SPURGE FAMILY. 597 



Alabama: Over tUe State. Dry (jxposed soil everywhere. Flowers white; .Tune 

 to October. Perennial. 



Type locality : "llab. in ^ irgiuia, Cauuda,.'' > 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Euphorbia coroUata angustifolia Ell. Sk. 2 : 659. 1821-24. 



Narrow-leaf Flowering Spttrge, 



Ell. Sk. 1. e. Chap. Fl. 401. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. 



Alabama: Lower Pine region. Sandy pine ridges. Mobile County, Spriughill. 

 Escambia County. July, August; not inlrequeut. A very distinct variety. Per- 

 ennial. 



Type locality: "Collected by Mr, Caradeux in St. Thomas, near Charleston." 



Hei'b. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Euphorbia mercurialina Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 212. 1803. 



Dock's Mercury Spurge. 



Chap. Fl. Suppl. 646. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 422. 



Carolinian area. Tennessee. 



Alabama : Mountain region. Sunny rocky hillsides. Madison County, Monte- 

 sano, 800 feet. Limestone ledges. May, 10 to 18 inches high from a thick ligneous 

 root. Only locality known in the State. Perennial. 



Type locality: " Hab. in collibus, circa Knoxville." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Euphorbia floridana Chap. Fl. 401. 1860. Florida Spurge. 



Euphorbia sphaerosperma Shuttlew. ; P>oissier in DC. Prodr. 15, pt. 2: 102. 1866. 



Chap. Fl. I.e.; ed.3,423. 



Louisianian area. Florida. 



Alaba:\ia: Lower Pine region. Dry sandy fields, open pine ridges. Escambia 

 County, Flomaton, a;ud adjacent parts of Florida. June. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Dry pine barrens middle Florida." 



Herb. Geol Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Euphorbia inundata Torr. ; Chap. Fl. 402. 1S60. Swamp Spurge. 



Chap. Fl. 1. c. 



Louisianian area. Florida. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Low damp pine barrens. Baldwin Connty, Zundel's, 

 April, 1879. Local. Rare, not observed during late years ; locality drained and under 

 cultivation. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Pine-barren swamps, Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Euphorbia obtusata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 606. 1814. Obtuse-fruited Spurge. 



Euphorbia helioscopia ? Ell. Sk. 2 : 658. 1824. Not L. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 455. Chap. Fl. 401. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 393. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia and Ohio, west to Missouri, Iowa, 

 Kaupas, and Colorado, south to South Carolina and Texas. 



Alabama: Central Prairie region. Shady banks. Sumter County {E. J. Smith). 

 Wilcox County (S. B. Buckley). Flowers May, .June. Perennial. 



Type locality: " In cultivated grounds: Virginia, near Staunton." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Euphorbia dictyosperma Fisch. tt Mey. Ind. Sem. Petrop. 2 :37. 1835. 



Reticulate-skeded Spurge. 



Euphorbia arkansana Engelm. & Gray, Bost. .Journ. Nat. Hist. 5 : 261. 1845. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 455. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 423. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 393. 

 Britt.Vt Br. I11.F1.2:379. 



Louisianian and Carolinian areas. From Louisiana to Georgia; Texas, Arkansas, 

 Indian Territory, Missouri, and west to Colorado. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley, Russell vi lie. Central Prairie region. Hale County, 

 Gallion. Wilcox County (iiHcAZey). June; not frequent. Annual or biennial. 



Type locality not ascertained. Locality of E. arkansana: "Prairies from Hous- 

 ton to the Colorado. * * * Also, Fort Gibson, Arkansas, Engelmann, and west- 

 ern Louisiana, Er. Sale." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



