184 MISSISSIPPI STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY [Bull. 
EUPHORBIACEAE. Spurge Family. 
CROTON L. 
Croton capitatus Michx. Wooly Croton. 
A common weed of pastures and waste places. Oxford; 
Winona; Utica; Bay St. Louis. August-October. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. Allison Herb. 
Croton maritimus Walt. (C. punctatus Jacq.) Silver Leaf, or 
Seaside Croton. 
Dry, drifting sands near the coast. Bay St. Louis (Alli- 
son); Coastal Islands. May. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. Allison Herb. 
Croton glandulosus L. Glandular Croton. 
Dry sandy fields and waste places. Marion Co. (Hlg. 
Ms.) ; Biloxi (Tracy); Bay St. Louis (Allison). August. 
Allison Herb. 
CROTONOPSIS Michx. 
Crotonopsis linearis Michx. 
Dry sandy soil. Lafayette Co.; Lawrence Co. (Hilg. Ms.). 
August. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
ACALYPHA. Mercury. 
Acalypha gracilens Gray (A. Virginica gracilens Muhl.) Slen- 
der Three-Seeded Mercury. 
Dry sandy soils, woods and waste places. Coast and 
Coastal Islands (Tracy. ) 
Allison Herb. 
TRAGIA L. 
Tragia urens L. (T. innocua Walt.) Stinging Tragia. 
Dry sandy soil in pine barrens. Bay St. Louis. 
RICINUS L. 
Ricinus communis L. Palma Christi. Castor Bean. 
(Ady.) Seattered throughout the state near old home- — 
steads. 
