SPUBGE FAMILY. 591 



Polygala polygama Walt. Fl. Car. 179. 1788. POLYGAMOUS MILKWORT. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 181. Gray, Man. ed. 6,120. Chap. Fl. 84. 



Allegheniau to Louisianian area. Ontario; New England west to Michigan, Wis- 

 consin, and northern Illinois, south to Florida, and through the Gulf States to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Clay County, Moseley, 1,000 feet. 

 Low grassy places. Cullman County. Lee County, Auburn (Baker $ Earlc). 

 Mobile County, West Fowl River, Perdido Bay. Flat grassy pine barrens. Flowers 

 pink ; April, May. Not rare in the coast plain. Perennial. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Polygala grandiflora Walt. Fl. Car. 179. 1788. LARGE-FLOWERED MILKWORT. 



Polygala pubescens Muhl. Cat. 66. 1813. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 180. Chap. Fl. 84. 



Louisianian area. Florida to South Carolina, west to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Dry copses, borders of woods. 

 Autauga, Montgomery, Monroe, and Baldwin counties. Flowers deep purple; June 

 to October. Frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



ETJPHORBIACEAE. Spurge Family. 



FHYLLANTHUS L. Sp. PL 981. 1753. 



About 400 species, mostly of tropical America, few in Eastern Asia and Southern 

 Hemisphere. 



Phyllanthus carolinensis Walt. Fl. Car. 228. 1788. CAROLINA PHYLLANTHTJS. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 661. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 457. Chap. Fl. 409. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 395. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Pennsylvania and Indiana to the Gulf States. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the Coast plain. Low damp banks. Walker 

 County (E. A. Smith). Etowah County, Gadsden. Mobile County. August. Fre- 

 quent. Annual. 



Type locality: South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



CROTON L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1004. 1753. 



Four hundred and twenty species, subtropical and tropical regions of both hemi- 

 spheres, largely South American. North America, 24. 



Crotoii alabamensis E. A. Smith ; Chap. Fl. Suppl. 648. 1887. ALABAMA CROTON. 



Mohr, Gard. & For. 2 : 592, /. 150. 1889. 



On the limit of the Carolinian and Louisianian areas. 



ALABAMA : Bibb County, Pratts Ferry, Little C ah aba Valley, rocky woods. 

 Flowers end of March to middle of April. Fruit ripe at the end of May. Shrub 8 

 to 10 feet high, strictly confined to rocky low banks in the valley of the Little 

 Cahaba, forming dense thickets over several acres. Associated with Quercus 

 brevilobata and Q. acuminata. First collected by E. A. Smith, 1874. Mature seeds 

 collected by Mohr, June ], 1882. PLATE V. 



Type locality : "Central Alabama/' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Crotori punctatus Jacq. Coll. 1: 166. 1786. SILVKRLEAF CROTON. 



Croton argyranthemus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 215. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 :6t7. Chap. Fl. 407. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 397. 



Louisianian area. Coast of South Carolina to Florida and Avestern Texas. 



ALABAMA : Lower Pine region. Dry pine barrens. Baldwin County. Flowers in 

 May. Shrubby at the base. Not frequent. Eight to 12 inches high. Perennial. 



Type locality: "In Carolina sponte crescit." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Croton monanthogynus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 215. 1803. 



Low SPREADING CROTON. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 458. Chap. Fl. 408. 



Carolinian area. Southern Indiana to Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas, t-outh from 

 North Carolina and Tennessee. 



