214 HARPER 



SEBASTIANA Spreng., Neue Endeck, 2:118. pi. 3. 1821. 

 S. ligustrina (Mx.) Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 2 :n65. 1862. 

 Hammocks, river-banks, etc. tattnall, Montgomery, tel- 

 fair, coffee. Fl. June. Extends inland to the fall-line 

 in Glascock County, and to some extent coastward. 

 North Carolina to Florida and Louisiana, in the coastal plain. 

 TRAGIA L., Sp. PI. 980. 1753. 

 T. linearifolia Ell. Sk. 2 : 563. 1824. 



? T. urens linearis Mx., Fl. 2 : 175. 1803. 



Dry pine-barrens and sand-hills; not common, bulloch 



(834), WILCOX. 

 Also in Florida and southwestern Alabama. 



CROTONOPSIS Mx.,Fl. 2 : 185. 1803. 

 C. linearis Mx., Fl. 2 : 186. pi. 46. 1803. 



Rock outcrops, tattnall, dooly (1956). Fl. summer. Also 



occurs on granite outcrops in Middle Georgia. 

 Total range and habitat uncertain. C. spinosa Nash, which 

 grows in the lime-sink regions of Mitchell and Lowndes 

 Counties, may not be distinct from this. 



CROTON L., Sp. PI. 1004. 1753. 

 C. argyranthemus Mx., Fl. 2 : 215.1803. 



Chiefly on sand-hills; less frequently in dry pine-barrens. 



EMANUEL {984), TATTNALL, MONTGOMERY, COFFEE, BERRIEN, 



dooly, decatur. Fl. May-Aug. Extends inland to Dooly, 

 Mitchell, Miller, and Early Counties in the Lower Oligocene 

 region, and coastward to Liberty and Charlton Counties. 



South Carolina to Florida and Texas, in the pine-barrens. 

 C. glandulosus L., Amoen. Acad. 5 1409. 1760. 



Streets of Tifton, Sept. 27, 1902. More common in the older 

 cities of South Georgia. Fl. May-Oct. 



Widely distributed in the Southeastern United States and 

 tropical America. Natural range and habitat unknown. 

 The North American forms have been referred to several 

 varieties, most of which are not known in a state of 

 nature and have probably originated since this country 

 was settled by civilized man. 



