SPURGE FAMILY. 5938 
ACALYPHA L. Sp. P1.2: 1003. 1753. 
Two hundred and thirty species, mostly of tropical America. North America, 6. 
Acalypha virginica L. Sp. Pl. 2:1003. 1753. Virginia THREE-SEEDED MERCURY. 
5 ee 2:645. Gray, Man. ed. 6,459. Chap. Fl. 405. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area, Ontario; New England west to Minnesota and 
Nebraska, south to Florida and Texas. 
ALaBaMa: Throughout the State, waste and cultivated ground. Flowers through- 
out the summer. Common. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘“‘Hab.in Zeylona, Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Acalypha gracilens Gray, Man. 408, 1848, SLENDER THREE-SEEDED MERCURY. 
Acalypha virginica gracilens Muell. Arg. Linnaea, 34:45. 1865. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,459. Chap. FI. 406. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Coast southern New England to Florida, west 
to Illinois, eastern Kansas, Arkansas, and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region to Coast plain. Dry sandy soil. Woods, cultivated 
and waste places. Clay County, Che-aw-ha range, 2,000 feet, in pine forests. Tus- 
caloosa County (Z. A. Smith). Mobile County. Flowers, July to September; fre- 
quent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘(Sandy dry soil, New Jersey and southward.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Acalypha ostryaefolia Ridd. Syn. ll. W. States, 33. 1835. 
CAROLINA THREE-SLEDED MERCURY. 
Acalypha caroliniana Ell, Sk. 2:645, 1824. Not Walt. 
Ell. J. c. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 460. Chap. Fl. 406. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. New Jersey west to Ohio, Missouri, and 
Arkansas, south to Florida and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast plain. Cultivated ground, waste places, 
damp rich soil. Autauga County, Prattville. Monroe County, Claiborne. Clarke 
County (Dr. Denny.) Mobile County. July to September; frequent in the coast 
plain. Annual 
Type locality: ‘Found by Mr. T. G. Lea, on one of the Kentucky hills opposite 
Cincinnati.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
TRAGIA L. Sp. Pl. 2:980. 1753. 
Fifty species, of warmer temperate and chiefly tropical America to Brazil. North 
America, 4. 
Tragia nepetaefolia Cav. Icon. 6: 37, t. 557, f. 1. 1801. NETTLE-LEAF TRAGIA. 
Tragia urticaefolia Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:176. 1803, 
Ell. Sk. 2:564. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 460. Chap. Fl. 406. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:404. 
MEXICco. : 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Florida to North Carolina, west to Texas, 
Arkansas, and southern Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry sandy soil, 
open copses, borders of fields and woods. Clay County, Che-aw-ha Mountain, 
2,400 feet. Bibb County (Z. A. Smith), Talladega County, Renfroe. Cullman, 
Montgomery, and Tuscaloosa counties. Butler County, Bladon. Mobile County. 
Frequent. Perennial. : - : : : 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. inter Ixmiquilpan et Cimapan Novae-Hispaniae oppida.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Tragia urens L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2,2:1391. 1763. STINGING TRAGIA. 
Tragia innocua Walt. Fl. Car. 229. 1788. 
Ell. Sk. 2:563. Gray, Man. ed. 6,460. Chap. Fl. 407. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:404. i 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Virginia to Florida and Texas. 
AtaBaMA: Central Prairie region to Coast Pine belt. Dry sandy places, pine bar- 
rens. Montgomery, Butler, and Mobile counties. Flowers July, August; common 
in the pine barrens. Perennial. 
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