BOX FAMILY. 599 
Callitriche peploides Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. n. ser. 5: 141. 1837. 
‘ DRUMMOND’sS WATER STARWORT. 
Callitriche drummondii Hegelm. Monogr. Callit. 60. 1864. 
Chap. Fl. Suppl. 645; ed. 3, 420. 
CuBa. 
Louisianian area. Arkansas and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Damp ground in the shade of dwellings. Flowers Feb- 
ruary, March. A more delicate plant than the last; sweet-scented. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘On the banks of the Mississippi and on the margins of ponds.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Callitriche heterophylla Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept.1:3. 1814. . 
AMERICAN WATER STARWORT. 
Ell.Sk.1:4. Gray, Man. ed. 6,182. Chap. FL. 398. 
Carolinian to Louisianian area. New England (Morong) west to Missouri, Colo- 
rado, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana, and from New Jersey to Florida. 
ALABAMA: Undoubtedly all over the State. In stagnant water, ditches. Col- 
lected from but few localities. Montgomery and Mobile counties. February; 
common. Annual. 
A form with short stems, the linear to linear-spathulate leaves scarcely } inch long, 
in muddy soil. 
Type locality: ‘‘In springs and rivulets, very common.” 
Herb. Mohr. 
Callitriche palustris L. Sp. Pl. 2:969. 1753. EaRLy WaTER STARWORT. 
Callitriche verna L. Fl. Suec. ed. 2,2. 1755. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,182. — 
EUROPE. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Canada to Florida and from Missouri to 
Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: A form with the leaves all linear, growing in shallow ponds, entirely 
submerged. The typical form has not been observed. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘“‘ Hab. in Europae fossis, paludibus.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
EMPETRACEAE. Crowberry Family. 
CBERATIOLA Michx. FI. 2: 222. 1803. 
Monotypical shrub. Southeastern North America. 
Ceratiola ericoides Michx. F]. Bor. Am. 2: 222. 1803. HEATHERLIKE CERATIOLA. 
Ell. Sk. 2:676. Chap. F1. 411. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina, Florida to Mississippi. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Arid barrensands. Washington County to Mobile 
County; notinfrequent. Flowers reddish; August, September. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in aridis sabulosis Georgiae et Floridae.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. : 
BUXACEAE. Box Family. 
PACHYSANDRA Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 177, t. 45. 1803. 
Two species, Japan and Atlantic North America. 
Pachysandra procumbens Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2:178. 1803. Low PacHysanpra. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,456. Chap. Fl. 410. 
Carolinian and Louisianian area. Kentucky, West Virginia, along the Alle- 
ghenies to Tennessee, western Florida, and Louisiana, 
ALaBAMAs: Mountain region. Rich woods. Winston County, valley of Sipsey 
fork, 1,400 feet (Z. M. Peters). Marshall County, Collinsville (G. C. Boynton). Local 
and rare. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in occidentalibus montium Alléghanis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
