430 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
West InpiEs, MEXICO TO UrnuGUAY, CHILE. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas, Southeastern Virginia to Florida, west to 
southern Texas. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to the coast. Damp banks, on trees. Autauga 
County to Mobile County, alluvial districts; most abundant. Flowers blue, June. 
Type locality: “ Hab. in Virginiae, Jamaicae, Brasiliac arboribus.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
COMMELINACEAE. 
COMMELINA IL. Sp. P1.1:40. 1753, 
About 88 species, warmer regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, America. Atlantic 
North America, 5. 
Commelina communis L. Sp. Pl.1:40. 1753. Astaric on COMMON DaY-FLOWER, 
Commelina vulgaris Schmidel, Teon. Pl. 159, #. 40, 47. 1762. 
C. willdenovit Kunth, Enum, 4:37, 1843. 
Chap. Fl. 497, in part.? Britt. & Brown, Ill. Fl. 1:376. 
ASIA, ; 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Adventive and naturalized. Southern New 
York and New Jersey to Florida and Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Lower hills to Coast plain. Cultivated and waste ground, Jefferson 
County, Jonesboro (FL. A. Smith). Mobile County. July to October; a garden weed. 
Annual, 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in America.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Commelina nudiflora L.Sp.P1.1:41. 1753. CREEPING DAY-FLOWER, 
Commelina communis Walt. Fl. Car. 68. 1788. Not L. 
C. caroliniana Walt. 1. ¢. 
C. cayennensis LC. Rich. Act. N. Soc. Nat. Hist. Par, 1:106, 1792. 
C. agraria Kunth, Enum, 4:38. 1843. 
EL. Sk. 1:48. Gray, Man. ed.6,538. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:443. Griseb. 
Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 524.) Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 524. 
West INDIES, MEXIco TO BrRaziIL, CANARY ISLANDS, GALAPAGOS, TROPICAL 
AFRICA, 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Delaware to Florida, west to Texas and 
Missouri. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Cultivated ground. A common gar- 
den weed, Mobile. September to November. Flowers blue. Annual. ? 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in India.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr, 
Commelina erecta L.. 8p. Pl.1:41. 1753. SLENDER DAY-FLOWER. 
Ell. Sk. 1:48, in part. Gray, Man. ed. 6,539. Chap. Fl. 497, Coulter, Contr. 
Nat. Herb, 2: 443. 
Mexico TO BRAZIL, PERU. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Pennsylvania to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Lower hills to Coast plain. Light exposed soil, 
grassy banks, pastures. Mobile County, Lee County, Auburn, August, Septem- 
ber. Flowers blue. Perennial. 
Type locality: “‘Hab.in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Commelina virginica L. Sp. 11. ed. 2, 1:61. 1762. VIRGINIA DAY-FLOWER. 
Commelina angustifolia Michx. Fl. Bor, Am, 1:24, 1803, 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,539, Chap. F1. 497. 
BAHAMAS, PARAGUAY. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Southern New York to Michigan and Nebraska, 
south to Florida. 
ALABAMA: Central Pine belt to Coast plain. Tuscaloosa County (A. tf. Smith). 
Lee County, Auburn (7.8. Farle). Frequent. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘“Hab.in Virginia.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
