SPURGE FAMILY. 591 



Polygala polygama Walt. Fl. Car. 179. 17S8. Polygamous Milkwort. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 181. Gray, Man. ed. 6,120. Chap. FL 84. 



Alleghenian to Loiiisiaiiian area. Oiitariu; New England west to Michigan, Wis- 

 consin, and northern Illinois, south to Horida, and through the Gulf States to Texas. 



Alabama: Mountain region to Coast plain. Clay County, Moseley, 1,000 feet. 

 Low grassy places. Cullman County. Lee County, Auburn (Baker .f- Earlv). 

 Mobile County, ^^'e8t Fowl River, Perdido P)ay. Flat grassy pine barrens. Flowers 

 pink ; April, May. Not rare in the coast plain. Perennial. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polygala grandiflora Walt. Fl. Car. 179. 1788. Largk-flowered Milkwort. 



Polyqala i^uhescens Muhl. Cat. 0(5. 1813. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 180. Chap. Fl. 84. 



Louisianian area. I'lorida to South Carolina, west to Mississippi. 



Alabama: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Dry copses, borders of woods. 

 Autauga, Montgomery, Monroe, and Baldwin counties. Flowers deep purple; June 

 to October. Frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Herb. (ieol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



EUPHORBIACEAE. Spurge Family. 



PHYLLANTHUS L. 8p. PL 981. 1753. 



About 400 species, mostly of tro])ical America, few in Eastern Asia and Southern 

 Flemisiihere. 



Phyllanthus carolinensis Walt. Fl. Car. 228. 1788. Carolina Phyllanthus. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 661. Gray, Man. ed. 6. 4.57. Chap. FL 409. Coulter, Contr. N.at. Herb. 

 2:39;i. 



C!aroliniau and Louisianian areas. Pennsylvania and Indiana to the Gulf States. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley to the Coast xdaiu. Low damp banks. Walker 

 County (A'. ./. Smith). Etowah County, Gadsden. Mobile County. August. Fre- 

 quent. Annual. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CROTON L. Sp. PL 2 : 1004. 1753. 



Four hundred and twenty species, subtropical and tropical regions of both hemi- 

 spheres, largely South American. North America, 24. 



Croton alabamensis E. A. Smith ; Chap. Fl. Suppl. 648. 1887. Alaba.ma Croton. 



Mohr, Card. & For. 2 : 592, /'. UO. 1889. 



On the limit of the Carolinian and Louisianian areas. 



Alabama: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry, Little Cahaba Valley, rocky woods. 

 Flowers end of March to middle of April. Fruit ripe at the end of May. Shrub 8 

 to 10 feet high, strictly contined to rocky low banks in the valley of the Little 

 Cahaba, forming dense thickets over several acres. Associated with Qiwrcns 

 brevUohata and <^). acuminata. First collected bv E. A. Smith, 1874. Mature seeds 

 collected by Mohr, .June 1, 1882. ' Plate V. 



Type locality: "Central Alabama.'' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Croton punctatus .Tac(i. Coll. 1: 166. 1786. Silverleaf Chotox. 



Croton argiiranthemnn Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 215. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 :'647. Chap. Fl. 407. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 397. 



Louisianian area. Coast of South Carolina to Florida and western Texas. 



Alabama: Lower Pine region. Dry pine barrens. Baldwin County. Flowers in 

 May. Shrubby at the base. Not free (u en t. Eight to 12 inches high. Perennial. 



Type locality : " In Carolina sponte crescit." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Croton monanthogynus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 215. 1803. 



Low Spreading Croton. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 4.58. Chap. FL 408. 



Carolinian area. Southern Indianato Missouri, Kansas, and Arkausas, sonlli lium 

 North Carolina .and Tennessee. 



