No. 17] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS 197 
THEACEAE. Tea Family. 
Gordonia lasianthus L. Loblolly Bay. 
Wooded swamps near the coast. Bay St. Louis. June. 
Allison Herb. 
STEWARTIA L. 
Stewartia malacodendron L. S. Virginica Cav.) Virginia 
Stewartia. | 
Rich wooded slopes and lowlands in the southern counties. 
Monticello; Hattiesburg; Meadville; Rosetta. May. 
Geol. Sur. Herb. 
STERCULIACEAE. Sterculia Family. 
MELOCHIA L. 
Melochia corchorifolia L. (M. hirsuta Chapm.) Hirsute Melo- 
chia. 
Adevntive from the tropics. Biloxi (Tracy). July. 
HYPERICACEAE. St. Johnswort Family. 
ASCYRUM. St. Peterswort. 
Ascyrum amplexicaule Michx. (A. tetrapilalum Lam.) Vail. 
Damp sands near the coast. Hurley. Summer. 
Geol. Sur. Herb. 
Ascyrum cuneifolium Chapm Wedge-Leaf St. Peterswort. 
Low pine barrens. Coastal Islands (Tracy). June-Sept. 
Ascyrum multicaule Michx. (A. Crux-Andreae L.) St. An- 
drew’s Cross. 
Open woods and eopses. Lafayette Co.; Hinds Co.; War- 
ren Co.; Bay St. Louis (Allison). July. 
Geol. Sur. Herb. Allison Herb. 
Ascyrum stans Michx. (A. hypericoides L., in part). 
Damp open woods in the southern counties Biloxi 
(Tracy) ; Waynesboro; Bay St. Louis (Allison) ; Madison Co. 
(Hilg. Ms.). Summer. 
Allison Herb. 
