662 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



STEIRONEMA Raf. Ann. Gen. Phys. 7 : 192. 1820. 

 About 5 species, perennials, Atlantic North America. 



Steironema ciliatum (L.) Raf. Ann. Gen. Phys. 7 : 192. 1820. 



FRINGE-LEAF STEIRONEMA. 



Lysimacliia ciliata L. Sp. PI. 1 : 147. 1753. 



Ell. Sk. 1 :233. Gray, Man. e<l. 6, 330. Chap. Fl. 280. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 255. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 61. 



Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia to Quebec and Ontario, thence 

 through the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific coast; New England to Georgia, Arkan- 

 sas, and New Mexico. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Low damp thickets, borders of 

 rivulets. Lauderdale County, river hills. Clay County, Shinbone Valley, near 

 Elders, 1,000 feet. Lee County, Auburn (Baker $ Earle, 338). Flowers yellow; June. 

 Infrequent. 



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

 Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Herb. Mohr. 

 Steironema tonsum (Wood) Bicknell in Britt. & Br. 111. Fl. 2 : 590. 1897 



Lysimachia ciliata vaT. tonsa Wood, Classbook, 505. 1861. 



Steironema intermedium Kearney, Bull. Torr. Club, 21 : 264, L 209. 1894. 



MOUNTAIN STEIRONEMA. 



Stem erect, or reclining, \\ to 2 feet high, leaves from broadly ovate to ovate 

 lanceolate, 1 to 2 inches long and to 1 inches wide, entire, minutely ciliolate, the 

 floral much smaller; pedicels slender but rigid, scarcely over 1 inches long. The 

 flowers in verticillate clusters, subterminal and terminal on the branches of the open 

 panicle, golden yellow, segments of the calyx ovate-lance* date, acute, scarcely one- 

 third longer than the mature capsule. Easily distinguished from smaller for-jis of 

 the above by the inflorescence and short calyx lobes. 



Carolinian area. Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Exposed sandstone cliffs. Talladega County, sum- 

 mit of Alpine Mountain, signal station, 1,800 feet. Decumbent on bare rocks. Clay 

 County, Che-aw-ha Mountain, signal station, 2,400 feet, abundant; Delta Divide 

 near Idaho mine, 1,800 feet. Flowers golden yellow, July ; capsules ripe in Septem- 

 ber. Not infrequent; local. 



Type locality: "Mountains East Tennessee, near the Cumberland Gap." 



Herb. Mohr. 



Steironema lanceolatum (Walt.) Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 12 : 63. 1876. 



LANCE-LEAF STEIRONEMA. 



Lysimacliia lanceolata Walt. Fl. Car. 92. 1788. 



L. hybrida Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 126. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 235. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 330. Chap. Fl. 280. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 

 pi. 1:61. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Ontario, New England, west to Minnesota, 

 Dakota, Nebraska, southern Ohio Valley to Missouri, and from New York to Georgia 

 and Mississsppi. 



ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Upper division of the Coast Pine belt. Wet close 

 soil, borders woods, thickets. Franklin County, Russellville. Cullmaii County. 

 Choctaw County, Bladen Springs ; Lee County, Auburn. Flowers yellow, June, July. 

 Not common. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Mohr. 



Steironema lanceolatum angustifolium Gray, Syn. Fl. 2, pt. 1 : 62. 1878. 



Lysimacliia angustifolia Lam. Tabl. Encycl. /. 440. 1791. 



Lysimachia heterophylla Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 126. 1803. 



Carolinian area, Virginia, Georgia. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lee County, Auburn (Baker $ Earle). Flowers in 

 June. Not frequent. 



ANAGALLIS L. Sp. PI. 1 : 148. 1753. 

 Twelve species, temperate Europe, western Asia. 



Anagallis arvensis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 148. 1753. COMMON PIMPERNEL. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 235. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 331. Chap. Fl. 281. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1 : 469. 



EUROPE. 



Adventive and partially naturalixed on the Atlantic coast from Canada to Florida, 

 Arkansas, and California. 



