5992 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Exposed calcareous hills. Angust to October; 
frequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in Tennassée, juxta Nashville.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Croton capitatus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 214. 1803. WOOLLY CROTON, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,458. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 648: ed. 3, 430. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:399. 
NORTHERN MExIco. 
. Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Illinois, Missouri, and eastern Kansas south to 
Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, and western Louisiana, 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley to Coast plain. Widely scattered, chiefly a wayside 
plant. Morgan County, cedar plain, border fields and roads. Shelby County, Calera, 
about the railroad station. Talladega County, Syllacuuga (. dA. Smith). Mobile, 
borders Birmingham and Mobile Railroad track. August to October. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in regione Illinoensi.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Croton texensis (Klotzsch) Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15, pt. 2: 692. 1862. 
TEXAS CROTON. 
Hendecandra texensis Klotzsch in Wiegm. Archiv. 7: 252. 1841. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,458. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 648; -ed. 3,430. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2: 400. 
Carolinian area. Western Louisiana, Texas, and Arizona. 
ALABAMA: Lowerhills. Waste places. Roadsides. Tallapoosa County, Dadeville. 
Jefferson County, Birmingham, copiously about railroad yards. Adventive from the 
Southwest. Flowers July, August. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘(In Arkansas * * * ,in Texas * * * , et magis septen- 
trionem versus sub latitud. 41° * * * , in Mexico orientali.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Croton glandulosus L. Amoen. Acad. 5: 409. 1760. GLANDULAR CROTON. 
Ell. Sk. 2:647. Gray, Man. ed. 6,458. Chap. F1.408. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:399. 
West Inpiges, Mexico, SOUTH AMERICA TO BRAZIL. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Illinois, Missouri, southern Kansas, 
Arkansas; from eastern Virginia south to the Gulf, and from Florida to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to the Coast plain. Dry sandy fields, waste places. 
Autanga County. Clay County, Elders, 1,000 feet. Montgomery, Clarke, and Mobile 
counties. August to October. A common weed. Annual. 
Type locality: Jamaica. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CROTONOPSIS Michx. Fl. Bor. Am, 2: 185, ¢. 46. 1803. 
Single species, Atlantic North America. 
Crotonopsis linearis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 186. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 2:583. Gray, Man. ed. 6,459. Chap. Fl. 408. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New England west to Kansas, south to Florida 
and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Central Pine belt, dry places. Etowah County, 
Black Creek Falls. Tuscaloosa County (EL. A. Smith). August; not frequent. 
Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in maritimis Carolinae, juxta Long-bay, et in regione 
Illinoensi.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
CROZOPHORA Neck. Elem. 2: 337. 1°90. Lirmus Hers. 
Crozophora tinctoria Juss. Tent. Euphor. 28, t. 7. 1824. 
Croton tinctorius L.Sp. Pl.2:1004. 1753. 
Spain, NORTH AFRICA. 
ALABAMA: Adventive with ballast, Mobile. September, 1891. Not observed 
lately, Annual, 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. Monspelii.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
