662 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
STEIRONEMA Raf. Ann. Gen. Phys. 7: 192. 1820. 
About 5 species, perennials, Atlantic North America. 
Steironema ciliatum (L.) Raf. Ann. Gen. Phys. 7:192. 1820. 
FRINGE-LEAF STEIRONEMA, 
Lysimachia ciliata L. Sp. Pl. 1: 147. 1753. 
Ell. Sk. 1:233. Gray, Man. ed.6,330. Chap. Fl. 280. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb, 
2:255. Gray, Syn. F1.N. A. 2, pt.1: 61. ; 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. Nova Scotia to Quebec and Ontario, thence 
through the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific coast; New England to Georgia, Arkan- 
sas, and New Mexico. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley. Mountain region. Low damp thickets, borders of 
tivulets. Lauderdale County, river hills. Clay County, Shinbone Valley, neur 
Elders, 1,000 feet. Lee County, Auburn (Baker J: Karle, 333). Flowersyellow; June. 
Infrequent. 
Type locality: ‘“Hab.in Virginia, Canada.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Steironema tonsum (Wood) Bicknell in Britt. & Br. Ill. Fl. 2: 590. 1897 
Lysimachia ciliata var. tonsa Wood, Classbook, 505. 1861. 
Steironema intermedium Kearney, Bull. Torr. Club, 21: 264, ¢. 209. 1894. 
MOUNTAIN STEIRONEMA. 
Stem erect, or reclining, 14 to 2 feet high, leaves from broadly ovate to ovate 
lanceolate, 1} to2 inches long and $ to 1} inches wide, entire, minutely ciliolate, the 
floral much smaller; pedicels slender but rigid, scarcely over 1f}incheslong. ‘lhe 
flowers in verticillate clusters, subterminal and terminal on the branches of the open 
panicle, golden yellow, segments of the calyx ovate-lancevlate, acute, svarcely one- 
third longer than the mature capsule. Easily distinguished from smaller for'ns of 
the above by the inflorescence and short calyx lobes. 
Carolinian area. Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Exposed sandstone cliffs. Talladega County, sum- 
mit of Alpine Mountain, signal station, 1,800 feet. Decumbent on bare rocks. Clay 
County, Che-aw-ha Monntain, signal station, 2,400 feet, abundant; Delta Divide 
near Idaho mine, 1,800 feet. Flowers golden yellow, July; capsules ripe in Septem- 
ber. Not infrequent; local. 
Type locality: “Mountains East Tennessee, near the Cumberland Gap.” 
Herb. Mohr. 
Steironema lanceolatum (Walt.) Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 12:63. 1876. 
LANCE-LEAF STEIRONEMA. 
Lysimachia lanceolata Walt. Fl. Car. 92. 1788. 
LL. hybrida Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:126. 1803. 
Ell. Sk. 1: 235. Gray, Man. ed. 6,330. Chap. Fl. 280. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 
pt. 1:61. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Ontario, New England, west to Minnesota, 
Dakota, Nebraska, southern Ohio Valley to Missouri, and from New York to Georgia 
and Mississsppi. 
ALABAMA: Tenuessee Valley. Upper division of the Coast Pine belt. Wet close 
soil, borders woods, thickets. Franklin County, Russellville. Cullman County. 
Choctaw County, Bladen Springs; Lee County, Auburn. Flowers yellow, June, July. 
Not common. ; 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Mohr. 4 
Steironema lanceolatum angustifolium Gray, Syn. Fl. 2,pt.1: 62. 1878. 
Lysimachia angustifolia Lam. Tabl. Encycl. t. 440. 1791. ° 
Lysimachia heterophylla Michx. Fl. Bor. Am.1: 126. 1803. 
Carolinian area, Virginia, Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lee County, Auburn (Baker § Earle), Flowers in 
June. Not frequent. 
ANAGALLIS L. Sp. Pl.1: 148. 1753. 
Twelve species, temperate Europe, western Asia. 
Anagallis arvensis L. Sp. Pl. 1: 148. 1753. Common PIMPERNEL, 
EIL Sk. 1: 235. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 331. Chap. Fl. 281. Wats. Bot. Calif. 1:469, 
EUROPE. 
Adventive and partially naturalized on the Atlantic coast from Canada, to Florida, 
Arkansas, and California. 
