r)*.)4 ri.ANI' I.IKK <•!•• AI.Ai; AMA. 



I'niiii with ii.irro\vliii(>;ir Icavis, Hmoothi.sh (7'. liiicKri/olid I'M.). Haldwin Comil y, 

 saiuly Hhori'K ol' Moliilr May. Point Clear. Kaii". 

 Typo liicaiily : "llah. in N'ir^iiiia." 

 lloili. (Jcol. Shin . llorh. Molir. 



MERCURIALIS L. S].. PI. 2 : Id.ST. 175:5. 



Seven species, j;iii()i>e. 

 Meicuiialis annua L. Si». I'l. 2: 10:57. 17.">:i 1)<k;'s Mickciky. 



Ailveiitivc frinn KnroiKi. 



Alabama: Mobile, ballast weed, obsorvrd lor over 'M) yearw, cuiiimou about the 

 shippiii^:. Annual. 



Type locality : "Hab.in l^uropae tenipcratae ninl)rosi8." 



Herb. Geol. .Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



RICINUS ].. Sp. PI. 2:1007. 175:^. 



One species, tropical Africa. Introduced, naturalized in all tropical coniitriea. 

 Ricinus communis L. Sp. PI. 2 : 11H)7. 1753. Castor On. lii:AN. 



(Jray. Man. ed. li, 160. Chap. FI. 109. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Escaped from cultivation. 



Alaha.ma : Naturalized throughout the State in numerous localities near dwellings. 

 Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in India ntraque, Africa, Kuropa australi." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



JATROPHA I.. Sp. I'l. 2 : 1006. 1753. 



Seventy species, of tropical America. North America, 5. 

 Jatropha stimulosa ;Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 216. 1803. Spihge Nkttlk. 



Jalropha itrcns var. stimulosa Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15, pt. 2 : 1101. 1866. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 619. Gray, Mau. ed. 6, 457. Chap. Fl. 409. 



Carolinian and Lonisianiau areas. Coast of southern Virginia and North Carolina 

 to Florida, west to Arkansas and Texas. 



Alabama: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry sandy pine barrens. Autauga, 

 Montgomery, Escambia, and Mobile counties. Flowers white, May to July. Com- 

 mon. Perennial. 



Type locality : " In i)arte meridionali Americae septentrionalis, in Virginia projjo 

 Portsmouth, * ' ' , in Carolina * * " > in Alabama * » ^ ^ Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 1 lerb. Mohr. 



STILLINGIA L. Mant. 1 : 19. 1767. 



Fifteen species, eastern Asia, Pacific islands. Southern North America, 5. 

 Stillingia sylvatica 1>. Mant. 1 : 126. 1767. Quekn's Delight. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 6.50. Gray. Man. ed. 6, 461. Chap. Fl. 404. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:404. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Southeastern Virginia to Florida, west to 

 Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. 



Alabama: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Light dry soil, open woods, copses. 

 Chilton County. AutaugaCounty (A\ ^. <Smi</t). Clarke County (/)r. Z)e»{nj/). Mon- 

 roe, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers yellow, April to June. Frequent in 

 the pine barrens. Perennial. 



Economic uses: The root is the "queen's roof of medicine — "Stillingia,'' United 

 States Pharnuicopo'ia. 



Type locality: "llab. in Carolinae pinetis," 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SEBASTIANIA Spreng. Neue Entdeck. 2 : 118, t. S. 1821. 



About 405 species, mostlj' of trojiical America and southeastern North America. 

 Tropics of the Old World. 



Sebastiauia ligustrina Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15, pt. 2: 1165. 1866. 

 StiUinqUi lifjnstrina Miclix. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:213. 1803. 

 Ell. Sk. 2:651. Chap. Fl. 405. 

 Louisianian .area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



