520 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Benzoin melissaefolium (Walt.) Nees, Syst. 494. 1836. 



Laurus mWissaefolia Walt. Fl. Car. 134. 1788. 



Lindera melissaefolia Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. 1 : 324. 1857. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 464. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 447. Chap. Fl. 394. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. Louisiana to Florida, and along the Atlantic 

 coast to Virginia, west to southern Illinois and southern Missouri. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Low thickets, border of woods. Wilcox 

 County, Allenton (S. B. Buckley}. Flowers yellowish, February, March; rare. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet high. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PAPAVERACEAE. Poppy Family. 



SANGUINARIA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 505. 1753. 



One species, eastern North America. 

 Sanguinaria canadeusis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 505. 1753. RED PUCCOON. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 13. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 58. Chap. Fl. 22. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 86. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba; New England west 

 to Dakota, south to northern Florida and Louisiana. 



A.LABAMA: Mountain region. Rocky woods. Winston County, Colliers Creek, 

 1,500 feet. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain, 1,600 feet. Tuscaloosa County, 350 

 feet (. A. Smith). Mobile County (Win. McNeal). Flowers white; March, April. 

 Perennial. 



Economic uses: The root is the "bloodroot" or "Sanguinaria" of the United 

 States Pharmacopoeia. 



Type locality: "Hab. in America septentrional!." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ARGEMONE L. Sp. PI. 1:508. 1753. PRICKLY POPPY. 



Five species, warmer regions of America, Mexico. Western Texas. Annuals or 

 biennials. 



Argemone mexicana L. Sp. PI. 1 : 508. 1753. MEXICAN PRICKLY POPPY. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 13. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 59. Chap. Fl. 21. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 12. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 87. 



MEXICO. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Adventive sparingly in North Atlantic ports, 

 frequent on the South Atlantic and Gulf coast. 



ALABAMA : Mobile County, roadsides, waste places near dwellings. Flowers lemon 

 yellow ; April, May ; not rare. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Mexico, Jamaica, Caribaeis mine in Europa anstrali." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Argemone alba Lestib. Bot. Belg. ed. 2, 3, pt. 2 : 132. 1799. 



Argemone albiflora Hornem. Hort. Hafn. 439. 1815. 



Argemone mexicana albiflora DC. Prodr. 1 : 120. 1824. 



A. georgiana Croom, Am. Journ. Sci. 25 : 75. 1834. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1 : 88. 



Alleghenian and Louisianiau areas. Nebraska to Texas, South Atlantic States to 

 Louisiana. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Waste places. Mobile. Flowers white, April, May; 

 not rare. Annual. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



BICUCULLA Adans. Fam. PI. 2, App.:23. 1763. 

 (DiCENTRA Bernh. Linnaea, 8:468. 1833.) 



Fifteen species, temperate regions Northern Hemisphere. Asia, North America. 

 Perennial herbs. 



Bicuculla cucullaria (L.) Millsp. Bull. W. Va. Exp. Sta. 2:327. 1892. 

 Fumaria cucullaria L. Sp. PI. 2 : 699. 1753. 

 Diclytra cucullaria DC. Syst. 2 : 108. 1821. 



