SPURGE FAMILY. 597 



ALABAMA : Over the State. Dry exposed soil everywhere. Flowers white ; June 

 to October. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia, Canada.'' 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Euphorbia corollata angustifolia Ell. Sk. 2 : 659. 1821-24. 



NARROW-LEAP FLOWERING SPURGE. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Chap. Fl. 401. 



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



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Sandy pine ridges. Mobile County, Springhill. 

 Escambia County. July, August; not infrequent. A very distinct variety. Per- 

 ennial. 



Type locality: "Collected by Mr. Caradeux in St. Thomas, near Charleston/' 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Euphorbia mercurialina Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 212. 1803. 



DOG'S MERCURY SPURGE. 



Chap. Fl. Suppl. 646. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 422. 



Carolinian area. Tennessee. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Sunny rocky hillsides. Madison County, Monte- 

 saho, 800 feet. Limestone ledges. May, 10 to 18 inches high from a thick ligneous 

 root. Only locality known in the State. Perennial. 



Type locality : '' Hab. in collibus, circa Knoxville." 

 He: 



terb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Euphorbia floridana Chap. Fl. 401. 1860. FLORIDA SPURGE. 



Euphorbia sphaerosperma Shuttlew. ; Boissier in DC. Prodr. 15, pt. 2: 102. 1866. 



Chap. Fl. 1. c. ; ed. 3, 423. 



Louisianian area. Florida. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Dry sandy fields, open pine ridges. Escambia 

 County, Flomaton, and adjacent parts of Florida. June. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Dry pine barrens middle Florida." 



Herb. Geol Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Euphorbia inundata Torr. ; Chap. Fl. 402. 1860. SWAMP SPURGE. 



Chap. Fl. 1. c. 



Louisianian area. Florida. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Low damp pine barrens. Baldwin County, Zundel's, 

 April, 1879. Local. Eare, not observed during late years ; locality drained and under 

 cultivation. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Pine-barren swamps, Florida." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Euphorbia obtusata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 606. 1814. OBTUSK-FRUITED SPURGE. 



Euphorbia helioscopia f Ell. Sk. 2 : 658. 1824. Not L. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 455. Chap. Fl. 401. Coulter. Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 393. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Virginia and Ohio, west to Missouri, Iowa, 

 Kaneas, and Colorado, south to South Carolina and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Shady banks. Sumter County (E. A. Smith). 

 Wilcox County (S. B. Buckley}. Flowers May, June. Perennial. 



Type locality: " In cultivated grounds: Virginia, near Staunton." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Euphorbia dictyosperma Fisch. & Mey. Ind. Sera. Petrop. 2 : 37. 1835. 



RETICULATE-SEEDED SPURGE. 



Euphorbia arkansana Engelm. & Gray, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 5 : 261. 1845. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 455. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 423. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 393. 

 Britt. & Br. 111. Fl. 2 : 379. 



Louisianian and Carolinian areas. From Louisiana to Georgia ; Texas, Arkansas, 

 Indian Territory, Missouri, and west to Colorado. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley, Russell vi lie. Central Prairie region. Hale County, 

 Gallion. Wilcox County (Buckley). June ; not frequent. Annual or biennial. 



Type locality not ascertained. Locality of E. arkansana: " Prairies from Hous- 

 ton to the Colorado. * * * Also, Fort Gibson, Arkansas, Engelmann, and west- 

 ern Louisiana, Dr. Hale." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



