LEADWORT FAMILY. 663 
ALABAMA: Fugitive on ballast. Mobile; not rare about the shipping. Flowers 
scarlet; April, May. Annnal. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Europae arvis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
Anagallis arvensis caerulea (Lam.) Ledeb. I'l. Ross. 3:30. 1846. 
BLUE-FLOWERED PIMPERNEL, 
Angallis caerulea Lam. Fl. Fr. 2: 285. 1788. 
EUROPE. 
ALABAMA: Fugitive on ballast. Flowersazure. Annual. Observed almost every 
season with the last. Annual. 
Type locality not ascertained. 
Herb, Geol. Surv. 
CENTUNCULUS L. Sp. Pl. 1:116. 1753. 
Three species, temperate Europe. North America, 1. 
Centunculus minimus L. Sp. Pl.1:116. 1753. CHarr WEED. 
Centunculus lanceolatus Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:93. 1803. 
Ell. 8k. 1:203. Gray, Man. ed. 6,332. Chap. Fl. 281. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:256. Wats. Bot. Calif.1:469. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 64. 
Europe, Norrnern Asia, SOUTH AMERICA (BRAZIL), AUSTRALIA. 
Alleghenian, Carolinian, and Louisianian areas. Saskatchewan; Minnesota, 
Nebraska, Dakota, and Oregon, south from southern Illinois to Tennessee, and near 
the coast from North Carolina to Florida, Arkansas, and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Open, damp, sandy places. Mobile County, West Fowl 
River. Flowers pink; March, April. Notintrequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Italiae, Galliae, Germaniae, Scaniae arenosis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
DODECATHEON L. Sp. Pl. 1:144. 1753. AMERICAN COWSLIP. 
About 10 species, Asia. North America, 1. 
Dodecatheon meadia L. Sp. Pl. 1:144. 1753. SHOOTING STAR. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,329. Chap. Fl. 281. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 255. Wats. Bot 
Calif. 1:467. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 2, pt. 1:57. 
Alleghenian to Louisianian area. Maryland west to Wisconsin, from Virginia to 
Missouri and Arkansas; southward to Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Rich banks. Wilcox County (8. B. Buckley). 
Flowers pale purple; June. Rare. Perennial. - 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Virginia.” 
Herb, Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
PLUMBAGINACEAE. Leadwort Family. 
LIMONIUM Adans. Fam. Pl. 2:283. 1963. 
(Sratice Willd. Sp. Pl. 1:1552. 1798.) 
One hundred and twenty species, temperate Europe. 
Limonium carolinianum (Walt.) Britton, Mem. Torr. Club, 5: 255. 1893. 
Marsit ROSEMARY. 
Statice caroliniana Walt. Fl. Car. 118. 1788. 
Statice limonium var. carolinianum Gray, Man. ed. 2:270, 1856. 
Ell. Sk. 1:374. Gray, Man. ed. 6,327. Chap. Fl. 278. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 
2:254, Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 2, 1:54, 
Boreal zone to Louisianian area. From Labrador and Newfoundland along the 
coast to Florida, and west to the coast of Texas. 
ALABAMA: Littoral region. Saline marshes. Mobile and Baldwin counties. 
Flowers purplish blue; September to November. Frequent among the rushes and 
high marsh grass on the seashore. Perennial. 
Economic uses: The root, known as ‘‘marsh rosemary,” was formerly used in 
medicine. ; 
Type locality: South Carolina. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
