244 HARPER 



a farmhouse about five miles north of Whigham. More 

 common nearer the coast, in Savannah, Brunswick, and 

 Thomas ville. 

 Widely distributed in the tropics, and naturalized along the 

 southern coasts of the United States. 

 CHENOPODIACE^. 

 CHENOPODIUM L., Sp. PI. 218. 1753. 



C. ambrosioides L. (or perhaps C. anthelminticum L.) 



Streets of Tifton, Sept. 27, 1902. Common in older com- 

 munities. 

 Introduced from the tropics. 



POLYGONACEJE. 

 ERIOGONUM Mx., PL 1: 246. 1803. 

 E. tomentosum Mx., I.e., pi. 24. 



Sand-hills and very dry pine-barrens; common throughout 

 South Georgia, where the Columbia sand is present (see 

 Science, II. 16 : 68. 1902), from the fall-line to within 

 about 20 miles of the coast along the Altamaha River. 

 Fl. July-Sept. One can hardly imagine a Georgia sand- 

 hill without this plant on it. 



South Carolina to central Florida and southeastern Alabama, 

 strictly confined to the coastal plain. 



RUMEX L., Sp. PL 333- *753- 

 R. HASTATULus.Baldw. ; Ell., Sk. 1 :4i6. 181 7. 



Fields and roadsides; often with Linaria Canadensis, bul- 

 loch, emanuel, and probably other counties. Fl. April- 

 May. 

 New York to Florida, Texas, and Kansas, mostly in the 

 coastal plain. Natural range and habitat unknown. 

 POLYGONELLA Mx., Fl. 2 : 240. 1803. 

 P. Croomii Chapm., Fl. 387. i860. 



Sand-hills. A diminutive diffusely-branched shrub, eman- 

 uel, tattnall, Montgomery (ip8j). Fl. September, and 

 perhaps later. 

 Not definitely known elsewhere. See Bull. Torrey Club 

 32 : 159-160. 1905. 



