

BOX FAMILY. 599 



Callitriche peploides Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. u. sor. 5 : 141. 1837. 



DRUMMOND'S WATER STARWORT. 



Callitriche dnimmondii Hegeliu. Mouogr. Callit. 60. 1864. 

 Chap. Fl. Suppl. 645 ; ed. 3, 420. 

 CUBA. 

 Louisianian area. Arkansas and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA : Coast plain. Damp ground in the shade of dwellings. Flowers Feb- 

 ruary, March. A more delicate plant than the last ; sweet-scented. Annual. 

 Type locality : " On the banks of the Mississippi and on the margins of ponds." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Callitriche heterophylla Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 3. 1814. 



AMERICAN WATER STARWORT. 



Ell. Sk. 1:4. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 182. Chap. Fl. 398. 



Carolinian to Louisianian area. New England (Morong) west to Missouri, Colo- 

 rado, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana, and from New Jersey to Florida. 



ALABAMA: Undoubtedly all over the State. In stagnant water, ditches. Col- 

 lected from but few localities. Montgomery and Mobile counties. February ; 

 common. Annual. 



A form with short stems, the linear to linear-spathulate leaves scarcely inch long, 

 in muddy soil. 



Type locality : "In springs and rivulets, very common." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Callitriche palustris L. Sp. PI. 2 : 969. 1753. EARLY WATER STARWORT. 



Callitriche verna L. Fl. Suec. ed. 2, 2. 1755. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 182. 



EUROPE. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Canada to Florida and from Missouri to 

 Arkansas. 



ALABAMA : A form with the leaves all linear, growing in shallow ponds, entirely 

 submerged. The typical form has not been observed. Annual. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Europae fossis, paludibus." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



EMPETRACEAE. Crowberry Family. 



CERATIOLA Michx. Fl. 2 : 222. 1803. 



Monotypical shrub. Southeastern North America. 

 Ceratiola ericoides Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 222. 1803. HEATHERLIKE CERATIOLA. 



Ell. Sk. 2: 676. Chap. Fl. 411. 



Louisianian area. South Carolina, Florida to Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Arid barren sands. Washington County to Mobile 

 County; not infrequent. Flowers reddish ; August, September. 



Type locality : " Hab. in aridis sabulosis Georgiae et Floridae." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



BUXACEAE. Box Family. 



PACHYS ANDRA Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 177, t. 4, r >. 1803. 



Two species, Japan and Atlantic North America. 



Pachysandra procumbens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 178. 1803. Low PACHYSANDRA. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 456. Chap. Fl. 410. 



Carolinian and Louisianian area. Kentucky, West Virginia, along the Alle- 

 ghenies to Tennessee, western Florida, and Louisiana. 



ALABAMA : Mountain region. Rich woods. Winston County, valley of Sipsey 

 fork, 1,400 feet ( T. M. Peters}. Marshall County, Collinsville (G.C. Boynton}. Local 

 and rare. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in occidentalibus montium Alleghanis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



