594 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Form with iiarrow linear leaves, smoothish (T. linearifolia Ell.). Baldwin County, 

 sandy shores of Mobile Bay, Point Clear. Rare. 

 Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



MBRCURIALIS L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1037. 1753. 



Seven species, Europe. 

 Mercurialis aimua L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1037. 1753. DOG'S MERCURY. 



Adventive from Europe. 



ALABAMA: Mobile, ballast weed, observed for over 30 years, common about the 

 shipping. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Europae temperatae umbrosis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr.- 



RICINUS L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1007. 1753. 



One species, tropical Africa. Introduced, naturali/od in all tropical countries. 

 Ricinus communis L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1007. 1753. CASTOR OIL BKAN. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 460. Chap. Fl. 409. 



Carolinian and Louisianiaii areas. Escaped from cultivation. 



ALABAMA : Naturalized throughout the State in numerous localities near dwellings. 

 Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in India utraque, Africa, Europa australi." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



JATROPHA L. Sp. PI. 2:1006. 1753. 



Seventy species, of tropical America. North America, 5. 

 Jatropha stimulosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 216. 1803. SPURGE NETTLE. 



Jatropha urens var. stimulosa Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15, pt. 2 : 1101. 1866. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 649. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 457. Chap. Fl. 409. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Coast of southern Virginia and North Carolina 

 to Florida, west to Arkansas and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry sanely pine barrens. Autauga, 

 Montgomery, Escambia, and Mobile counties. Flowers white, May to July. Com- 

 mon. Perennial. 



Type locality : " In parte meridional! Americae septentrionalis, in Virginia prope 

 Portsmouth, * * * , in Carolina * * f , in Alabama * * * , Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



STILLINGIA L. Mant. 1:19. 1767. 



Fifteen species, eastern Asia, Pacific islands. Southern North America, 5. 

 Stillingia sylvatica L. Mant. 1 : 126. 1767. QUEEN'S DELIGHT. 



Ell. Sk. 2 : 650. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 461. Chap. Fl. 404. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:404. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern Virginia to Florida, west to 

 Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Light dry soil, open woods, copses. 

 Chilton County. Autauga County (E. A. Smith). Clarke County (Dr. Denny). Mon- 

 roe, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers yellow, April to June. Frequent in 

 the pine barrens. Perennial. 



Economic uses: The root is the "queen's root" of medicine "Stillingia," United 

 States Pharmacopeia. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Carolinae pinetis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



SBBASTIANIA Spreng. Neue Entdeck. 2 : 118, t. 3. 1821. 



About 405 species, mostly of tropical America and southeastern North America. 

 Tropics of the Old World. 



Sebastiania ligustriiia Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15, pt. 2: 1165. 1866. 

 Stillingia ligustrina Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 213. 1803. 

 Ell. Sk. 2 : 651. Chap. Fl. 405. 

 Louisianian area. North Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana. 



