SPURGE FAMILY. 591 
Polygala polygama Walt. Fl. Car. 179. 1788. PoLyGamous MILKWoRT. 
Kl. Sk. 2:181. Gray, Man. ed.6,120. Chap. FI. 84. 
Alleghenian to Lonisianian area, Ontario; New England west to Michigan, Wis- 
consin, and northern Illinois, south to Florida, and through the Gulf States to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Clay County, Moseley, 1,000 feet. 
Low grassy places, Cullman County. Lee County, Auburn (Baker J: Earle). 
Mobile County, West low] River, Perdido Bay, Flat grassy pine barrens. Flowers 
pink; April, May. Not rare in the coast plain. Perennial. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Polygala grandiflora Walt. F]. Car.179. 1788. LARGE-FLOWERED MILKWORT. 
Polygala pubescens Muhl. Cat. 66. 18138. 
Ell. Sk. 2:180. Chap. FI. 84. 
Louisianian area. I lorida to South Carolina, west to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Dry copses, borders of woods. 
Autauga, Montgomery, Monroe, and Baldwin counties. Flowers deep purple; June 
to October. Frequent. Perennial. 
Typo locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
EUPHORBIACEAE. Spurge Family. 
PHYLLANTAHUS L. Sp. Pl. 981. 1753. 
About 400 species, mostly of tropical America, few in Eastern Asia and Southern 
Hemisphere, 
Phyllanthus carolinensis Walt. I'l. Car. 228, 1788. CAROLINA PITYLLANTHUS. 
Ell. Sk. 2:661. Gray, Man. 2d. 6,457. Chap. Fl. 409. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2: 395. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Pennsylvania and Indiana to the Gulf States. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to the Coast plain. Low damp banks. Walker 
County (&. 4. Smith), Etowah County, Gadsden. Mobile County. August. Fre- 
quent. Annual. 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CROTON L. Sp. Pl. 2:1004. 1753. 
- Four hundred and twenty species, subtropical and tropical regions of both hemi- 
spheres, largely South American. North America, 24. 
Croton alabamensis E. A. Smith; Chap. Fl. Suppl. 648, 1887. ALABAMA CROTON. 
Mohr, Gard. & For. 2:592, f. 150. 1889. 
On the limit of the Carolinian and Louisianian areas. 
ALABAMA: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry, Little Cahaba Valley, rocky woods. 
Flowers end of March to middle of April. Fruit ripe at the end of May. Shrub 8 
to 10 feet high, strictly confined to rocky low banks in the valley of the Little 
Cahaba, forming dense thickets over several acres. Associated with Quercus 
brevilobata and @.acuminata, First collected by KE. A. Smith, 1874. Mature seeds 
collected by Mohr, June ], 1882. PuatTeE V. 
Type locality: ‘Central Alabama.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Croton punctatus Jacq. Coll. 1: 166. 1786. SILVERLEAF CROTON. 
Croton argyranthemus Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 2:215. 1803, 
Bl. Sk. 2:617. Chap. Fl. 407. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 397. 
Louisianian area. Coast of South Carolina to Florida and western Texas. 
AvaBaMA: Lower Pine region. Dry pine barrens. Baldwin County. Flowers in 
May. Shrubby at the base. Not frequent. Fight to 12 inches high. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘(In Carolina sponte crescit.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Croton monanthogynus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am, 2: 215. 1803. 
Low SPREADING CROTON. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,458. Chap. Fl. 408. ee 
Carolinian area. Southern Indiana to Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas, south from 
North Carolina and Tennessee. 
