432 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



HETERANTHERA Ruiz & Pav. Gen. PL Fl. Per. et Chil. 9. 1794. WATER STAR- 

 GRASS. (SCHOLLERA Schreb. Gen. 785. 1789. Not Roth. 1788. ) 



Nine species, aquatic, perennial, warmer regions of America. 



Heteranthera dubia (Jacq.) Morong, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 105. 1894. 



GOLDEN-FLOWERED WATER STAR. 



Commelina dubia Jacq. Obs. Bot. 3 : 9, t. 59. 1768. 



Leptanthus gramineus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 25, t. 5,f. 2. 1803. 



Heteranthera graminea Vahl, Enum. 2 : 45. 1806. 



Schollera graminea Gray, Man. 511. 1848. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 536. Chap. Fl. 497. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 441 . Wats. Bot. 

 Calif. 2 : 178. 



CUBA. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, Ontario; New England west to 

 Ohio and Minnesota, south to Florida, and west to Texas and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the seashore. Sluggish streams, under water. 

 Lauderdale County, Tennessee River (E. A. Smith). Mobile and Baldwin counties, 

 in the river delta and upper part of Mobile Bay ; abundant. June. Flowers yellow. 



Type locality: "Hand procul a montibus in rivulo Jacobi dicto." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Heteranthera reniformis Ruiz & Pav. Prodr. Fl. Per. 1 : 43. 1798. MUD PLANTAIN. 



Leptanthus reniformis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 25. 1803. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 536. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 524. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 590. 



WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO ARGENTINA, PARAGUAY, PERU. 



Carolinian to Louisianian area. New York, Illinois, and eastern Kansas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Mobile County, muddy ditches. July. Flowers pale 

 blue. Not frequent. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Provincia Cercado, in paludibus et stagnatis Lurin, 

 Limae, Surco, Miraflores, Magdalena et Lurigancho. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



JUNCACEAE. Rush Family. 



JUNCUS L. Sp. PI. 1:325. 1753. RUSH. 



One hundred and seventy-six species, cosmopolitan. North America, 60; North 

 Atlantic States, 30 to 35; Southern, 20. Chiefly perennials. 



Juncus effusus L. Sp. PI. 1 : 326. 1753. SOFT RUSH. 



Ell. Sk. 1:405. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 540. Chap. Fl. 493. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb 

 2 : 447. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2 : 206. 



EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND. 



Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Newfoundland, Quebec, and Ontario to the 

 Pacific; from Vancouver's Island to California; throughout the Eastern States to 

 Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Common in low damp places. June. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Europae uliginosis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Juncus roemerianus Scheele, Linnaea, 22 : 348. 1849. SALT RUSH. 



Juncus maritimus Chap. Fl. 493. 1860. Not Lam. 



Chap. Fl. 1. c. ; ed. 3, 520. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 447. 



Carolinian and Lonisianian areas. Seashore of New Jersey to Florida, west to 

 Texas. 



ALABAMA: Littoral region. Salt and brackish swamps, covering the large salt 

 marshes, overflowed by the tide. Mobile and Baldwin counties. July. Abundant. 



Type locality: "Galveston Island auf feuchtem Muschelsaud: Roeraer." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Juncus bufonius fasciculatus Koch, Syn. PL Germ. ed. 2, 845. 1843. 



SOUTHERN EUROPE. 



Louisianian area. Southeastern States. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp sandy soil. Mobile County; not frequent. May; 

 annual. 



