594 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Form with narrow linear leaves, smoothish (7. linearifolia E:1l.). Baldwin County, 
sandy shores of Mobile Bay, Point Clear. Rare. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
MERCURIALIS L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1037. 1753. 
Seven species, Europe. 
Mercurialis annua L. Sp. Pl. 2:1037. 1753. Dow’s MERCURY. 
Adventive from Europe. 
ALABAMA: Mobile, ballast weed, observed for over 30 years, common about the 
shipping. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Europae temperatae umbrosis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
RICINUS L. Sp. Pl. 2:1007. 1753. 
One species, tropical Africa. Introduced, naturalized in all tropical countries. 
Ricinus communis L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1007. 1753. CasTOR O11 Bran. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,460. Chap. FI. 409. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Escaped from cultivation. 
ALABAMA: Naturalized throughout the State in numerous localities near dwellings. 
Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in India utraque, Africa, Europa australi.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
JATROPHA L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1006. 1753. 
Seventy species, of tropical America. North America, 5. 
Jatropha stimulosa Michx. Fl. Bor, Am. 2:216. 1803. SPURGE NUTTLE. 
Jatropha urens var. stimulosa Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15, pt.2:1101. 1866. 
Ell. Sk. 2:649. Gray, Man. ed. 6,457. Chap. F1. 409. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Coast of southern Virginia and North Carolina 
to Florida, west to Arkansas and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Dry sandy pine barrens. Autauga, 
Montgomery, Escambia, and Mobile connties. Flowers white, May to July. Com- 
mon. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘In parte meridionali Americae septentrionalis, in Virginia prope 
Portsmouth, * * * ,inCarolina * * * ,in Alabama * * * , Florida.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
STILLINGIA L. Mant. 1:19. 1767. 
Fifteen species, eastern Asia, Pacific islands. Southern North America, 5. 
Stillingia sylvatica L. Mant.1:126. 1767. QUEEN’s DELIGHT. 
Ell. Sk. 2:650. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 461. Chap. Fl. 404. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:404. ; 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southeastern Virginia to Florida, west to 
Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Tight dry soil, open woods, copses. 
ChiltonCounty. Autauga County (Z. A. Smith). Clarke County (Dr. Denny). Mon- 
roe, Baldwin, and Mobile counties. Flowers yellow, April to June, Frequent in 
the pine barrens. Perennial. 
Economic uses: The root is the ‘‘queen’s root” of medicine—“ Stillingia,” United 
States Pharmacopeeia. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Carolinae pinetis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
SEBASTIANIA Spreng. Neuve Entdeck. 2:118, t. 3. 1821. 
About 405 species, mostly of tropical America and southeastern North America. 
Tropics of the Old World. 
Sebastiania ligustrina Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15, pt. 2:1165. 1866. 
Stillingia ligustrina Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:213. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 2:651. Chap. Fl. 405. 
Louisianian area, North Carolina to Florida, west to Louisiana. 
