('»4S PLANT LIKK OF ALAHAMA. 



Cniptotacnia cttnadeniiiH DC. M<^iu. Omit. 42. 1S2!I. 



Eli Sk. l:Sr)><. (irav. Man.ed. 6, 'J07. Chap. Fl. llll. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 

 2: 147. 



China, .Iatan. 



.Mlc^houiau to Lonisianian area. Queboc; New Eiifrland we.st to Nebraska, south- 

 •Tii ( )liio N'alley to oastiTu Kansas aiul Arkansas, and from New York alonj^ the moun- 

 tains to Cooif^ia. 



Ai.auama: Monntaiu ie<i;i()n to Central Tine belt. Woodlands. Cullman County 

 8(X) feet. Montjjomery County, Pintlalhi Creek. Flowers white; .July. JScattered, 

 infrequent. Perennial. 



Tyjte locality : ''ilab. in America septontrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SPERMOLEPIS Kaf. Neo<,'.2. 182.^). 

 (LKi'TOcAn.is Xutt. DC.Mt^ni. Omb. lifl. 1829.) 



Two species, southeastern North America. 

 Spermolepis divaricatus (Walt.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 244. 1894. 



.Si'HEAUiNG Spermolepis. 



DaitcKs diraricaiiii> W\alt. Fl. Car. 114. 1788. 



Lepfocaidi-s diraricaiiis DC. Mem. Omb. .39. 1829. 



Gray. .Man. ed. ti. 209. Chap. Fl. 161, Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 148. 



Lonisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Tex.as .and Arkansas. 



Alahama: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Sandy and gravelly banks, pastures, 

 open copses. Most altundant near the coast. Mobile and Baldwin counties. 

 Flowers white, April, May ; fruit ripe in June. Common. Annual. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. (Jeol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Spermolepis echinatus (Nutt.) Britton in Britt. & Br. 111. Fl. 2 : 537. 1897. 



PiaCKLY-FHt'ITEO SPERMOLEPIS. 



Lepiolepis echinatus Nutt. ; DC. Prodr. 4 : 107. 1830. 



Chap. Fl. Suppl. G23. ; ed. 3, 178. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 148. 

 ^ Lonisianian area. Arkansas and Texas to Arizona and southern California. 



Alabama : Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Sandy exposed dry or damp places. 

 Borders of fields, copses. Mobile County, border of swamps near Choctaw Point, 

 Grand Bay, dry copses in the pine barrens. Flowers white, April, May; fruit ripe 

 in .lune. Local, infrequent. Easily disseminated by the adherent echinate bristles 

 of tli(! fruit. Annual. 



Type locality : " In Amer. bor. ad Red-River." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PTILIMNIUM Raf. .lourn. Phys. 89:258. 1819. 



(DiscoPLEUKA DC. Mem. Omb. 38. 1829.) 



Three species, annuals ; Atlantic North America, 2. W^est Texas, 1. 



Ptilimiiium capillaceum (Michx.) Raf.; Seringe. Bull. Bot. 217,/. 33. 1830. 



Mock Bishop's W^eed. 



Jmmt mo/H.s Walt. Fl. Car. 113. 1788. Not L. 



J. capillaccinn Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 164. 1803. 



iJlacopleura lapiUacea DC. Mem. ( )mb. 38. 1829. 



Ell. Sk. 1:349. Grav, Man. ed. 6, 209. Chap. Fl. 162. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 148. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Coast southern New England to Florida, west 

 to Texas. 



Alabama: Coast plain. Ditches, borders of marshes. Baldwin and Mobile 

 counties. Flowers white, May, .lune; fruit ripe .Inly, August. Common; rarely 

 seen above the tide-water districts. Annual. 



Type locality: " Hab. in campestribus Carolinae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Ptilimnium nuttallii (DC.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 244. 1893-94. 



Nuttall's Mock Bishop's Weed. 



THscopleura nuttaUii DC. Mem. Omb. 38. 1829. 



D. capillacea var. nuttallii Coult. & Rose, Bot. Gaz. 12 : 292. 1887. 



Gray. Man. ed. 6, 209. ( hap. Fl. 162. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 148. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Kentucky, southern Illinois, Missouri, and 

 Arkansas, south from eastern Tennessee to Florida, west to Texas. 



