432 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
HETERANTHERA Ruiz & Pav. Gen. Pl. Fl. Per. et Chil. 9. 1794. WaTER STaR- 
Grass. (SCHOLLERA Schreb. Gen. 785. 1789. Not Roth. 1788.) 
Nine species, aquatic, perennial, warmer regions of America. 
Heteranthera dubia (Jacq.) Morong, Mem. Torr. Club, 5:105. 1894. 
GOLDEN-FLOWERED WATER STaR. 
Commelina dubia Jacq. Obs. Bot. 3:9, 1.59. 1768. 
Leptanthus gramineus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:25, t.5,f.2. 1803. 
Heteranthera graminea Vahl, Enum. 2:45. 1806. 
Schollera graminea Gray, Man.511. 1848. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,536. Chap. F1.497. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:441. Wats. Bot. 
Calif. 2:178. 
CuBa. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Nova Scotia, Ontario; New England west to 
Ohio and Minnesota, south to Florida, and west to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the seashore. Sluggish streams, under water. 
Lauderdale County, Tennessee River (FZ. A. Smith). Mobile and Baldwin counties, 
in the river delta and upper part of Mobile Bay; abundant. June. Flowers yellow. 
Type locality: ‘‘Haud procul a montibus in rivulo Jacobi dicto.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Heteranthera reniformis Ruiz & Pav. Prodr. Fl. Per.1:43. 1798. Mup PLANTAIN. 
Leptanthus reniformis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:25. 1803. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,536. Chap. Fl. ed.3,524. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 590. 
West INDIES, MEXICO TO ARGENTINA, PARAGUAY, PERU. 
Carolinian to Louisianian area. New York, Illinois, and eastern Kansas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Mobile County, muddy ditches. July. Flowers pale 
blue. Not frequent. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Provincia Cercado, in paludibus et stagnatis Lurin, 
Limae, Surco, Miraflores, Magdalena et Lurigancho. 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
JUNCACEAE. Rush Family. 
JUNCUS L. Sp. Pl. 1:325. 1753. Rusu. 
One hundred and seventy-six species, cosmopolitan. North America, 60; North 
Atlantic States, 30 to 35; Southern, 20. Chiefly perennials. 
Juncus effusus L. Sp. Pl. 1: 326. 1753. Sorr Rusa. 
Ell. Sk. 1:405. Gray, Man.ed.6,540. Chap. F1.493. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb 
2:447. Wats. Bot. Calif. 2: 206. 
Europg, Asia, Arrica, AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, NEw ZEALAND. 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Newfoundland, Quebec, and Ontario to the 
Pacific; from Vancouver's Island to California; throughout the Eastern States to 
Florida and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Over the State. Common in low damp places. June. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Europae uliginosis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Juncus roemerianus Scheele, Linnaea, 22: 348. 1849. SaLT RUSH. 
Juncus maritimus Chap. F1.493. 1860. Not Lam. 
Chap. Fl.1.¢.; ed.3,520. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 447. 
‘t Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Seashore of New Jersey to Florida, west to 
‘exas. . 
ALABAMA: Littoral region. Salt and brackish swamps, covering the large salt 
marshes, overflowed by the tide. Mobile and Baldwin counties. July. Abundant. 
Type locality: ‘Galveston Island auf feuchtem Muschelsand: Roemer.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Juncus bufonius fasciculatus Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. ed. 2, 845. 1843. 
SOUTHERN EUROPE. 
Louisianian area. Southeastern States. 
oo aa Coast plain. Damp sandy soil. Mobile County; not frequent. May; 
annual, 
