6G2 I'LANT IJKK OK ALABAMA. 



STEIRONEMA ICal". Ann. (ifu. IMiys. 7 : l!t2. 1820. 

 Abont .") siiccies, poronnials, Atlaiitic North America. 



Steironema ciliatum (I..) Kaf. Ann. (icn. Phyw. 7: 1!I2. 1820. 



Fkinck-i.kak Stkironkma. 



I.iixhnachia ciliata L. Sp. I'l. 1: 117. 17.">S. 



Kll. Sk. 1:2:W. Gray, Man. eil.6, :^8(). Chap. Fl. 280. Coulter, Contr. Nat. H.il). 

 2:2;').-.. (Way.Syn. Fl.N. A.2. pt. 1 ifil. 



Alli'^lhonian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia to Quebec and Ontario, thence 

 tbronf^h the Rocky Monntaina to the Pacific coast; New Enjjland to Georgia, Arkan- 

 sas, and New Mexico. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Low damp thickets, borders of" 

 rivnlots. Lauderdale County, river hills. Clay County, Shiubone Valley, near 

 Elders, 1 ,000 feet. Lee County, Auburn ( Baker .l"- Karle, 333). Flowers yellow ; .1 une. 

 Intrecineut. 



Type locality : " ITab. in Virginia, Canada.'" 



1 Terb. ( Jeol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Steironema toiisum (Wood) Bicknell in Britt. «.t iir. 111. Fl. 2 : oOO. 1897 

 Li/simachia ciliata -viiT. tonaa Wood, Classbook, .")05. 18(JL 

 Steironema intermedium Kearney, Bull. Torr. Club, 21 : 261, t. 209. 1894. 



Mountain Steironema. 



Stem erect, or reclining, 1^ to 2 feet high, leaves from broadly ovate to ovate 

 lanceolate, lHo2 inches long and f to 1} inches wide, entire, minutely ciliolate, the 

 floral much smaller; pedicels slender but rii^id, scarcely over 1^ inches long. The 

 flowers in verticillatc clusters, subterniinal and terminal on the branches of the open 

 panicle, golden yellow, segments of the calyx ovate-lanceidatc, acute, scarcely one- 

 third longer than the mature capsule. Easily distinguished from smaller for'iis of 

 the above by the inflorescence and short calyx lobes. 



Carolinian area. Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. 



Alabam.v: Mountain region. Exposed sandstone cliffs. Talladega County, sum- 

 mit of Al])ine Mountain, signal station, 1,800 feet. Decumbent on l>are rocks. Clay 

 County, Che-aw-ha Mountain, signal station, 2,400 feet, abundant; Delta Divide 

 near Idaho mine, 1,800 feet. Flowers golden yellow, Julj'; capsules ripe in Septem- 

 ber. Not infrequent; local. 



Ty])e locality: "Mountains East Tennessee, near the Cumberland Gap." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Steironema lanceolatum (Walt.) Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 12 : 63. 1876. 



Lance-leaf Steironema. 



Lysimachia lanceolata Walt. Fl. Car. il2. 1788. 



/.. hi/brida Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 126. 1803. 



Ell.Sk. 1:235. Gray, Man. ed. 6,330. Chap. Fl. 280. Grav, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 

 pt. 1:61. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Ontario, New England, west to Minnesota, 

 Dakota, Nebraska, southern Ohio Valley to Missoiiri, and from New York to Georgia 

 and Mississsppi. 



Alabama: Tennessee Valley. Upper division of the Coast Pine belt. Wet close 

 soil, borders woods, thickets. Franklin County, Ru.ssellville. Cullman County. 

 Choctaw County, Bladen Springs ; Lee County, Auburn. Flowers yellow, .June, July. 

 Not common. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Mohr. 



Steironema lanceolatum angustifolium Gray, Syn. Fl. 2, pt. 1 : 62. 1878. 

 L])!ii)na<hia an(iu'<lifolia Lam. Tabl. Encycl. /. 140. 1791. 

 Lyximachia heierophylla Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 126. 1808. 

 Carolinian area, Virginia, Georgia. 



Alabama: Mountain region. Lee County, Auburn (7iaA:cr t^^BaWe). Flowers in 

 June. Not frequent. 



ANAGALLIS L. Sp. PI. 1 : 148. 1753. 



Twelve species, temperate Europe, western Asia. 

 Anagallis arvensis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 148. 1753. Common Pimpernel. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 2.35. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 331. Chap. Fl. 281. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1 : 469. 



Europe. 



Adventive and partially naturalized on the Atlantic coast from Canada to Florida, 

 Arkansas, and California. 



