r.J J I'KANr I. IKK <»K ALAHAMA. 



Allf^lK-iiiaii til l.ouiHiauiitii area. Lalnador to N<'W Kn;;laiul, wost to Michifjjaii and 

 Nc'ltraxka, south to tin- (JiiHainl iVoiii Kloriila to Louisiana. 



Ai.aiiaMa: Central Vim' lull to Coaht plain. Low vet ])laceK. Autaiif^a and 

 Moliilo lonnticH. FIowoph jiink, .Inly; not inlrciincnt. Pert-nnial. 



Tyiio Iticality : ''Hah. in riMisylvaiiia."' 



Ih-ib. (iool. Snrv. lU-rli. Molir. 



CISTACEAE. Rock Rose Family. 

 HELIANTHEMUM I", th. Syn. 2 : ?:.. 180.5. 



One hundred and ten siiecies, warmer re^iions of Eurojie, mostly Moditerranenn 

 and American; Mexico to IJrazil. Kortli America, 10. Ours small, slender shrubs. 



Heliaiithemum caroliiiiauum (Walt.) Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:307. 1803. 



Carolina Kock-rosk. 



< 'tutus rarurtiiiiiiiits Walt. Kl. Car. '['^'2. IIXX. 



Kll. Sk. 2: a. (hap. Fl. 3.".. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:24. 



Lonisi;iuiaii area. Florida to North Carolina, west to Texas. 



.Vlahama : Lower Pine re<^ion. Coast plain, dry sandy pine barrens. Mobile and 

 Baldwin counties. Flowers lirijjbt yellow, large; March, April. Frequent. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Herb. (ieol. .""^iirv. Herb. Mohr. 



Heliaiithemum areuicola Chap. Fl. 35. 1860. Seaside R<)Ck-k*».sk. 



Chap. Fl. 3.-.. (Jray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 190. 



Louisianian area. Western Florida to Mi8.sis8ii)pi. 



Alaijama: Littoral region. Drifting san<l near the seashore. Baldwin County, 

 Point Clear. Flowers yellow, April, May. Not frequent. The woody lower part of 

 the stems buried in the sand. 



Type locality: "Drifting sands near the coast, West Florida." 



Herb. Geol. t?urv. Herb. Mohr. 



Heliaiithemum georgianum Chap. IT. ed, 3, 36. 1897. Gec)R(;ia Kock-uo.se. 



Louisianian area. (Jeorgia, eastern Florida (St. Augustine, (iarber), eastern Mis- 

 sissippi (Columbus, Mohr) to western l^ouisiana (JUale). 



Alabama: Coast plain. Sunny hillsides in poor sandy soil. Mobile County, foot of 

 Springhill. Baldwin County, Montrose. Flowers yellow (canary). May, June. 

 Local. Infrequent, but abounding at the locality covering large patches with Opiintia 

 rafniesiiii and ('enchrux tribuUndes. 



Shrulilet 8 to 10 inches high, widely branched above the base, flowers I inch wide, 

 distant or more or less crowded. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Georgia, Carolina." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Heliaiithemum rosmaiinifolium Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 364. 1814. 



Ell. Sk. 2:6. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 36. 



Louisianian area. Georgia to Mississippi. 



Alama.ma: Central Prairie belt. Dry sandy banks, Dallas County, near Selma, 

 August, ]8!t9 {liiltmore Herb.). 



Type locality : " In jiino barrens: Georgia. Kjinlen.'' 



LECHEA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 90. 1753.> 



Atlantic North America 11, perennial herbs. 



Lechea minor L. Sp. PI. 1 : 90. 1753. Thyme-leaf Leciiea. 



Lechca thi/mifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 77. 1803. 



Levhca iwvae-caesareae Aust. ; Grav. Man. ed. 5, 81. 1867. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 18.5. (Jrav, Man. ed. 6, 677 ; Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 192. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 37. 



Alleghenian, (Jarolinian, and Louisianian areas. Coast of New England to Michi- 

 gan, south to Florida, west to Mississippi. 



Alaija.ma: Mountain region, Coast plain. Drv exposed places. Cullman County, 

 800 leet. Baldwin County, eastern shore of Mobile Bay. Mobile County, open dry 

 pine woods. Auga.st to October. Freciuent near the coast. 



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



Herb. GeoL Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



' N. L. Britton, A revision of the genus Lechea, Bull. Torr. Club, vol. 21, pp. 244 to 



253, 1884. 



