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ACALYPHA L. Sp. PL 2 : 1003. 1753. 



Two hundred and thirty species, mostly of tropical America,. North America, 6. 

 Acalypha virginica L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1003. 1753. VIRGINIA THREE-SEEDED MERCURY. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 645. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 459. Chap. Fl. 405. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 402. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Ontario ; New England west to Minnesota and 

 Nebraska, south to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA : Throughout the State, waste and cultivated ground. Flowers through- 

 out the summer. Common. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Zeylona, Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Acalypha gracilens Gray, Man. 408. 1848. SLENDER THREE-SEEDED MERCURY. 



Acalypha virginica gracilens Muell. Arg. Linnaea, 34 : 45. 1865. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 459. Chap. Fl. 406. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Coast southern New England to Florida, west 

 to Illinois, eastern Kansas, Arkansas, and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Dry sandy soil. Woods, cultivated 

 and waste places. Clay County, Che-aw-ha range, 2,000 feet, in pine forests. Tus- 

 caloosa County (E. A. Smith). Mobile County. Flowers, July to September; fre- 

 quent. Annual. 



Type locality: " Sandy dry soil, New Jersey and southward." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Acalypha ostryaefolia Ridd. Syn. Fl. W. States, 33. 1835. 



CAROLINA THREE-SEEDED MERCURY. 



Acalypha caroliniana Ell. Sk. 2 : 645. 1824. Not Walt. 



Ell. 1. c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 460. Chap. Fl. 406. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey west to Ohio, Missouri, and 

 Arkansas, south to Florida and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA : Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Cultivated ground, waste places, 

 damp rich soil. Autauga County, Prattville. Monroe County, Claiborne. Clarke 

 County (Dr. Denny.) Mobile County. July to September; frequent in the coast 

 plain. Annual 



Type locality : "Found by Mr. T. G. Lea, on one of the Kentucky hills opposite 

 Cincinnati." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



TRAGIA L.Sp.P1.2:980. 1753. 



Fifty species, of warmer temperate and chiefly tropical America to Brazil. North 

 America, 4. 



Tragia nepetaefolia Cav. Icon. 6 : 37, t. 557 J. 1. 1801. NETTLE-LEAF TRAGIA. 



Tragia urticaefolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 176. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 564. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 460. Chap. Fl. 406. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:404. 



MEXICO. 



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

 Arkansas, and southern Missouri. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry sandy soil, 

 open copses, borders of fields and woods. Clay County, Che-aw-ha Mountain, 

 2,400 feet. Bibb County (E. A. Smith). Talladega County, Renfroe. Cullman, 

 Montgomery, and Tuscaloosa counties. Butler County, Bladon. Mobile County. 

 Frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. inter Ixmiquilpan et Cimapan Novae-Hispaniae oppida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Tragia urens L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 2 : 1391. 1763. STINGING TRAGIA. 



Tragia innocua Walt. Fl. Car. 229. 1788. 



Ell. Sk. 2 :563. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 460. Chap. Fl. 407. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:404. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA : Central Prairie region to Coast Pine belt. Dry sandy places, pine bar- 

 rens. Montgomery, Butler, and Mobile counties. Flowers July, August; common 

 in the pine barrens. Perennial. 



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