LOOSESTRIFE FAMILY. 631 



THYMELEACEAE. Mezereum Family. 



biRCA L. Sp. PL 1 : 356. 1753. Moose-wood. 



Two siiecies, Eastern United States; California, 1. North America AtLiutic, 1. 

 t>irca palustris L. Sp. PL 1 : 358. 1753. Leatmekwood. 



Ell. Sk. 1:448. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 448. Chap. Fl. ,395. 



Allegheuian to Lonisianian area. New Brunswick, Ontario, and New England 

 v.est to Minnesota, Missouri, and Arkansas, and from New York south to Florida. 



Alabama: Upper division of the Coast Pine belt. Rich wooded hillsiiit^s. Clarke 

 Conntj {Dr. Denny). Monroe County, Claiborne Landing. Flowers yellow, Febru- 

 ary. Shrub 3 to 4 feet high. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Yirginiae paludosis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LYTHRACEAE. Loosestrife Family, 



ROTALA L. Mant. 2 : 175. 1772. 



Rotala ramosior (L.) Koehue, in Mart. Fl. Bras. 13, pt. 2: 192. 1875. 



Branched Rotala. 



Ammannia ramosior L. Sp. PL 1 : 120. 1753. 



A. humilis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:99. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 218. Chap. Fl. 134. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 184. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 112. Griseb. FL Brit. W. Ind. 270. 



West Indies, Mexico to Brazil. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New England along the coast to 

 Georgia, west to Texas and north to Oregon. 



Alabama: Lower hills to Coast plain. Ditches. Cullman County, 800 feet. Shelby 

 Qowwt J {E. A. Smith). Mobile County. Flowers purple; July to September. Fre- 

 quent. Annual. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia. D. Gronovius." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



AMMANNIA L. Sp. PL 1 : 120. 1753. 



Eighteen species, warmer regions of Asia, Africa, America. North America, 3. 

 Ammannia coccinea Eottb. PI. Hort. Havu. Descr. 7. 1773. Scaklet Ammannia. 



Ammannia latifoJia Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1: 480. 1838. Not L. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 185. Chap. FL ed. 3, 158. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 112. 

 Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 270. 



Cuba to Brazil. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey west to Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, 

 and Arkansas, south to Florida and Texas. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Muddy places. Mobile County. Flowers red; August, 

 September. Rare. Annual. 



Type locality unknown. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LYTHRUM L. Sp. PL 1 : 446. 1753. 



Twenty-three species, diffused over the temperate regions of the globe. North 

 America 5. 



Lythrum ak-tum Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 334. 1814. Wing-stemmed Loosestrife. 



EIL Sk. 1 : .545. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 185. Chap. Fl. 134, in part. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2 : 112. 



Mexico. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario ; New England west to Minnesota, 

 Nebraska, Colorado, south from New Jersey to Florida, Louisiana, western Texas, 

 and Arkansas. 



Alabama : Prairie region. Greene County, Pleasant Ridge (E. A. Smith). Flowers 

 purple, August; rare. Perennial. 



Type locality : "In lower Georgia. Ensleu." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohi'. 



