LEADWORT FAMILY. 663 



ALABAMA : Fugitive on ballast. Mobile ; not rare about the shipping. Flowers 

 scarlet; April, May. Animal. 

 Type locality : " Hab. in Europae arvis." 

 Herb. Geol. Surv. 



Anagallis arvensis caerulea (Lam.) Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 3 : 30. 1846. 



BLUE-FLOWERED PIMPERNEL. 



AngalUs caerulea Lam. Fl. Fr. 2 : 285. 1788. 



EUROPE. 



ALABAMA: Fugitive on ballast. Flowers azure. Annual. Observed almost every 

 season with the last. Annual. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



CENTUNCULUS L. Sp. PI. 1:116. 1753. 



Three species, temperate Europe. North America, 1. 

 Centuiiculus minimus L. Sp. PL 1 : 116. 1753. CHAFF WEED. 



Centunculus lanceolatus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 93. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 203. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 332. Chap. Fl. 281. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:256. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1 : 469. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2,pt. 1: 64. 



EUROPE, NORTHERN ASIA, SOUTH AMERICA (BRAZIL), AUSTRALIA. 



Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Lbuisianian areas. Saskatchewan; Minnesota, 

 Nebraska, Dakota, and Oregon, south from southern Illinois to Tennessee, and near 

 the coast from North Carolina to Florida, Arkansas, and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Open, damp, sandy places. Mobile County, West Fowl 

 River. Flowers pink ; March, April. Not infrequent. Annual. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Italiae, Galliae, Germaniae, Scaniae arenosis." 



H erb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



DODECATHEON L. Sp. PL 1:144. 1753. AMERICAN COWSLIP. 



About 10 species, Asia. North America, 1. 

 Dodecatheon meadia L. Sp. PL 1 : 144. 1753. SHOOTING STAR. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 329. Chap. FL 281. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 255. Wats. Bot 

 Calif. 1 : 467. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 57. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Maryland west to Wisconsin, from Virginia to 

 Missouri and Arkansas; southward to Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas. 



ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Rich banks. Wilcox County (S. B. Buclcley). 

 Flowers pale purple ; June. Rare. Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



PLUMBAGINACEAE. Leadwort Family. 



LIMONIUM Adans. Fam. PL 2 : 283. 1763. 

 (STATICS Willd. Sp. PL 1:1552. 1798.) 



One hundred and twenty species, temperate Europe. 



Limonium caroliiiianum (Walt.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5 : 255. 1893. 



MARSH ROSEMARY. 



Statice caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 118. 1788. 



Statice limonium var. carolinianum Gray, Man. ed. 2 : 270. 1856. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 374. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 327. Chap. Fl. 278. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 

 2:254. Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 2, 1:54. 



Boreal zone to Louisiauian area. From Labrador and Newfoundland along the 

 coast to Florida, and west to the coast of Texas. 



ALABAMA: Littoral region. Saline marshes. Mobile and Baldwin counties. 

 Flowers purplish blue; September to November. Frequent among the rushes and 

 high marsh grass on the seashore. Perennial. 



Economic uses: The root, known as " marsh rosemary," was formerly used in 

 medicine. 



Type locality : South Carolina. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



