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represented by the closely related @enus Talauma. 
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PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Of coniferous 
trees pines are abundant in the higher mountains of Mexico and 
Our slash pine, or Cuban pine, extends from the 
West Indian Islands to Honduras; Taxodium inhabits Mexico, and 
savin (Juniperus barbadensis) the West Indies, with other species of 
Juniperus in Mexico. 
The common elements in these floras are exhibited in the following 
Central Americ 
table: 
a. 
Genera and species common to Alabama and tropical America, 
Classification. 
Pteridophyta : 
Filicest... 2. 
Ophioglossaceac. . . 
Lycopodiaceae 
Selaginellaceae. ... 
Equisetaceae*..... 
Total 
Gymnospermae......-- 
Monocotyledoneae : 
Poaceae? .........- 
Cyperaceae #.....-.- 
Liliaceae ® 
Najadaceae........ 
Juneaginaceae .... 
Mayacaceae 
Xyridaceae (Xyris) 
Total 
Dicotyledoneae: 
Archichlam ydeae— 
Leguminosae ........ 
Chenopodiaceae 
Ranunculaceae ...... 
Rosaceae © 
Euphorbiaceae 
Apiaceae 
Onagraceae.......... 
uYthraceae 
Malvaceae.....-..... 
Urticaceae.........-- 
Juglandaceae........ 
Brassicaceae......... 
Vitaceae.....-. 
Hypericaceae.. 
Myricaceae 
Salicaceae ..... 
Betulaceae..... 
lIncluding Polypodiaceae, Hymenophyllaceae, and Osmundaceae, 
2 Equisetum robustum. 
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Number Number 
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of Classification. of of 
species, | genera. species. 
| 
Dicotyledoneae—Continued, | 
9 || Archichlam ydeae—Con- 
2 || tinued. 
2 || Batidaceae ........-.. 1 1 
cece eee eee Aristolochiaceac .... Low... lee. 
1 Loranthaceue ....... Lol... eee. 
Polygonaceae ....... 1 1 
14 | Anacardiaceae ...... 1 1 
= — | llicaceae ...222...--. Tol... eee 
3. |) Cistaceae .........--. 1 ........e- 
= === || Passifloracecae 2.2... - Tol... eee eee 
| Cactaceae ....2....-. 1 ool... eee 
37 || Haloragidaceac ..... 1 1 
41 |) Cornaceae .. 2.2.2... Low... e eee 
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2 | Total .......22..2...... 100 46 
1 | et 
2 | Sympetalae: 
2 |] Carduaceae— : 
4 || Vernonieae and Eu- 
2 || patorieae 2.2.22... 7 cececeeees 
1 Heliantheae ........ 0 
1 Astereae.... 2.2.0.2. So... eee 
Lecce ceeee Senecioneae ......... 4 lee 
l Inuleae .............. 2 Leelee 
2 Cynareae .....2..22.- 1... eee. 
coe Cichoriaceae....2........ ] | wee ee eeee 
101 
= — Total Compositae®. 2...) 34 | 14 
Scrophulariaceae .........-.. 14 | 8 
14.) Nepetaceae ..............2... 6 Lee. ee eee 
weeeeceeee Ericaceae, Vacciniaceae .....) qlee lle... 
weeeee eee Hydrophyllaceae ............! 4 oll... .ee 
cette eee Solanaceae................--.] 4- 8 
we eeeeeeee | Asclepiadaceae ..........---. Boece eee eee 
ceeee sees || Convolvulaceae ........-.--- 3 | 6 
7 | Orobanchaceae............-- Boil... eee eee 
7 | Loganiaceae ...........-...--- 3 2 
2 | Boraginaceae................ 2 | 1 
wee eeeeeee | Verbenaceae.....2. 2.2.2.2. 2 | 3 
3 | Pinguiculaceae ..0.......2... 2] 1 
beeeeeeeee | Monotropaceae ..........---- 1 2 
se eeeeeeee | Primulaceae................. 1) 1 
2 | Sapotaceae..........2.2....-. 1 | cece eeeee 
2 |) Cuscutaceare .......22...2.--- Tj... ee eee. 
2 Polemoniaceae? ............- 1) 1 
2.) Bignoniaceae.............--- Lo.lll ee eee. 
cee eeeeeee Acanthaceae................. 1 1 
eeee ce eeee Total Sympetalae........ 91 | 34 
1 ———— | ——— 
wee ee eens | Total Dicotyledonae..... 191 94 
’Chiefly Paniceae (Panicum, Paspalum) and Andropogoneae; all widely diffused from the West 
Indies to Argentina. 
4Mostly of the genera Cyperus, Eleocharis, Scleria, and Rynchospora, 10 species of the last 2 genera 
being not met with, outside of the West Indies, in tropical America. 
The species belong to Yucca and other genera, mostly Melan- 
} Here used in the broader sense. 
thioideae. 
6 Here used in the broader sense. 
7 Phlox. 
