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ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower hills. Moist woods. Dekalb County, Look- 

 out Mountain, near Mentone, 1,600 feet. Tuscaloosa County (E.A. Smith). Flowers 

 purplish; May. Local and rare. 



Type locality : " Hab. in Virginia." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. 



B ARTONIA Muhl. ; Willd. Neue Schrift. Ges. Nat. Fr. Berlin, 3 : 444. 1801. 



Two species, leafless saprophytic annuals, Atlantic North America. 

 Bartonia virginica (L.) B. S. P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 36. 1888. AUTUMNAL BARTONIA. 



Sagina virginica L. Sp. PI. 1 : 128. 1753. 



Bartonia tenella Willd. Neue Schrift. Ges. Nat. Fr. Berlin, 3:445. 1801. 



CentaureUa autumnalis Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1 : 100. 1814. 



Ell. Sk. 1: 204. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 352. Chap. Fl. 357. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 

 pt. 1 : 127. 



Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Newfoundland (Gray)', northern New England 

 (Mount Desert Island), south to Florida, west to Mississippi and Missouri. 



ALABAMA : Mountain Region to Coast plain. In shaded springy places. Cullman 

 County, 800 feet. Mobile and Baldwin counties. Flowers greenish white; October. 

 Frequent; common on swampy borders of pine-barren streams. 



Type locality : ' ' Hab. in Virginia inter muscos ad margines foutium. D. Gronovius." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Bartonia verna (Michx.) Muhl. Cat. 16. 1813. VERNAL BARTONIA. 



CentaureUa verna Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 98, 1. 12, f. 1. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1:204. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 353. Chap. Fl. 357. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 

 2, pt. 1 : 127. 



Carolinian (?) and Louisianian areas. Southeastern Virginia to Florida, west to 

 Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Coast plain. Flat damp pine barrens under the shelter of low bushes. 

 Mobile County. Flowers white, early in February; 2 to 3 inches high. Not infre- 

 quent. 



Type locality : "Hab. in sphagiiosis Carolinae inferioris." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



LIMNANTHEMUM S. G. Gmel. Nov. Act. Petrop. 14 : 527, 1. 17, f. 2. 1769. 



About 20 species, aquatics, warmer temperate and tropical regions, both hemi- 

 spheres. North America, 2. 



Limnanthemum lacunosum (Vent.) Griseb. Gent. 347. 1839. 



PITTED FLOATING HEART. 



Villarsia lacunosa Vent. Choix des Plantes, 9. 1803. 



V. cordata Ell. Sk. 1 : 230. 1817. 



Ell. Sk. 1. c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 353. Chap. PI. 358. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 

 128. 



Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, 

 Quebec, Ontario; southern New England to Missouri and Arkansas, and along the 

 coast to Florida and Mississippi. 



ALABAMA: Lower Pine regiou. Coast plain. In deep ponds. Mobile County. 

 Flowers pale pink ; March, April. Frequent. Perennial. 



Type locality not ascertained. 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



APOCYNACEAE. Dogbane Family. 

 AMSONIA Walt. Fl. Car. H8. 1788. 



Seven species, perennial herbs, Japan. North America, 6. 



Amsonia amsonia (L.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club. 5:262. 1894. 



TABERNAEMONTANA'S AMSONIA. 



Tabernaemontana amsonia L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1:308. 1762. 



Amsonia tabernaemontana Walt. Fl, Car. 98. 1788. 



A. latifolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 121. 1803. 



Ell. Sk. 1:313. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 338. Chap. Fl. 360. Gray, Syu. Fl. N. A. 

 2, pt. 1 : 81. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 262. 



Carolinian and Louisianian areas. North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas and 

 Arkansas, north to southern Missouri and southern Illinois. 



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