490 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Salicornia bigelovii Torr. Bot. Mex. Bound. Surv. 184. 1859. 



BIGKLOW'K GLASS WORT. 



Salicornia mucronata Bigelow, Fl. Bost. ed. 2, 2. 1824. Not Lag. 1817. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 434. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 370. 



Allegheniaii to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia on the coast to New England, 

 south to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Littoral region. Saline marshes on the seashore. Mobile County, 

 West Fowl River. Cat Island. July, August; not rare. Annual. 



Type locality: "On the beach at Brazos Santiago, May; Schott." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Salicornia ambigua Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:2. 1803. SHRUBBY SAMPHIRE. 



Ell. Sk. 1:4. 1817. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 435. Chap. Fl. 378. Coulter. Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2 : 370. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. On the seashore from Massachusetts to Florida, 

 west to Texas; Pacific coast from Vancouver's Island to California. 



ALABAMA: Littoral region. Wet sands and shallow salt marshes. Mobile County, 

 Dauphin Island, West Fowl River. July, August; frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality. "Hab. in Carolinae scirpetis maritimis." 



Herb Geol Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SALSOLA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 222. 1753. SALTWORT. 



About 40 species, temperate regions North Hemisphere. Mostly on salty plains 

 of the interior. 



Salsola kali L. Sp. PI. 1 : 222. 1753. COMMON SALTWORT. 



Salsola caroliniana Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 174. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 331. Gray, Man. ed. 6 : 435. Chap. Fl . 378. 



EUROPE. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; New 

 England south to Florida and Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Littoral region. Loose sands on the coast. Baldwin County, east 

 shore Mobile Bay ; not rare. Annual. 



Type locality: " Hab. in Europae litoribus maris." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



AMARANTHACEAE. Amaranth Family. 



AMARANTHUS L. Sp. PL 2 : 989. 1753. 



About 50 species, warm temperate and tropical regions of the globe. Many 

 cosmopolitan weeds. North America, 6 truly indigenous, and an equal number 

 introduced in cultivated grounds. 



Amaranthus retroflexus L. Sp. PI. 2:991. 1753. _ GREEN AMARANTH. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 428. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 358. 

 SOUTH AMERICA, EUROPE. 



All over the continent. Cultivated ground, waste places, chiefly Northern. 

 ALABAMA: Over the State. In cultivated and waste ground. Mobile County. 



A coarse weed. Annual. 

 Lvania. Kalm." 



Amaranthus hybridus L. Sp. PI. 2 : 990. 1753. PIGWEED. 



Amaranthus hypochondriacus L. Sp. PI. 2 : 991. 1753. 



A. ohlorostachys Willd. Amaranth. 34, 1. 10, f. 19. 1790. 



A. chlorostachys var. hybridus Gray, Man. ed. 6, 428. 1890. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 428. Chap. Fl. 380. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 358. 



All over tropical and temperate America. 



ALABAMA: Over the State. Introduced in cultivated ground, waste places. 

 Variable; common weed. July to October. Annual. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Amaranthus spinosus L. Sp. PI. 2 : 991. 1753. SPINY PIGWEED. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 428. Chap. Fl. 380. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 359. 



Eastern North America from New York to the Gulf, Texas, and Arkansas. Intro- 

 duced from tropical America. 



