500 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Wisconsin, south from southern New York and New Jersey along the mountains to 

 Georgia; mountains of southwestern Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region at greatest elevations. On rocks. Winston County 

 (T. M. Peters). Flowers white. June, July. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in rupibus Novae Angliae, Canadae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Arenaria patula Michx. Fl. Bor. Ain. 1 : 273. 1803. PITCHER'S SANDWOKT. 



Arenaria pitcheri Nutt. ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 180. 1838. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 86. Chap. Fl. 49. 



Carolinian area. Southern Virginia, west to southern Illinois, southern Missouri, 

 and Arkansas, south to North Carolina, Tennessee, and southwestern Texas. ( Riddell, 

 in herb.) 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Tennessee basin. Lawrence County. Madison 

 County, Huntsville. Jackson County, Scottsboro. Frequent on exposed limestone 

 rocks. Occasionally on river banks in the lower country. Snmter County, Espes 

 Station (E. A. Smith). Baldwin County, Point Clear, adventive from the upper 

 country on drifted rubbish on the bay shore. Flowers white. May. Annual. 



Type locality: " Hab. in rupibus circa Knoxville. 7 ' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Arenaria brevifolia Nutt. ; Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1 : 180. 1838. 



SIIOKTLKAF SANDWOKT. 



Chap. Fl. 49. 



Carolinian area. Mountains of Georgia. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region. Exposed sandstone rocks. Dekalb County, summit 

 of Lookout Mountain, 2,000 feet. Flowers white. June; rare. Annual. 



Type locality: "On rocks, Georgia, Nuttall! " 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Arenaria serpyllifolia L. Sp. PI. 1 : 423. 1753. THYMKLKAF SAXDWOKT. 



Ell. Sk. 1:518. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 85. Chap. Fl. 49. 



EUROPE. 



Canadian zone to Carolinian area. Nova Scotia, Ontario, New England along 

 the mountains to Georgia. Naturalized. ? 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. On dry or damp rocky places, to all appearances 

 indigenous. Madison County, Montesano, about 1,000 feet. Jackson County, Scotts- 

 boro. Flowers white. May ; not infrequent. Annual. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Europae sylvis glareosis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Arenaria lanuginosa Rohrb. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 14, pt. 2 : 274, t. 63. 1872. 



SPREADING STARWOKT. 



Spergulastrum lanuginosum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 275. 1803. 



Arenaria diffusa Ell. Sk. 1 : 519. 1817. 



Stellaria lanuginosa Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. 1 : 187. 1838. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 49. 



MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA TO ARGENTINA. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA : Tennessee Valley. Coast plain. Shady copses, thickets in dry soil. 

 Franklin County, Russellville. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Most frequent near 

 the coast. Perennial. 



Type locality not ascertained ; Michaux's locality : " Hab. in meridionalibus Amer- 

 icae septentrionali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SPERGULA L. Sp. PL 1 : 440. 1753. 



Two or three species of temperate P^urope and Asia. Widely naturalized weeds 

 in fields. 



Spergula arvensis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 440. 175 *. CORN SPUKRY. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 523. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 90. Chap. Fl. 48. 



EUROPE. 



Naturalized from Canada to the Gulf and sparingly on the Pacific coast. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Abundant in sandy low fields, pastures. Mobile County. 

 Flowers white. March. Annual. 



Economic uses: Useful for fodder; valuable for early pasture. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Europae agris." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



