LOOSESTRIFE FAMILY. 631 



THYMELEACEAE. Mezereum Family. 

 DIRCA L. Sp. PI. 1 : 356. 1753. MOOSE-WOOD. 



Two species, Eastern United States; California, 1. North America Atlantic, 1. 

 Dirca palustris L. Sp. PL 1 : 358. 1753. LEATHERWOOD. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 448. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 448. Chap. Fl. 395. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. New Brunswick, Ontario, and New England 

 west to Minnesota, Missouri, and Arkansas, and from New York south to Florida. 



ALABAMA : Upper division of the Coast Pine belt. Rich wooded hillsides. Clarke 

 County (Dr. Denny). Monroe County, Claiborne Landing. Flowers yellow, Febru- 

 ary. Shrub 3 to 4 feet high. 



Type locality : "Hab. in Virginiae paludosis." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LYTHRACEAE. Loosestrife Family. 



ROTALA L. Mant. 2 : 175. 1772. 



Rotala ramosior (L.) Koehne, in Mart. Fl. Bras. 13, pt. 2: 192. 1875. 



BRANCHED ROTALA. 



Ammannia ramosior L. Sp. PL 1: 120. 1753. 



A. humilis Michx. FL Bor. Am. 1 : 99. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 218. Chap. FL 134. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 184. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 112. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 270. 



WEST INDIES, MEXICO TO BRAZIL. 



Carolinian and Louisiauian areas. Southern New England along the coast to 

 Georgia, west to Texas and north to Oregon. 



ALABAMA: Lower hills to Coast plain. Ditches. Cullman County, 800 feet. Shelby 

 County (E. A. Smith). Mobile County. Flowers purple; July to September. Fre- 

 quent. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Virginia. D. Gronovius." 



llerb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



AMMANNIA L. Sp. PL 1 : 120. 1753. 



Eighteen species, warmer regions of Asia, Africa, America. North America, 3. 

 Ammannia coccinea Rottb. PL Hort. Havn. Descr. 7. 1773. SCARLET AMMANNIA. 



Ammannia latifolia Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A. 1: 480. 1838. Not L. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 185. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 158. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 112. 

 Griseb. FL Brit. W. Ind. 270. 



CUBA TO BRAZIL. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey west to Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, 

 and Arkansas, south to Florida and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Muddy places. Mobile County. Flowers red; August, 

 September. Rare. Annual, 



Type locality unknown. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LYTHRUM L.Sp. PL 1:446. 1753. 



Twenty-three species, diffused over the temperate regions of the globe. North 

 America 5. 



Ly thrum al.tum Pursh, FL Am. Sept. 1 : 334. 1814. WING-STEMMED LOOSESTRIFE. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 545. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 185. Chap. Fl. 134, in part. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2 : 112. 



MEXICO. 



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

 Nebraska, Colorado, south from New Jersey to Florida, Louisiana, western Texas, 

 and Arkansas. 



ALABAMA : Prairie region. Greene County, Pleasant Ridge (E. A. Smith). Flowers 

 purple, August; rare. Perennial. 



Type locality: "In lower Georgia. Emlen." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



