BORAGE FAMILY. 689 
West Inpirs, Mexico, CENTRAL AMERICA. 
Louisianian area, Florida to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Waste places, roadsides. Mobile County. Flowers white; 
June to October. Common about the city. Annual. 
Type locality (L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2): ‘Hab. in Jamaica.” 
Herb. Geol, Surv. 
BORAGINACEAE. Borage Family. 
HELIOTROPIUM L. Sp. Pl.1:130. 1753. 
One hundred and fifteen species, warmer regions of the globe. North America, 14, 
Southern and Southwestern. 
Heliotropium europaeum L. Sp. Pl.1:130. 1753. EUROPEAN HELIOTROPE. . 
Europe. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Sparingly naturalized from southern New 
York to the Gulf. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley and Coast plain. Waste places. Morgan County, 
Decatur. Lawrence County, Moulton, near dwellings. Mobile County, persistent 
near the shipping and on ballast heaps. Flowers white; August, October. Not 
infrequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Hab. in Europa australi.”. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Heliotropium curassavicum L. Sp. Pl.1:180. 1753. SEASIDE HELIOTROPE. 
Ell. Sk. 1:224. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 361. Chap. Fl. 330. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 
pt.1:185. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 285. 
West INDIES, MEXICO TO CHILE, AUSTRALIA. 
Carolinian to Louisianian area. Seashore of southern Virginia to Florida, west to 
Texas and southern Illinois. Saline desert region of the interior to,Oregon. 
ALABAMA: Littoral region, Saline marshes. Mobile and Baldwin counties. 
Flowers pearl blve; July to October. Frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab. in Americae calidioris maritimis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Heliotropium tenellum (Nutt.) Torr. in Macy’s Rep. 304, t. 14. 1853. 
Lithospermum tenellum Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. 5:188. 1837. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 361. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 639; ed. 3,359. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 
pt.1:184. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 285. 
SoutH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern Missouri and Kansas to western 
Tennessee, Alabama, and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Dry exposed places, pastures, roadsides. Mont- 
gomery County. Flowers white; July. Infrequent. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘In arid places in the prairies of Red River,” Arkansas. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Heliotropium indicum L. Sp. Pl. 1:130. 1753. INDIAN HELIOTROPE. 
Ell. Sk. 1:224. Gray, Man. ed. 6,362. Chap. Fl. 330. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 
1: 186. ; 
Introduced from the Tropics. Fully naturalized in the Ohio Valley, and thence to 
Florida and the eastern Gulf States. 
ALABAMA: Tennessee Valley and along the river valleys to the coast. Cultivated 
and waste grounds. Tuscaloosa County. Flowers azure; August to October. Every- 
where, southward common. Annual. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in India utraque.” 
Herb: Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Heliotropium anchusaefolium Poir. Encycl. Suppl. 3:23. 1813. 
Chap. FI. Suppl. 639; ed. 3,360. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1: 186. 
SOUTHERN BRAZIL, ARGENTINA. 
Louisianian area. Sparingly naturalized. Florida, middle Georgia. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region. Waste places near dwellings. Montgomery 
County. Flowers rose-purple; July. Not frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Cette plante croit 4 Buenos-Ayres.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
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