520 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Benzoin melissaefolium (Walt.) Nees, Syst. 494. 1836. 
Laurus melissaefolia Walt. Fl. Car. 134. 1788. 
Lindera melissaefolia Blume, Mus. Bot, Lugd. 1:324. 1857. 
Ell. Sk.1:464. Gray, Man. ed. 6,447. Chap. FI. 394. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Louisiana to Florida, and along the Atlantic 
coast to Virginia, west to southern Illinois and southern Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Low thickets, border of woods. Wilcox 
County, Allenton (S. B. Buckley). Flowers yellowish, February, March; rare. 
Shrub 2 to 3 feet high, 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
PAPAVERACEAE. Poppy Family. 
SANGUINARIA L. Sp. Pl. 1:505. 1753. 
One species, eastern North America. 
Sanguinaria canadensis L. Sp. P1.1:505. 1753. RED Puccoon. 
Ell. Sk. 2:13. Gray, Man. ed. 6,58, Chap. F1.22. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 1, pt. 1:86. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba; New England west 
to Dakota, south to northorn Florida and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Rocky woods. Winston County, Colliers Creek, 
1,500 feet. Dekalb County, Lookout Mountain, 1,600 feet. ‘Tuscaloosa County, 350 
feet (E. A. Smith). Mobile County (Wm. McNeal). Flowers white; March, April. 
Perennial. 
Economic uses: The root is the ‘“bloodroot” or ‘“Sanguinaria” of the United 
States Pharmacopeia. 
Type locality: “Hab. in America septentrionali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
ARGEMONE L. Sp. Pl. 1:508. 1753. Prickiy Poppy. 
Five species, warmer regions of America, Mexico. Western Texas. Annuals or 
biennials. 
Argemone mexicana L. Sp. Pl. 1:508. 1753. MEXICAN PRICKLY Poppy. 
Ell. Sk. 2:18. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 59. Chap. Fl. 21. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:12. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 1, pt. 1:87. 
MEXICco. é 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Adventive sparingly in North Atlantic ports, 
frequent on the South Atlantic and Gulf coast. 
ALABAMA: Mobile County, roadsides, waste places near dwellings. Flowers lemon 
yellow; April, May; not rare. f 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Mexico, Jamaica, Caribaeis nunc in Europa australi.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Argemone alba Lestib. Bot. Belg. ed. 2, 3, pt. 2: 132. 1799. 
Argemone albiflora Hornem. Hort. Hain. 439. 1815. 
Argemone mexicana albiflora DC. Prodr.1:120. 1824. 
A, georgiana Croom, Am. Journ. Sci. 25:75. 1834. 
Gray, Syn. F1.N. A. 1, pt. 1: 88. 
Alleghenian and Louisianian areas. Nebraska to Texas, South Atlantic States to 
Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Waste places. Mobile. Flowers white, April, May; 
not rare. Annual. 
‘lype locality not ascertained. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
BICUCULLA Adans. Fam. Pl. 2, App.:23. 1763. 
(DicEnTRA Bernh. Linnaea, 8:468. 1833.) 
Fifteen species, temperate regions Northern Hemisphere. Asia, North America. 
Perennial herbs. 
Bicuculla cucullaria (L.) Millsp. Bull. W. Va. Exp. Sta. 2:327. 1892. 
Fumaria cucullaria L. Sp. Pl. 2: 699. 1753. 
Diclytra cucullaria DC, Syst. 2:108. 1821. 
