<»n. Low thickets, border of woods. Wilcox 

 Couiitv, Allenton (N. H. linckley). Flowers yellowish, February, March; rare. 

 .shmh'L' to :i iVet hi-jh. 



I y]>c locality: South Carolina. 



IlVib. (ieol. .'^urv. Herb. Mohr. 



PAPAVERACEAE. Poppy Family. 



SANGUINARIA L. Sp. I'l. !:;")<».".. 17.">3. 



< >nt' s])ecies, eastern North America. 

 Sanguiuaria canadensis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 50.5. 1753. Red PrccooN. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 13. tJray. Man. ed. 6, .58. Chap. Fl. 22. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 86. 



AUejiheniau to L(uii8ianian area. C^uebec, Ontario, Manitoba; New England west 

 to i>akola, .south to northern Florida and Louisiana. 



.\laha.ma: Mountain region. Kocky woods. Winston County, Colliers Creek, 

 1,500 feet. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain, 1,600 leet. Tuscaloosa County, 350 

 ieet(^'. A. Smith). Mobile County (Win. McNeal). Flowers white; March, April. 

 Perennial. 



Economic uses: The root is the "bloodroof or "Sanj^uinaria" of the United 

 States Pharmacoptt'ia. 



Ty])e locality: "Hab. in America septentrionali.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ARGEMONE L. Sp. PI. 1:508. 1753. Prickly Poppy. 



Five species, warmer regions of America, Mexico. Western Texas. Annuals or 

 biennials. 



Argemone mexicana L. Sp. PI. 1:508. 1753. Mexican Prickly Poi-py. 



Ell. Sk. 2:13. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 59. Chap. Fl. 21. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 12. (iray, Syn. Fl. X. A. 1, pt. 1 : 87. 



Mexico. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Adventive sparingly in North Atlantic ports, 

 frequent on the South Atlantic and Gulf coast. 



Alaba.ma : Mobile County, roadsides, waste places uear dwellings. Flowers lemon 

 yellow; April, May; not rare. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Mexico, .Jamaica, Caribaeis nunc in Europa australi." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Argemone alba Lestib. liot. Belg. ed. 2, 3, pt. 2 : 132. 1799. 



Arff(nione albijioru IJornem. Hort. Hafn.439. 1815. 



Argemone mexicana alhijlora DC. I'rodr. 1 : 120. 1824. 



A. (jeorqxana Croom, Am. Journ. Sci. 25 : 75. 1834. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1. pt. 1 : 88. 



Allegheniau and Louisianian areas. Nebraska to Texas, South Atlantic States to 

 Louisiana. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Waste places. Mobile. Flowers white, April, May; 

 not rare. Annual. 



Ty]ie locality not ascertained. 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



BICUCULLA Adans. Fam. PI. 2, App.:23. 1763. 



(DiCEXTRA Bernh. Linnaea, 8:468. 1833.) 



Fifteen species, temperate regions Northern Hemisphere. Asia, North America. 

 Perennial herbs. 



Bicuculla cucullaria (L.) Millsp. Bull. W. Va. Exp. Sta. 2:327. 1892. 

 Fumaria cucullaria L. Sp. PI. 2 : 699. 17.53. 

 Diclytra cucullaria DC. Syst. 2 : 108. 1821. 



